More on Arsenal Stamps DB, DP + Single Chinese character + serial number

[Justin Hell]

Anyone notice that there is not a gas tube take down lever?

Since it was shown removed for the photos...I imagine you can get it off...somehow....keeping it on seems like it might be more important. 

The more weirdness that comes up with these guns with new locations of 'manufacture', the more I lean towards these being marked for police/militia and the area they work in.

 Kind of like an asset tag. 

Unless SKSs were manufactured in little shops strewn about like Stuckey's restaurants at truck stops across China....which, seems more and more impractical to me than these being made at far fewer actual locations, and then haphazardly being stamped by the recipients upon arrival.

Stucky's does still exist doesn't it?  If not, replace that with Flying J.

My DB has the typical gas block, whereas my 0226 has the bulbous one.... This one also seems to have a milled rear sight rather than the somewhat typical cast RSB.   These things are all over the map component wise.

Neat gun regardless....and it adds to the mystery.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Oh wow...  I missed that.  Padam, if you can get a replacement lever, I can walk you through the replacement. 

Yup... All over the map.

The flying hook got rid of their own restaurants anymore... All replaced with Denny's, steak& shakes, and Iron skillets.   

[padams8888]

Yeah, it was mentioned in the auction about it being missing (take down lever) and luckily I have changed them before.....ball hearing worked great to flare....😁

[applegoomp]

I bought this one on GB, still waiting for it to arrive.  These are odd ducks.   

[padams8888]

Dangggg........4 of em'!  That one looks nice!

[pcke2000]

New addition......has this series been seen before?

Can you provide a more clear picture please? I can read the first character, but not the second one. Thanks

[padams8888]

New addition......has this series been seen before?

Can you provide a more clear picture please? I can read the first character, but not the second one. Thanks

As soon as it's in my hot little hands.....I'll shoot different pics of it and get them posted.....definitely.

[Loose}{Cannon]

I bought this one on GB, still waiting for it to arrive.  These are odd ducks.   

This ome has the normal Jilin City and the type56 characters. 

[running-man]

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As soon as it's in my hot little hands.....I'll shoot different pics of it and get them posted.....definitely.

I think this one might turn out to be a Tonghua gun from Jilin province: 通


That second character is all over the place. I almost want to say it started as a '2' and was scrubbed and then something stamped over the top of it.  If pcke can't make it out, there's no way I'd be able to make heads or tails out of it.  Clearer photos are sure to help, definitely a neat DP there Pat!

[pcke2000]

I think this one might turn out to be a Tonghua gun from Jilin province: 通


That second character is all over the place. I almost want to say it started as a '2' and was scrubbed and then something stamped over the top of it.  If pcke can't make it out, there's no way I'd be able to make heads or tails out of it.  Clearer photos are sure to help, definitely a neat DP there Pat!

It is indeed the Chinese character 通, however I can't figure out what the 2nd character is based on the posted picture, especially the spot was double-stamped with a number and a character. I am looking forward to more clear pictures too.

[padams8888]

Okay....rifle came in today....weirdness! I took just a couple shots for tonight because I gotta run to town for a bit...but here is as close as I can get with my cruddy camera.....I noticed there are no other stamps on the receiver or barrel (like matching numbers) nor alignment tac marks....and no stamps on the underside of the receiver...I'll take a better look later...but this is what I have so far.....Pat
 

[Loose}{Cannon]

It looks like there are old characters underneath that were stamped over.   

[armedhippie]

Wow...seeing it up close has me back to scratching my head.  I was really thinking it was part of a 2....but if it was, It isint the same 2 stamp like the 2 beside it...all wrong. Maybe an older style stamp s/n scrubbed?  Padam said no stamps on the bottom either...IIRC most have something on the bottom and some seem to be dated as well.

Thanks for more pics P8, now lets see that D a lil closer when you get the chance. This 1 is very interesting. 

[padams8888]

The rest of the pics.....there is absolutely zero numbers (other than the last 3 of the serial #) anywhere on this rifle....nothing on the barrel...nothing on the FSB....nothing on the receiver other than the serial # and importer info.....and that quasi triangle thing on the left hand side of the receiver as far fwd as you can go above the barrel pin.....

[running-man]

Here's a new old one (I'd seen it before, just not in this great of detail)




I would call this one 四平市 Siping in Jilin Province. 

[pcke2000]

just curious, is it possible that it's 西 ？

[Phosphorus32]

just curious, is it possible that it's 西 ？

Looks difficult to rule that out to me, since the top part of the character is missing. What is the translation?

[running-man]

just curious, is it possible that it's 西 ？

Could be, I hadn't seen that one in looking at city names. That would be a realy tall stamp if it was.

[running-man]

The options for 西 are:

Xining 西宁市 in Qinghai
Xi'an 西安市 in Shaanxi
and Xichang 西昌市 in Sichuan.

Of the three, I'd guess it would be Xi'an as Shaanxi a is a well known SKS fabrication location. 



We certainly need another (better) stamp image to narrow it down between 西 and 四

[Loose}{Cannon]

Does this need to be added to the tile list?