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Another offering..
Phosphorus32:
--- Quote from: ozark1 on December 10, 2020, 09:24:04 AM ---I've had it in my hands. It takes the AK mags. 3 30 round mags come with it...Nothing on receiver other than SN and the 26 in a triangle. I think it's a plain 1966 made SKS that someone has converted to AK mags. If I buy it..(we're $50 apart)...I think I'll leave it the way it is..
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Based on your description, it sounds like an odd duck. I don't know of AK mag compatible SKSs that retain the Jianshe Arsenal /26\ marking. Not trying to be condescending, but you've seen the AK mag release on the rifle and confirmed that they are AK mags and not the duckbill SKS mags, right? If it's someone's backyard conversion to accept AK mags with the proper front mag catch, rear mag release etc., I'd be a bit leery of it.
Presumably the stateside Midwest Ordnance “SKS-D” conversions used Type 56 receivers, so I suppose that's another possibility. I've never seen one of these, so I don't really know if they converted Type 56s and left all of the markings intact, or what markings they added to distinguish their professional bubba from backyard bubba.
ozark1:
I put the mags in myself... It has the front catch and rear release...The mags go in and out perfectly. Why would you be leery ?...Just looked it over again...There is a ..7.62.. stamped into the receiver just under the ejection port. No importer markings anywhere...and..it looks like some sort of black finish...that you can scrape away with a fingernail...covering the blued metal parts...I think we have a deal for the gun..Again..10 million SN..and triangle 26 ????
Phosphorus32:
--- Quote from: ozark1 on December 10, 2020, 01:57:39 PM ---I put the mags in myself... It has the front catch and rear release...The mags go in and out perfectly. Why would you be leery ?...Just looked it over again...There is a ..7.62.. stamped into the receiver just under the ejection port. No importer markings anywhere...and..it looks like some sort of black finish...that you can scrape away with a fingernail...covering the blued metal parts...I think we have a deal for the gun..Again..10 million SN..and triangle 26 ????
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That'd be the remnant of your import mark. Black paint would be bubba. There aren't any military or commercial variants that were painted.
Leery, because if it has no markings indicative of an "official" commercial AK conversion (see the AK mag variant sticky in the commercial section), it could be a backyard bubba conversion and who knows how well it works. There were no military AK mag versions of the Chinese SKS.
ozark1:
Well..Here's the verdict. I thought from the beginning it was a modified stocker..SO..I went out in the back yard..and loaded 20 rounds, and went for it. Again..the mag loaded perfectly and ran the 20 without a hitch. I put a few into the other 2 mags, and they ran perfect too..The owner came over, and we did the deal for $375 and fishing rights in my pond for him and his boys..(That was his idea)..next summer..Stock is nice..bore like new...I'll spend an afternoon taking the black finish off..Even has cleaning kit..I think I'm in it right..Like my old HS Coach used to say.."It works for me"...thanks to the Forum for the help. I really appreciate it...jv..
Larry D.:
Sounds like a great deal for both of you.
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