Why are some Chinese SKS stocks thinner than others ??

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Why are some Chinese SKS stocks thinner than others ??

I bought a Chinese SKS but it seemed the stock was lighter and smaller than my other ones .

the top one looks like all my other ones , bottom one is thinner , the for-end is smaller , over all it's smaller ??

the last pic shows the thinner one's serial no.

Anyone have an idea on year , factory , why it is different than others I have seen ...

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Yeah does the thick one have a slot for the bayo. Doesn't show in the pic. As already stated blade bayo to spike bayo. The Chinese produced the SKS with a blade bayo for the first ten or so years then switched to the spike bayo.
 
1. Poor craftmanship.

2. Chinese old slang said: How much material you got, how many things you make.
(Production quantity depends on the quantity of material you got)

That's why you got different stock. They'd never bother to trim it down to "standard".

The "factory production" in China is totally different idea.
In the old time, sometimes, they may have same factory to make same things in different provinces.
For example (Just EXAMPLE), Hsanghai factory and Beijing factory, both are making SKS rifle.
Their relationship to each other is competing, not cooperate.
The one makes more would be awarded by higher authority.
Quality is not the point. The point is quantity.
 
I have a few Chinese military SKS' and there is some variation in stock thickness between them.
For my personal shooter rifle that I put together from Chinese parts, I use a stock with the thinnest wrist. Some of them are quite thick and not nearly as comfortable.
 
It's pretty obvious they were built to those specs. The thicker stock doesn't have any reinforcing pins through the fore end.

These rifles went through a lot of transitions. There was a big change when the Soviet advisors went home and left the Chinese to their own devices when they were in charge of manufacture.

One of the big changes would be in the serialization. There are no Cyrilic letters in the serial number so it was made under Chinese supervision. I would say your thick stock may be from a specific run for export but that is just a guess. The serial number on the side of the butt would indicate to me that the pinned fore end stock was one of the earlier transition stocks from post Soviet influence.

Then again, I might be completely wrong. There are a lot of variations in the Chinese SKS rifles. It could all be because of different contract specifications.
 
Nothing to do with quality or being Chinese, the Russian SKS model 1949 had the same profile stock as the Chinese spike bayo. When they switched to a blade, it was important to add more wood to cover the blade of the bayonet. This prevents the shooter from poking his hand or snagging on things and holds the bayo securely in the stock.
 
EL34/6L6 said:
I have a few Chinese military SKS' and there is some variation in stock thickness between them.
For my personal shooter rifle that I put together from Chinese parts, I use a stock with the thinnest wrist. Some of them are quite thick and not nearly as comfortable.
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I have a Chinese SKS stock that has a very small wrist. Like it was made for a child.

Edit - this stock is currently in my kindling bin. If anybody wants a super skinny wristed Chinese stock it's yours for cost of shipping.
 
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Thanks guys , both stocks are cut for the spike bayo , not the blade .

Also I should have noted that the thin one has a Large hole in the but stock , looks double in size of the other ones I have .
 
Dsiwy said:
Nothing to do with quality or being Chinese, the Russian SKS model 1949 had the same profile stock as the Chinese spike bayo. When they switched to a blade, it was important to add more wood to cover the blade of the bayonet. This prevents the shooter from poking his hand or snagging on things and holds the bayo securely in the stock.
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Also my observations exactly.
 
Hightrailtracker said:
Thanks guys , both stocks are cut for the spike bayo , not the blade .

Also I should have noted that the thin one has a Large hole in the but stock , looks double in size of the other ones I have .
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Sounds like the larger stock was chiseled out when fitted to a spike bayo gun.
 
Dsiwy , you are correct , on further inspection I found a deeper bayo grove at the first half and a machined shallower continuation to allow a spiked bayo to be installed .

Always great to learn more about my SKS's from fellow CGNutzers

many thanks
 
Interesting info, fun bit of history of these guns.

Some folks must be running an auto detection bot to scan for the word "Chinese" in cgn to post a standard commentary response.
 
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