7 Million Serial

[Bacarnal]

Continuing my blade rifles, here is a 1962 7 Million Serial.  Mostly matching, though the stock seems to have been a replacement as well as the bolt and what seems to me a bolt carrier from another country (Yugo?).  Fairly good finish and will do as a representative for the collection.  I'll be posting these to the survey.  Cheers.
















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[running-man]

Nice looker there...you can certainly do worse when it comes to a 7 mil /26\ as seen in some of the recent imports! 

What serial number does the carrier have on top?  The 10-718 number stamped on the left side of the carrier does not appear to be a std. yugo part number like is typically seen in the lightening cut on the right side and it sure looks a bit too shiny to be  a yugo carrier as well.  I'd guess it's a late model Chinese carrier since the lightening cut is not there in your overall right view. 

[astronut]

Another nice SKS you have there!   

[Bacarnal]

Thanks, both. 
RM, thanks for the info on the carrier.  Honestly, I've never owned a Yugo, nor handled them much, so I was doing a SWAG.  Thanks for the id of possible late Chinese.  It would make more sense.

[Larry D.]

I'm beginning to feel insignificant compared to some of you guys.....

[Bacarnal]

Larry, I don't know why. I've seen some of your posts and it looks like you have some cool toys, also .

[Larry D.]

A few, but you guys are coming up with some extremely nice stuff.

[Bacarnal]

Larry, I just happened to be in the wrong place at the right time .  On the Cast and the Ghost I literally tracked down the owners at a local gun show and made them reasonable offers.  Beat another guy to the punch who stopped me going out of the show asking if I wanted to sell. 

[Weldrdave]

I know I'm late to this but that a very nice looking rifle! When did they switch from blade to the "pig sticker"?

[running-man]

9 mil /26\ is the first observed spike bayonet on a Chinese Type 56. 

[Gashog]

I have a 7 million series. I bought it in 2017 as a "gunsmith special" Chinese/Albanian. It is rough, cracked stock but matching numbers except stock. Lot's of names and stuff carved in the stock. It still outshoots my newer Norinco and has never missed a beat.

[Bob_The_Student]

Gashog that rifle has had some good times!

[Gashog]

Gashog that rifle has had some good times!

Doesn't appear to have been fired alot, but it looks like it got dragged around town behind an Albanian pick-up truck. haha

[Bacarnal]

GH, Below is a link to what I did when I got in a Beta Arms SKS 30 that had a full split like yours.  Hope it helps.

https://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=4674.0

[Gashog]

Bacarnal, nice repair job on that stock. Very similar break to what I have on the original stock. I pinned and glued a smaller crack on the spare stock I have so I could shoot this rifle while I get time to repair the stock it came with.

I put two pins in a cross fashion.  The crack ran between the pins and all but disapeared. That third pin is a steel pin that was in the stock when I got it.