I don't know if this is a regular refurb or not but the entire bayonet is a deep rich bluing to match the rest of the gun.Bolt remains silver and slide cover has been refinished as they ground off the year and maker off.Serial # YP21_ _ upside down N The stock is a nice dark unmarked without ###X's or the diagonal line through the box.Mag has a bar pinned under the follower that pivots slightly.Chrome lined.Run of the mill or something odd?
SKS with blued bayonet?
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PinkyPlinker
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Worth whatever refurbs are going for. Less cost of cleaning rod. Not really anything special.
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- Steel Town
I really like my '52 blued bayo refurb. It's a "supergrade" and refurbishment was limited to a matte blued bayo replacement and drop-fit into a laminate stock. Two functional improvements in my opinion.
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As long as your not cutting stuff off, you can swap out stocks and pick up scope mounts et al and trick it out. Keep all your parts as you may want to put it all back together one day.
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Not worth anymore really , imho , but it might make an easier sell to a hardcore sks collector who doesn’t have one with a blued bayo yet. Post pics if you can/want , sounds like a sharp looking sample.
Wasn't dreaming of it being the "Holy Grail" or that,just noticed it was different and thought I'd get some other opinions.If it's uncommon I won't mess with it. My problem is I buy guns intending to sell and end up keeping them.Is there a local Gun Nutz Anonymous chapter? Nowhere near on the road to recovery.
I have two, wish I had bought more, they are very well refurbed and the blueing is awesome, very deep, it looks on mine as if they sanded the stock numbers off and re stamped them, as they're is a bit of a slender spot where the serial numbers are! I got lucky when passing through Fredericton a few years ago, got the last two on sale for $150. Plus 10% CTC money!
The backwards N -- И -- is a Soviet year designation that identifies the gun as a 1957 manufactured rifle. From 1956-58 the Soviets did not date stamp or arsenal stamp the receiver covers. Blank is how the original cover would have been when it was assembled.
Hmm you probably have a 1957 the cover doesn't have maker marks or dates the star will likely be on the side of the receiver near the serial # the backwards N denotes 1957 it is thought! Both my blue bayo sks are marked that way!
Ahaha ha, Boris beat me to it!! Great minds think alike,,, or,, fools seldom differ!
I just picked up an sks off the EE last night. Similar to op. Blued bayo, metal etc. Laminate stock. My cover says its a '54. I plan on giving it a good once over tonight when im home from work. I havent checked for matching #s yet. I was pleasantly surprised to find what appears to be a factory spring loaded firing pin. I always kept my others free and clean but its nice to have something different. This is my 3rd and so far my favorite.
Couple things to examine when you get time to look the gun over:
Spring loaded firing pins were used from 1949 to mid 1951. The bolts and carriers on these guns are of a slightly different design than the later guns-- and not usually compatible with the later guns. This would suggest that the 1954 cover is a replacement. If the gun has a 45degree front gas port then it's a mid-1950 to mid-1951 rifle.
The is also a chance that the pin could be a Murray's Modfied bolt and pin on a 1954 gun. If its a 1954 gun it wil have a curved front gas port.
If it turns out to be a 1950-1951 rifle, the barrel bore may or mayNot be chrome lined.
Thanks for the tips. Im glad you pointed these things out to me. I just gave it a once over. Seems to have a bolt that matches the rest of the rifle including the receiver cover. A curved gas port too.
Here is where it gets weird. The firing pin retaining pin is just a straight pin instead of one side having the "D" shaped portion on one end. The bolt is not recessed for this D shaped portion.
Also, I looked at the murreys pins. It is very similar except the murreys pins have flats on the same face (and opposite face) as the recess for the retaining pin. On mine if you look straight on to the recess for the retaining pin, the flats are on the top and bottom. And my spring is a fair bit shorter than the murreys spring.
I'm not sure what to think now. Those straight retaining pins were supposed to only be on earlier sks' too from what I've read. I'm no expert though. See pics.
https://i.imgur.com/PRq7QbN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xEWR3G5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nJGfpHT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wiZ2PVW.jpg
Here is where it gets weird. The firing pin retaining pin is just a straight pin instead of one side having the "D" shaped portion on one end. The bolt is not recessed for this D shaped portion.
Also, I looked at the murreys pins. It is very similar except the murreys pins have flats on the same face (and opposite face) as the recess for the retaining pin. On mine if you look straight on to the recess for the retaining pin, the flats are on the top and bottom. And my spring is a fair bit shorter than the murreys spring.
I'm not sure what to think now. Those straight retaining pins were supposed to only be on earlier sks' too from what I've read. I'm no expert though. See pics.
https://i.imgur.com/PRq7QbN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xEWR3G5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nJGfpHT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wiZ2PVW.jpg
Definitely sounds like an oddity. The curved gasport and the spring loaded firing pin are mutually exclusive features. The firing pin was upgraded to freefloatining in at some point in 1951, and the curved gas port didn't show up until mid 1952.
It wouldn't happen to have come through WestRifle would it?
Can you post a lot more HD pics?
If you can, the best lighting for pics is often indirect, natural morning.
It wouldn't happen to have come through WestRifle would it?
Can you post a lot more HD pics?
If you can, the best lighting for pics is often indirect, natural morning.
