Nothing but a 9 mill. S/n

[sksarego]

Pinned barrel all s/n match on stock too,bayonet and sling but no arsenal stamp and no norinco markings.only a s/n 9 million range..also has CAI lmport on barrel

[Greatguns]

Pinned barrel all s/n match on stock too,bayonet and sling but no arsenal stamp and no norinco markings.only a s/n 9 million range..also has CAI lmport on barrel

What is the second number in the serial? It could be one of these; From the SKS Guide "Dating the Chinese SKS"

1988 – 1994: Misc guns of various styles, usually w/o an arsenal stamp and sometimes assembled from scrubbed parts, having a unique 88 thru 93 prefix to the serial number.  The parts of these guns may come from any time period, but they were (re)assembled and (re)numbered exclusively for export.


Oh, and pics, always pics

[sksarego]

900 and four more digits, ,send pics later not home

[Phosphorus32]

Sounds like a 1990 commercial production

[sksarego]

Yes,ok I send pic soon have an 88 that's says norinco I think..have to look

[Greatguns]

Sounds like a 1990 commercial production

Yeah, that was what I was thinking too. '90 no arsenal stamp parts gun

[sksarego]

https://i.ibb.co/6r0n9L5/20210407-215551.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/crYZrFF/20210407-195834.jpg           
                https://i.ibb.co/2SXqKnL/20210407-195717.jpg

[Greatguns]

Yep, pretty much looks like what we've been sayin'. Still, nice lookin' SKS from what I can see.

[running-man]

Yep, pretty much looks like what we've been sayin'. Still, nice lookin' SKS from what I can see.

Most certainly a ‘90 ‘commercial’ build.   They are nice guns, good shooters. 

[sksarego]

thnx for the help on this one. look at all the chrome on the endhttps://i.ibb.co/XpV8JnH/20210408-005528.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/r06k5QW/20210408-005351.jpg
  https://i.ibb.co/XpV8JnH/20210408-005528.jpg

[High Noon]

I'm sure you'll get many years of enjoyment out of shooting her!  Nice rifle.

[sksarego]

yea thanks,,90's date with milled trigger guard ,go figure

[Phosphorus32]

yea thanks,,90's date with milled trigger guard ,go figure

Yup, refurbished or new old stock parts assembled into guns for export sales, so they end up with anachronistic parts selections some times.

[sksarego]

but why no name at all other than cai on barrel? i have another with 8800 and three other digits with made in china by norinco..any reason that you know? norinco is an importer/exporter i thought also.

[Greatguns]

but why no name at all other than cai on barrel? i have another with 8800 and three other digits with made in china by norinco..any reason that you know? norinco is an importer/exporter i thought also.

Well, possible reason for  no "Made in China by Norinco" would be Norinco wasn't involved in the production or distribution of some of these late model SKSs. Usually the caliber and "Made by" stamp is somewhere close to the importer stamp, but not always. Simply put, there were a lot of inconsistencies within the construction and distribution of the Chinese SKS and some things we will just never know the answer to.

[sksarego]

yes makes sense