Sks sold as non matching turns out to be matching!

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Hey guys,

I recently bought an Sks from my local gun shop. I was pretty excited when I bought it. I only paid $450.00 CAD for it and it came with a sling, oil bottle, and Russian ammo pouches.

Now the gun shop has been know to sell mostly SKS's and surplus ammo. They sold me the gun stating it was a non matching sks that had been refurbished which is why it was going for so cheap.

Upon cleaning the rifle and spending 2 hours getting cosmoline out of every crevasse and the firing pin. I noticed a trend.
All of the parts had the same serial numbers. They had not been modified or crossed out in any way. The only possible sign of refurb was the buttstock. Which had a series of X's on it but had no visible numbers under them.

What do you guys think? Did they just happen to not notice the numbers or just assumed the gun was non matching?

Thanks
 
Likely it was refurbished at one of the Soviet arsenals and put away in long term storage.
It also means the unit has passed the quality checks, and back then they were pretty serious.

Good find!

Does the stock bear the new serial number besides the ###X? There could be the arsenal stamp somewhere, e.g. square with a diagonal line is the stamp of the 1st Arsenal, if I remember correctly.
 
Still a good find though. Stocks took a beating some were only repaired once or twice otherwise they were swapped out often.
I have two completely blued full matching Russian SKS' from the 2012 shipments.
A 1950 Tula and 1954 Izhevsk.I've shot the 50, but the 54 is near pristine.
Haven't shot that caliber in years, but I have a Chinese military version that I've restored back to original with approximately seven different parts. That is my main SKS shooter. I actually went through 3 different stocks before finding one in good enough condition that had the most comfortable wrist. That rifle is an absolute lazer just with iron rights.
 
I've bought a few like that. It's my assumption that the sole purpose for being FTRed was cosmetic wear and a non repairable original stock.

That's very close to matching.

I've seen other types of rifles go in for similar repairs, come out with the part electropenciled or restamped to the original numbers.

Chalk it up to a lucky find and good on you.
 
Yeah it came from a crate covered in cosmoline. All numbers on all other parts match. The new serial number beside the crossed out one is the same as the other parts. There is a diamond under it with a circle in the middle of it. Those are the only markings on the stock.

I put 100 rounds through it the first day and it was surprisingly well sighted. Didn't actually make any adjustments to the front sight post. Out of the 100 rounds I had zero malfunctions shooting cheap chinese surplus.

Great info here guys!
Thanks a lot
 
HitmanVictorTwo said:
Hey guys,

I recently bought an Sks from my local gun shop. I was pretty excited when I bought it. I only paid $450.00 CAD for it and it came with a sling, oil bottle, and Russian ammo pouches.

Now the gun shop has been know to sell mostly SKS's and surplus ammo. They sold me the gun stating it was a non matching sks that had been refurbished which is why it was going for so cheap.

Upon cleaning the rifle and spending 2 hours getting cosmoline out of every crevasse and the firing pin. I noticed a trend.
All of the parts had the same serial numbers. They had not been modified or crossed out in any way. The only possible sign of refurb was the buttstock. Which had a series of X's on it but had no visible numbers under them.

What do you guys think? Did they just happen to not notice the numbers or just assumed the gun was non matching?

Thanks
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I sold an all matching SKS here on the EE for 450, so you got just a regular deal. They are not worth much money , matching or not. Most of us payed next to nothing for them originally. I made 5 times my original purchase back.
 
HitmanVictorTwo said:
Yeah it came from a crate covered in cosmoline. All numbers on all other parts match. The new serial number beside the crossed out one is the same as the other parts. There is a diamond under it with a circle in the middle of it. Those are the only markings on the stock.

I put 100 rounds through it the first day and it was surprisingly well sighted. Didn't actually make any adjustments to the front sight post. Out of the 100 rounds I had zero malfunctions shooting cheap chinese surplus.

Great info here guys!
Thanks a lot
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Keep your firing pin clear and free and you won't ever have malfunctions. It is made to shoot cheap surplus, no matter where it came from!

I haven't fired many of my SKS's, but of the dozen or so I've taken to the range, I have never had a single issue. My Type 56 and a '54 Izhevsk get most of the range time, and they are the most reliable semi auto firearms I've ever seen.
 
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