Polish Honor Guard SKS

[Phosphorus32]

Enabled by GM, I ordered one of the stocks offered by a Polish collector/vendor. I decided to drop my spare refurbished 1954 Izhevsk into the stock. The bluing is excellent on this Izhevsk, so that was a bonus. The stock was a recycled Tula, partially scrubbed and numbered to match in the Arsenal 109, Irkutsk fashion with a color mismatched handguard. In any event, that's my rationale for why it was a good donor for the Polish honor guard stock.

The stock is very nice and has never been on an SKS-45, as I had to hand fit both the stock and handguard. The stock I simply had to slowly relieve a bit of wood with a chisel so the rear tang would slip in and the crossbolt drop into place on the barrel. The handguard needed adjustment in overall length and around each of the ferrules. I slowly worked those areas for a nice tight fit.

The beech laminate stock has a number on the hidden face of the buttplate, "17", and the buttstock has a "1.03" which I am guessing is the month and year, January 2003, of manufacture of this replacement stock. There are no other letters, numbers or markings that I can find. I'm pleased with how this Samopowtarzalny Karabinek Simonowa turned out.  Hope you enjoy it 










































Polish Wz 67 helmet



"Servicemen of honor guard of Polish army during ceremonial events at Polish military cemetery in Bykivnia near Kyiv. Ukraine. September 2012"


©wladyslawmus/123RF.COM

[Greatguns]

Very Nice Jon, well done.

[Phosphorus32]

Very Nice Jon, well done.

Thanks GG! 

[running-man]

That's a nice one for certain P32!   

I have always loved the 4 vent holes in the handguard.  So unique in the SKS world. 

[Phosphorus32]

That's a nice one for certain P32!   

I have always loved the 4 vent holes in the handguard.  So unique in the SKS world. 

Thanks RM! 

Those four semi-circular holes are quite distinctive. The stock is also thicker. It feels great in my long-fingered hands.

[Greasemonkey]

   I like it and its always a proud moment seeing ENEABLING work out so awesome.. 

Ok.. your done with it, can I have it, all the hard stuff is done.. 

[Bubbazinetti]

Very nice job chief.

Those Polish honor guard bayos look to be shortened similar to the Chinese parade rifles don't they?

[pcke2000]

Very nice job chief.

Those Polish honor guard bayos look to be shortened similar to the Chinese parade rifles don't they?

no, same length.

[pcke2000]

Very Nice Jon, well done.

Thanks GG! 

Sir, very nice! The matching handguard is a rare find. Congrats!

[Phosphorus32]

  I like it and its always a proud moment seeing ENEABLING work out so awesome.. 

Ok.. your done with it, can I have it, all the hard stuff is done.. 

Well, I should pay it (the enabling) forward, so here’s the current link. He was great to deal with. $30 shipping from Poland. Very well packaged. I highly recommend the owner-operator Marcin.
https://genuine-militaria.com/?s=SKS+stock

I’ll send it Pony Express like I always do GM 

[Phosphorus32]

Very nice job chief.

Those Polish honor guard bayos look to be shortened similar to the Chinese parade rifles don't they?

Thanks BZ! 

Some appear to have their tips blunted/rounded so that might shorten them a few mm.

[Phosphorus32]

Very Nice Jon, well done.

Thanks GG! 

Sir, very nice! The matching handguard is a rare find. Congrats!

Thanks PC! That cinched the deal. It’s a fairly pricey package but with the correct handguard, all the hardware, and both wood pieces in mint condition, I was willing to pay up.

[Bacarnal]

"Spare" Izhevsk, he says .  VERY nice, Jon.  Drool factor is a 10+.

[Phosphorus32]

"Spare" Izhevsk, he says .  VERY nice, Jon.  Drool factor is a 10+.

What can I say  It was slated for the sale block eventually but I found a better use for it.

Thanks Bruce! I’m definitely happy with how it looks 

[Greasemonkey]

What can I say  It was slated for the sale block eventually but I found a better use for it.

Well.... slated for the sale block.. how much.. hummmmmm

[running-man]

The extremely rare instance where bubba'ing a Russian SKS45 probably increased the value....

[Phosphorus32]

What can I say  It was slated for the sale block eventually but I found a better use for it.

Well.... slated for the sale block.. how much.. hummmmmm

  note the usage of past tense 

[Phosphorus32]

The extremely rare instance where bubba'ing a Russian SKS45 probably increased the value....

Thanks. I do believe you’re correct  although I don’t intend to find out in the near future

[running-man]

Laugh, watch that GM!  He's still waiting for the pony express to round the bend at his place carrying this carbine.  He might be waiting a while...

[Greasemonkey]

There's supposedly a whole hoard of pony express riders bringing things he said he shipped..  I think he's been fibbing about shipping things all these years..    I'm starting to feel like Charlie Brown waiting on the great pumpkin...  My dreams crushed.. my one...and only feeling... hurt.