Old US Army training video on the Russian SKS.

[High Noon]

US Army training video on the Russian SKS.

[running-man]

Funny that they call it a Russian as it's clearly a Chinese type 56.  I wish he would have shown the left side in better detail.  Same operation and disassembly I guess.  This video must have been made in the 60's sometime.  Nice fin HN! 

[Bob_The_Student]

Im pissed! He didn't say if it was all matching or not! 

[High Noon]

Funny that they call it a Russian as it's clearly a Chinese type 56.  I wish he would have shown the left side in better detail.  Same operation and disassembly I guess.  This video must have been made in the 60's sometime.  Nice fin HN! 

Thanks - just thought it was interesting. I have seen a lot of these on the M1, M14, etc.

I assumed he was calling it Russian, due to the origins of the original design.  That was just my guess.....?        

[Chevy Boy]

Funny that they call it a Russian as it's clearly a Chinese type 56.  I wish he would have shown the left side in better detail.  Same operation and disassembly I guess.  This video must have been made in the 60's sometime.  Nice fin HN! 

I’m curious as to what gives it away as Chinese in the video. About the only way I know to tell the two apart without looking at the markings is the blade vs spike bayonet.

Nice video. I once forgot how to get the gas piston out of an SKS after a year without field stripping it, so I pulled up that one to figure it out.

After watching Joe Q. on a couple videos talking like Boomhauer and doing magic things with his hands way too fast on his shaky camcorder for me to keep up with, I just went with the Army instructional and it was the easiest to follow.

[carls sks]

enjoyed it. thanks.

[Bob_The_Student]

Chevy Boy, the stock (side swivel), numbers on stock, dust cover (although could be any old cover), color of stock is light (should be dark for Russian).

[Greatguns]

Chevy Boy, the stock (side swivel), numbers on stock, dust cover (although could be any old cover), color of stock is light (should be dark for Russian).

Yeah, main give away is the side sling swivel stock

[Bacarnal]

Thanks HN

[High Noon]

Thanks HN

You are welcome sir. 

[Matchka]

"...a cleaning well where a cleaning rod can be carried." C'mon, Sarge!

[High Noon]

"...a cleaning well where a cleaning rod can be carried." C'mon, Sarge! 

Yeah, they should have watched the film, caught the error and dubbed in the word "kit" or redid it. 

[Boris Badinov]

Funny that they call it a Russian as it's clearly a Chinese type 56.  I wish he would have shown the left side in better detail.  Same operation and disassembly I guess.  This video must have been made in the 60's sometime.  Nice fin HN! 

Possibly the mis-identification indicates that the rifle in the video is a late, large font Letter rifle -- sans 56type (五六式) designation and easily mistaken for a Soviet carbine?

[running-man]

Yeah if I had to guess, I’d probably go down that line of reasoning as well Boris.  Early enough to be similar enough to a russian to misidentify it but late enough to be a side swivel Chinese.  A letter gun fits the bill perfectly.