« Reply #82 on: February 25, 2016, 09:03:00 PM »
My Certificate of Authenticity from Keng's Firearms Specialty Inc has just arrived regarding my 016/416 Arsenal stamped, PS stamped Type 56 SKS.
It says...
"This certificate acknowledges that the Poly Technologies, Inc. SKS with Serial Number 180383## was manufactured by
State Arsenal 416 in Jing-AN, China. It was imported by Keng's Firearms Specialty, Inc. on October 13, 1987 and was sold on December 29, 1987."
So there it is.
And here is the close up of the Arsenal stamp...
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RUSSIA SKS45: Tula 49, 50, 51 x2, 53 x2, 54, 57(И); Izhevsk 53, 54
POLAND SKS45: "W.P." Marked Tula 52
CHINA TYPE 56 CARBINE: /26\ 60 "S", 61, 64, 65, 66, 79; /UK5?\ 69; /256\ 70; /316\ 70; [0138] Stamped Receiver 70 x2; /306\ 71; /416\ 公安 73; /0412\ 78
CHINA Civilian: SKS-D (XZ), "SKS-D", Cdn Para x2
N. KOREA: T63
YUGO PAP M59: 66 C-Series x2; PAP M59/66a1: 73 J, 83 T
ALBANIA 561: 78
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