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Chinese SKS (Commercial) / Re: Paratroopers For Your Viewing Pleasure
« Last post by lmc8541 on September 26, 2024, 11:30:25 PM »Good looking group, Pax!
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AK Family: Saiga, MAK, Vepr, WASR, Zastava, etc. / Zastava Under folding stock kit
« Last post by edritchey on September 26, 2024, 06:43:26 PM »Anyone else install one of their UF stock kits on a ZPAP M70 rifle I just did mine today so far I really like it it's a good bit longer then the short wood stocks they come with. Shot it some today and it's a great upgrade I'm my opinion. 
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Chinese SKS (Commercial) / Re: Wondering about what year this one was made
« Last post by running-man on September 25, 2024, 06:25:29 PM »Nice looking carbine. /?5\ arsenal guns typically have excellent fit and finish and this one is no exception.
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Chinese SKS (Commercial) / Re: Wondering about what year this one was made
« Last post by edritchey on September 25, 2024, 11:08:14 AM »Couple pictures now that the grease is removed.
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Chinese SKS (Commercial) / Re: Wondering about what year this one was made
« Last post by edritchey on September 24, 2024, 08:06:36 PM »Thank you for the quick response - it looks just as it arrived here in the states back in the day, I have a lot of the cozmo goop to clean but it's in really nice condition and all matching numbers.
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Chinese SKS (Commercial) / Re: Wondering about what year this one was made
« Last post by Boris Badinov on September 24, 2024, 07:37:49 PM »Made in the 8th month of the 18th year of production -- August 1973-- at arsenal /0406\
Nice catch.
Any more photos?
Nice catch.
Any more photos?
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Chinese SKS (Commercial) / Wondering about what year this one was made
« Last post by edritchey on September 24, 2024, 06:44:13 PM »Here is one I just picked up but I don't recognize the manufacturers mark and was wondering if anyone here could give me an idea about when and where it was made. I cleaned off enough of the cozmoline to get some clean pictures, Thanks in advance.
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Chinese SKS (Commercial) / Paratroopers For Your Viewing Pleasure
« Last post by echo1 on September 24, 2024, 01:25:15 AM »Greetings SKS Lovers,
A photo shoot on the "other" site inspired me to get out my Paratroopers and do a quickie layout of factory Bubbas and close clones, which happen to be some of my most cherished SKS rifles. There are some kinda unique units, such as importer-built blade rifles but on pinned chassis (when you could have order them made that way), the blonde blade has a sling with different style keepers and a very scarce KSI Hunter in wood, without the nowhere rail and inletting for it in the stock. That rifle also has importer installed NSTAR brake and CAPCO recoil pad option with the bayo slot filled in. All in all, a very clean Para mod. The Navy Arms Cowboys Companion came to me in 2 different parts buys months apart, from the same seller. It too has a different style CAPCO recoil pad option, slip-on screwed-on. I took the original Red Star scope off to save it for posterity. The 2 clones are KSI Hunters but had the nowhere rails, and their matching numbered stocks inletted for the rails. Luckily both rails were attached with screws and easily removed. I had a KSI branded OD green Butler Creek, so I cloned a faux Parka Para. The other KSI Hunter went in a black Ramline (not KSI branded) to clone a Stealth Para. Neither of the clones are parked and I'm not spending the ducat$ to do it. The Stealth clones are actually cleaner than the factory jobs because of the rod guides being completely removed. One Para I put a French tickler on because it matched the wood. Another Para I tried to put in a jungle stock (un-numbered wood) but couldn't get an acceptable fit or HG match. I had another nice spiker but I gave it to my buddy for a tranny installed in my ZR2. Anyway, these are them, enjoy PAX.
I built a couple home-grown Paratrooper units using P50s and cut a couple to 18.5" and used just the front site globes.
A photo shoot on the "other" site inspired me to get out my Paratroopers and do a quickie layout of factory Bubbas and close clones, which happen to be some of my most cherished SKS rifles. There are some kinda unique units, such as importer-built blade rifles but on pinned chassis (when you could have order them made that way), the blonde blade has a sling with different style keepers and a very scarce KSI Hunter in wood, without the nowhere rail and inletting for it in the stock. That rifle also has importer installed NSTAR brake and CAPCO recoil pad option with the bayo slot filled in. All in all, a very clean Para mod. The Navy Arms Cowboys Companion came to me in 2 different parts buys months apart, from the same seller. It too has a different style CAPCO recoil pad option, slip-on screwed-on. I took the original Red Star scope off to save it for posterity. The 2 clones are KSI Hunters but had the nowhere rails, and their matching numbered stocks inletted for the rails. Luckily both rails were attached with screws and easily removed. I had a KSI branded OD green Butler Creek, so I cloned a faux Parka Para. The other KSI Hunter went in a black Ramline (not KSI branded) to clone a Stealth Para. Neither of the clones are parked and I'm not spending the ducat$ to do it. The Stealth clones are actually cleaner than the factory jobs because of the rod guides being completely removed. One Para I put a French tickler on because it matched the wood. Another Para I tried to put in a jungle stock (un-numbered wood) but couldn't get an acceptable fit or HG match. I had another nice spiker but I gave it to my buddy for a tranny installed in my ZR2. Anyway, these are them, enjoy PAX.
I built a couple home-grown Paratrooper units using P50s and cut a couple to 18.5" and used just the front site globes.
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Yugoslavian SKS / Re: Balkan war sks with pn5x80(j)
« Last post by MxwllBkr on September 23, 2024, 06:16:01 PM »The rail and the other drilled holes where done at some point during the Balkan conflicts in Yugoslavia it is thought that a pn 5x80(j) NV Scope was used with these forward mounted rails as the eye relief is about perfect. However The Zrak NV scope itself would have been added over here at some point.
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Yugoslavian SKS / Re: Balkan war sks with pn5x80(j)
« Last post by Phosphorus32 on September 23, 2024, 05:02:53 PM »Very cool. What’s the provenance on that one? Was it imported that way or put together in the US?