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SKS Carbines => Unaltered SKS Rifles => The Trinity Rifles => Topic started by: jmaurer on December 26, 2021, 11:01:58 PM

Title: Photo of North Korean Honor Guard: Odd Bayonet Attachment
Post by: jmaurer on December 26, 2021, 11:01:58 PM

Browsing through other sites' discussions of North Korean honor guard SKS rifles, I just realized that I've missed the obvious anomaly in the photos that most of us have seen with the chrome-plated rifles. What's up with the bayonets / bayonet attachment-swivel-thing on these?!

(https://i.ibb.co/9sq0Hbh/IMG-0702.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hDKNFBc)

I guess I never really paid attention since I always assumed I'd never get my mits on one of these...

Title: Re: Photo of North Korean Honor Guard: Odd Bayonet Attachment
Post by: Phosphorus32 on December 27, 2021, 07:56:43 AM

Good catch. Definitely a different front sight base-bayonet lug. No handle-muzzle ring for the bayonet. The bayonet has a shortened and modified tang that appears to be riveted or bolted to the bayonet lug in the permanently deployed position.

Title: Re: Photo of North Korean Honor Guard: Odd Bayonet Attachment
Post by: running-man on December 28, 2021, 01:02:10 PM

Shadetree mechanic work at it's best there!  They took that FSB down to the bare minimum too, looks like what's used on an 18" SKS to be honest:

(http://chinesesks.weebly.com/uploads/2/9/2/2/29221347/799559590.jpg)

There must be something underneath the FSB taking the place of the cleaning rod nipples that still allows attachment of the bayos using that clamp-like fixture.  Bayo shank is pretty much gone too.  It's a wild mod that doesn't really seem to serve much purpose.  Why not just use stock hardware and leave it in the extended position?