« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2014, 07:29:22 PM »
Isn't that /1\ marking what people were considering a DDR marking up until recently? The /1\ was recently attributed to being a refurb mark by the refurb arsenal in Liski. The pic below is a small listing of refurb arsenal markings that have been tracked down by an Russian engineer that was assigned to the archives at one arsenal. Many more exist. The octagon looks like two other factory markings, but might be a different factory.
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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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