The Romanian SKS rifles check the end of the serial number, there is a dash followed by four numbers, this is the year produced. For Chinese SKS Rifles To get the year of manufacture, add the first digit in the serial number to 1956.
LSB#: 181214RC12Make: Chinese. Commercial Factory 0303. Exported by Norinco.Model: SKS. Type 56 Carbine. Commercial VariantSerial Number: 20000825Year of Manufacture: Modern. There is no reliable way to date most Chinese SKS Rifles; with the exception of Arsenal 26 SKS Rifles.Caliber: 7.62x39mmAction Type: Semi Auto, Fixed MagazineMarkings: The import mark in the left side of the receiver reads “SKS 7.62X39 MADE IN CHINA BY NORINCO KSI POMONA CA”.
The left side of the receiver is marked “56” (for Type 56), with a Chinese “character”, with the Commercial Factory Code “0303 in a box”, with the serial number and with a partial stamping at the wood line. The top of the bolt, rear of the top cover, bottom of the magazine, bottom of the trigger guard and left side of the buttstock are all marked with the last 5 digits of the serial number. The interior of the sling is marked with several Chinese “characters” and “7.62”.Barrel Length: Approximately 20 1/4 InchesSights / Optics: The front sight is an adjustable, hooded post.
The rear sight is a “U” notched sliding escalator marked from “1-10” and “3” at the base.Stock Configuration & Condition: The wood stock has a pistol grip, finger grooves, through bolt, 2 reinforcing pins in the forearm, ventilated handguard, cutout for the included bayonet, hole for the included cleaning rod, scallop for the safety, sling loop and a metal buttplate with hinged door for storage. There is a small metal tube containing cleaning tools in the butt. The buttplate shows light scratches on the hinged door. The buttstock shows discoloration.
The wood shows scrapes & scratches. Some are deep and have damaged portions of the surface wood. The LOP measures 12 1/2 inches from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate. The stock rates in about Very Good Plus overall condition.Type of Finish: BlueFinish Originality: OriginalBore Condition: The bore is bright and the rifling is sharp & deep. There is no erosion.Overall Condition: This rifle retains about 97% of its metal finish. The rear sight base shows scratches from lifting the gas tube release lever. The top cover shows light discoloration.
The metal shows various small scrapes & light scratches. The screw heads are intact.
The markings are deep. Overall, this rifle rates in about Very Good Plus to Fine condition.Mechanics: The action functions correctly. We did not fire this rifle.
The bayonet locks into place properly on the barrel. When folded the tip of the bayonet has about 1 inch of up & down play. As with all used firearms, a thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance requirements.Box, Paperwork & Accessories: There is a small metal tube with cleaning gear stored in the butt.
It shows light scrapes and is in about Fine condition. The rifle comes with a green canvas sling with leather attachments. It shows some light discoloration and a few spots of light fraying. It is in about Fine condition.Our Assessment: This Chinese Type 56 SKS was made for export in China at Factory 0303. It was exported to the U.S.A. By Norinco prior to Bill Clinton banning the importation of Chinese SKS rifles in 1994. It has a strong & bright bore, matching part numbers and a nice metal finish.
The reddish blonde stock has some cosmetic issues but the rifle still looks impressive; especially with the bayonet extended. The Chinese marked sling is a nice addition to the rifle. Good luck.CA Legal or CA Private Party Transferable: This rifle can be transferred/sold in California.LSB#: 181214RC12 Make: Chinese.
Commercial Factory 0303. Exported by Norinco. Type 56 Carbine. Commercial Variant Serial Number: 20000825 Year of. SCROLL BELOW 'PAYMENT & SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS' FOR FULL PICTURE SETPhotographer for Gun Digest Standard Catalog of Firearms.Shipping:To reduce the likelihood of damage during shipping, we may disassemble long guns by removing stocks on especially long pieces or taking down takedowns.
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A guerilla of the, crouching in an underground tunnel, holding an SKS carbine.Almost as soon as the SKS was brought into service in 1949, it was rendered obsolete for Soviet purposes by the new AK-47, which was adopted by the Soviet military later that year. However, it found a long second life in the service of other Soviet-aligned countries, in particular the Chinese army, who found it well suited to their own style of warfare, the 'People's War' whose main actors were highly mobile, self-reliant guerrilla bands and rural militias protecting their own villages.
In the philosophy of 'the People's War', the emphasis was on long-range sniping, spoiling attacks, and ambushes. For this the Chinese army preferred its own domestic version of the SKS (the Type 56 carbine) to the AK pattern.From its introduction in 1956, the Type 56/SKS remained the workhorse of the (PLA) for 30 years.
In 1968, the army was briefly re-equipped with the unsuccessful, which had been intended to combine the sustained firepower of China's first AK-47 variant (confusingly called the ') with the precise semi-automatic fire of the SKS/Type 56 carbine and replace both of those separate rifles. However, by the mid-1970s, all manner of problems were plaguing the unreliable Type 63 rifle. Troops clamored to be given back their carbines, which had been redistributed to local militia units, and the army staff abandoned the Type 63 and returned the Type 56 carbine (SKS) and Type 56 assault rifle (AK-47) back into service. The standard practice was for squad leaders and assistant squad leaders to carry an assault rifle and for most other soldiers to carry a carbine, so that a front-line infantry squad fielded two assault rifles, two light machine guns, and seven carbines.However, after the beginning of, Chinese combat units found that the SKS carbine's capacity for long-range precision fire was of little use in the mountain jungles of the border region; as a result those units were hastily re-equipped with assault rifles.
Guns of the AK family (including both the Chinese army’s Type 56 auto and the Vietnamese army’s AK-47s and AKM) are for structural reasons relatively inaccurate– and because the Chinese army has historically favored precision fire (despite generally having firearms ill-suited to that task), the Sino-Vietnamese war directly hastened development of the PLA’s. By the time border conflict broke out again between China and Vietnam in 1983, the Chinese military had already been completely re-equipped with their more accurate, precise Type 81 assault rifle. However the Type 56 carbine still remains in service with Chinese militias and reserve forces.
The Type 56 also is in front line use as a drill and ceremony rifle.Many surplus SKS rifles were disposed of in the 1990s, and photographs and stories exist of SKS rifles used by guerrilla fighters in, and throughout Africa and Southeast Asia during the 1990s and well into the 21st century. Several African, Asian, and Middle Eastern armies still use the SKS.During the, the Soviet Union shared the SKS design and manufacturing details with its allies, and as a result, many variants of the SKS exist. Some variants use gas port controls, flip-up night sights, and prominent, muzzle-mounted grenade launchers (Yugoslav M59/66, possibly North Korean Type 63). In total, SKS rifles were manufactured by the Soviet Union, China, Albania, (Kar.
S) and (Model 56) in Romania. Physically, all are very similar, although the -specification 22mm grenade launcher of the Yugoslav version, and the more encompassing stock of the Albanian version are visually distinctive. Many smaller parts, most notably the sights and charging handles, were unique to different national production runs. A small quantity of SKS carbines manufactured in 1955–56 was produced in China with Russian parts, presumably as part of a technology sharing arrangement. The vast majority of Yugoslav M59 and M59/66s have, and stocks. Russian SKS's had stocks of Arctic Birch (or 'Russian Birch'), and the Chinese were of Catalpa wood ('Chu wood'). SKS carbines have also made appearances in recent conflicts in Africa,.
Today, the SKS is in service with, China, and, as well as many other countries in Africa. SKS rifles have been seen in the hands of pro-Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine as of May 2014. Variants. Chinese Type 56 semi-automatic carbine (Chinese SKS).
Type 56 (1956–): Numerous minor tweaks, including lack of milling on the bolt carrier, partially or fully stamped (as opposed to milled) receivers, and differing types of thumb rest on the take down lever. The Chinese continually revised the SKS manufacturing process, so variation can be seen even between two examples from the same factory. All of the Type 56 carbine rifles have been removed from military service, except a few being used for ceremonial purposes and by local. Type 56 carbines with serial numbers below 9,000,000 have the Russian-style blade-type folding bayonet, while those 9,000,000 and higher have a 'spike' type folding bayonet. Some early examples are known as 'Sino-Soviet', meaning they were produced by China, but with cooperation from Russian 'advisers' who helped regulate the factories and provided the design specifications and perhaps even Soviet-manufactured parts. Experimental stamped receiver: Very rare. A small number of Type 56 SKS rifles were manufactured with experimental stamped sheet metal receivers as a cost and weight saving measure but did not enter large scale production.
Honor Guard: Mostly, but not all, chromed metal parts. Does not generally have the lighter-colored stock as the Soviet Honor Guard variant. Type 63, 68, 73, 81, 84: these rifles shared features from several East-Bloc rifles (SKS, AK-47, Dragunov). AK-47 style rotary bolt and detachable magazine. The Type 68 featured a stamped sheet-steel receiver.
The Type 81 is an upgraded Type 68 with a three-round burst capability, some of which (Type 81-1) have a folding stock. The Type 84 (known as an SKK) returns to semi-auto fire only, is modified to accept AK-47 magazines, and has a shorter 16' paratrooper barrel. Norinco SKS-M with Monte Carlo cheek-piece stock and detachable 30-round AK-47 magazine. Commercial production: Blonde wood stock instead of dark wood, spike bayonet instead of blade, bayonet retaining bolt replaced with a rivet. Sub-variants include the M21, 'Cowboy's Companion', Hunter, Models D/M, Paratrooper, Sharpshooter, and Sporter. Model D rifles used military style stocks and had bayonet lugs (although some were imported eliminated bayonet, and some examples eliminated the lug in order to meet changing US import restrictions). Model M rifles had no bayonet lug and used either a thumb hole or Monte Carlo–style stock.
Both Model D and M used AK-47 magazines and as a result had no bolt hold open feature on the rifle.Other European. Romanian M56: Produced between 1957 and 1960. Typically, they are identical or nearly identical to the late Soviet model. Polish SKS (ksS): Refurbished Soviet rifles. Polish laminated stocks lack storage area in back of stock for cleaning kit.
A few hundred SKS's were given to Poland by the Soviet Union around 1954. While never adopted for use by combat units, the SKS is still in use in ceremonial units of the Polish Army, Air Force, Navy where they replaced rifles. Honor guards of the Polish Police and Border Guard also use SKS carbines. In Polish service they are known as ksS which stands for karabin samopowtarzalny Simonowa, Simonov's semi-automatic rifle. These rifles since have been slowly replaced by the new Polish rifle design, the MSBS. Yugoslavian PAP M59: Manufactured by between 1959 and 1966. Barrel is not chrome-lined.
PAP stands for ' Polu- automatska puška' (Semi-automatic rifle) and the rifle was nicknamed 'Papovka'. Otherwise this rifle is nearly identical to the Soviet version. Many were converted to the M59/66 variant during refurbishment. Yugoslavian M59/66 with the muzzle formed into a spigot-type grenade launcher and a folding ladder grenade sight behind the front sight. Yugoslavian PAP M59/66: Produced between 1967 and 1989. Added 22 mm launcher which appears visually like a flash suppressor or muzzle brake on the end of the barrel.
Front sight has a fold-up 'ladder' for use in grenade sighting. When the grenade sight is raised, the gas system is automatically blocked and the action must be manually cycled—rifle grenades must be fired with special blank cartridges, and this feature helps ensure that the gas pressure is not wasted on cycling the action. The gas system is not automatically unblocked when the sight is folded, however, and must be manually opened to again allow semi-automatic operation. Barrel was not chrome-lined. Both the grenade launcher and grenade sight are NATO spec.
Stock is typically made from beech wood. Yugoslavian PAP M59/66A1: Same as above, except with the addition of flip up or night sights. Albanian 'July 10 Rifle': Produced between 1967 and 1978. There were no rifles produced from 1972 to 1975. Produced by the UM GRAMSH factory located in Gramsh, Albania.
Longer stock and handguard on the gas tube, and AK style charging handle. The magazine is slightly different in the shape visible from the outside. The stock has two compartments with two corresponding holes in the buttplate for cleaning implements instead of the single cleaning kit pocket. Like the Chinese Type 56 carbine, the Albanian version also features a spike bayonet fixed beneath the muzzle. East German Karabiner-S: Extremely rare. Slot cut into back of stock for pull-through sling, similar to the slot in a.
No storage area in back of stock or storage for cleaning rod under barrel.Other Asian. North Korean Type 63: Extremely rare. At least three separate models were made.
One 'standard' model with blade bayonet, and a second with a gas shutoff and a grenade launcher, similar to the M59/66. The North Korean grenade launcher was detachable from the muzzle and the gas shutoff was different from the Yugoslavian model, however. A third model appears to have side-swinging bayonet. Vietnamese Type 1: Extremely rare. Nearly identical to both the Soviet and Sino-Soviet SKS.
These are identified by a small star on the receiver with a 1 in the center. The barrel is chromed, as are many of the internal parts. It is unknown currently whether there are spiked bayonets or only bladed. The stock work is identical to more common SKS variants such as the Soviet and Chinese. These appear to have been either converted Soviet or Sino-Soviet models, or simply cloned from these rifles.Quality disparities There is some debate as to the relative quality of each nation's SKS production. The Chinese SKSs varied significantly even among new rifles with some having screwed in barrels, milled trigger groups and bolt carriers with lightening reliefs cut into them being at the top end and cheaper rifles having pinned barrels, stamped trigger groups and slab-sided bolt carriers – though overall quality and serviceability remained high.
The main reason for the manufacturing variance comes from differences between rifles made for the Chinese army and those made for export. The Chinese types typically have -lined barrels while the Yugoslav versions do not, resulting in some Yugoslavian carbines having bores in considerably worse condition than even the cheapest Chinese SKSs. The Yugo M59/66 rifles also are unique in having a gas shut off valve for grenade launching, which is a common source of malfunctions. While often encountered in well-used condition, Romanian carbines were as well-built as the Soviet versions. In general, carbines made in the USSR are considered the highest quality.The interchangeability of many parts has resulted in carbines on the U.S. Market that are a mixture of different parts of varying quality, sometimes including parts from different countries, often with non-standard after-market parts.
Such rifles are usually referred to as 'parts guns' and are generally considered the least-desirable carbines encountered. Even so, they are significantly cheaper than comparable semi-automatic rifles and can be expected to offer reliable performance.North Korean, Vietnamese, East German, and Albanian SKSs bring a higher price than those of other countries. Soviet and Romanian carbines have largely reached price parity, with Chinese carbines somewhat lower in price. The stock on the Albanian versions is of a slightly different manufacture and these were made in low production numbers. There were approximately 18,000 Albanian SKSs manufactured during the late 1960s until 1978, and of those, approximately half were destroyed.
Most of the remaining SKSs had been sold/transferred to in the early 1990s.Accuracy potential. ceremonial purposes.: Non-governmental users.:.: Non-governmental users. ceremonial purposes. (in ). ceremonial purposes. (former user).: used by the Palestinian Honor Guard. SKS were also used by troops in the 1970s.
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(passed on to successor states).: Zastava M59.Civilian use. Chinese Norinco SKS with bayonet removedThe SKS is popular on the civilian surplus market, especially in Canada and the United States. Because of their historic and novel nature, Soviet and European SKS carbines are classified by the as items under U.S. Law, allowing them to be sold with features that might otherwise be restricted. Chinese manufactured rifles, even the rare early 'Sino-Soviet' examples, are not so classified, though the 'Sino-Soviet' rifles qualify for automatic Curio & Relic status due to being manufactured over 50 years ago. Because of the massive size of the Chinese, over 8 million Chinese SKS rifles were manufactured during their 20 years of use making the Chinese SKS one of the most mass-produced military rifles of all time although still far behind its successor the.In Canada, the large flux of imported SKS rifles has driven prices down to around $200–$300 per Russian SKS.
The Chinese Norinco SKS can be bought for slightly less. As with most military surplus rifles, they are coated in for the preservation of the firearm while under storage for decades at a time.
Sks Type 56 Stock
Along with a large supply of bulk 7.62×39mm surplus ammunition, SKS rifles have become a popular firearm for civilian ownership.In Australia, SKS rifles were very popular with recreational hunters and target shooters during the 1980s and early 1990s before were. Since the introduction of the 1996 gun restrictions in Australia, the series of bolt-action rifles and carbines have now filled the void created when the SKS was restricted from legal ownership. A SKS carbine fitted with an aftermarket composite stock and weaver rail.In the early 1990s, the Chinese SKS rapidly became the 'poor man's deer rifle' in the United States due to its low price, lower even than such old favorites in that role as the. Importation of the Chinese SKS into the U.S.A. Was banned in 1994.Due to its relatively low cost and widespread availability and usage, the SKS has spawned a growing market for both replacement parts and accessories. Many aftermarket parts are available to modify the carbine—sometimes so considerably that it bears little resemblance to the original firearm.
This may include items such as synthetic, pistol grips, higher capacity, replacement covers (to allow the mounting of, etc.), different, recoil buffers, bipods, and more.The SKS was reportedly used in the 2019. Legal issues The carbine's integral 10-round magazine is not an issue in those states and nations which prohibit higher-capacity magazines, except Canada, and New Zealand. In the case for Canada, the SKS is classified as a non-restricted firearm and the magazine must be pinned to five rounds or the rifles must be retrofitted with five-shot magazines, while New Zealand's arm code states that an A class center fire, self-loading rifle must have no more than seven rounds in the magazine (this only applies to guns on an a-cat licence, those on an e-cat have no magazine limit).
Where higher capacity magazines are legally permitted, there are a number of secondary market vendors that sell higher capacity magazines of up to 30 rounds (or more). These secondary market magazines may be installed by first removing the fixed magazine (a process that involves the removal of the trigger group assembly with a pin punch, screwdriver, bullet-tip, or similar device). However, although the 7.62×39mm round is generally compared to the American Winchester, many states have laws against hunting rifles with magazines of more than five rounds. Magazine plugs limiting the magazine to five rounds must be used for hunting in these states.While aftermarket detachable magazines may be simple to install, doing so may be illegal under certain circumstances or even in some vicinities. They are also banned in, which includes and many suburbs, although as of the 2010 US Supreme Court decision, the City of Chicago ordinance allows removable magazines, creating a confusing situation for firearm owners., which regulates imported rifles with certain features the defines as not being suitable for sporting purposes requires ten 'compliance parts' (out of a list of 20 possible parts) of U.S. Manufacture to be installed on any modified SKS.See also.References.