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Offline jda70

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My 1958 Chinese SKS
« on: May 20, 2015, 10:35:03 AM »

Hi.

Here are a couple pictures of my SKS.
I'll get better pictures up as soon as I can
and talk a little more about what condition it was in
when I got it and what I did to bring her back into
decent safe condition.







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Re: My 1958 Chinese SKS
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2015, 10:46:19 AM »
Nice one Jda, did you put the finish on the stock yourself, or did the stock come that way?  Was this one a gunsmith special that needed some TLC?  Looks pretty nice to me!   thumb1
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Re: My 1958 Chinese SKS
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2015, 10:56:05 AM »


It was just a regular 300 dollar internet buy. The stock that came with it
was a Russian stock. Someone had messed up the front end of pretty bad
so the action kept moving around. It was a bummer but I had
to trash that stock and replace it with a Chinese stock. Got one off eBay that
someone had sanded down and stained a ugly color over the top of dirt and Cosmoline.
So the replacement stock was stripped and a coat of Shellac was applied.



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Re: My 1958 Chinese SKS
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2015, 11:26:01 AM »
Looks good..   

So its a 3m serial /26\?
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Re: My 1958 Chinese SKS
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2015, 12:58:17 PM »
That's top shelf jda!  thumb1  If that's a 3mil /26\ I have one also, that is a very nice looking carbine. Good job bringing it back to life.  clap1
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Re: My 1958 Chinese SKS
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2015, 02:01:24 PM »
Quote from: jda70 on May 20, 2015, 10:56:05 AM


It was just a regular 300 dollar internet buy. The stock that came with it
was a Russian stock. Someone had messed up the front end of pretty bad
so the action kept moving around. It was a bummer but I had
to trash that stock and replace it with a Chinese stock. Got one off eBay that
someone had sanded down and stained a ugly color over the top of dirt and Cosmoline.
So the replacement stock was stripped and a coat of Shellac was applied.

Very nice indeed!  thumb1

Have you still got the Russian Stock?

We could certainly use it if you're willing to donate/let it go at a reasonable price for our laboratory wood analysis.  Let me know!
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Re: My 1958 Chinese SKS
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2015, 02:04:59 PM »
Did you refinish the metel at all?looks good btw
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Re: My 1958 Chinese SKS
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2015, 10:08:38 AM »
It's a 3mil /26\ . Not matching. At some point in time the Bolt and Bolt carrier were replaced.

No Sorry, I don't have the stock that came with it.

The magazine was rusted. One spot was pretty bad with major pitting.
So I disassemble the mag, stripped it down to bare metal and Rust Blued it using
Mark Lee's Express Blue #1.

The Gas tube is a replacement from a de-milled gun. I still have the gas tube that
came with it. It looks good but it's one of the 2 piece types. I wanted the early type
on mine and switch them out.



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