SKS used at end of ww2 - anyone have proof?

What kind of proof are you looking? SKS was field tested at the end of WW2, this is known fact in Russian speaking community. Simonov developed his carbine in 1944 and after faults discovered during the field tests were eliminated it was accepted into service in 1949 under name "SKS-45".
 
SKS, AK47 and RPD were all adopted at the same time as a small weapons platform for 7.62x39 cartridge. First was issued for equipment of support troops. Second was issued to front line shock troops or main forces. Third was issued to be support weapon to all of the above, later replaced by RPK. To this day only SKS remains stable in its role, all others were replaced by much modern rifles and machine guns as conditions dictate.
 
first know cartridges that are in collections are dated 49 The sks did not get used in WW2 it was put aside till after the war the resources were not available for manufacture. There was a test cartridge used in development but they are very hard to find. If the sks had been used in WW2 photos of it would be available. The only late development that was fielded was the German MP43 44 series with plenty of documentation. The same is true for the Korean war no sks was fielded there the Russians were manufacturing to arm their own troops and was not going to allow them to be captured and copied by anyone else. 56 was the first date they allowed any one else to manufacture them
 
I have read in two separate books that the prototype SKS was chambered for a slightly different round, the 7.62x41
 
Stalin was pretty firm on his belief in the x54 cartridge. I've read that he didn't like the idea of the smaller x39 at all. Maybe the x41 was an early appeasement in order to try and sway him?
 
Technically, you cannot take any Soviet source from that era to be reliable. Just because Stalin says it is so, don't make it so. You can't even believe photographs.
What the Soviets had at any given time is mythology, unless there is something to back it up.
 
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