I just got this one off Ebay as a possible back-up to a Chinese stock I also acquired off Ebay, in case I didn't win the Chinese stock.
Paid a lot more than I am used to for these and some other parts I need for the rifle I'm restoring, which is a 3 million /26\ marked one.
Curious about the markings, no big obvious Tula star like my other rifles. Could this be an Izhevsk stock?
(https://i.ibb.co/g9wXZ4m/DSCN9682.jpg) (https://ibb.co/T2RnMWY)
(https://i.ibb.co/n3mDg7K/DSCN9691.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tZKbmq1)
(https://i.ibb.co/kHFK4sC/DSCN9701.jpg) (https://ibb.co/LkfSxX7)
(https://i.ibb.co/1J2zyqm/DSCN9702.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7NykMW1)
Marcus, that is a Russian stock. Cyrillic letters and Russian proof mark on the right side. It is likely the reason the cost was high. Don't modify it to fit the Chicom would be my advice, find a Chinese stock.
Nice looking stock. Izhevsk didn’t make laminate stocks. The Cyrillic T over F marking on the right side are the initials of an inspection officer assigned to Tula.
great score! Original Russian laminated stocks (not those made for refurbs) are rare.
Can you please post a photo of top rear end of the buttstock? Thanks.
Very likely an original '57 letter stock. What does the crossbolt area look like? The photos pcke asked for will verify this.
If it is a '57 letter stock, here are some examples from the same prefix:
(https://i.ibb.co/8KtKjmc/P397-receiver.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/cDYjhFs/P397-right-stock.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/QM8k4z3/P397-stock.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/LNV6036/P5792-receiver.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/f1PfjJ5/P5792-stock.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/WBf3vyj/P5792-left-crossbolt.jpg)
This prefix series came in hardwood too: thumb1
(https://i.ibb.co/yN3rGCJ/P5674-receiver.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/6HX2WLN/P5674-right-crossbolt.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/3kPRXSw/P5674-stock.jpg)
Quote from: Bob_The_Student on September 22, 2021, 06:00:49 AM
Marcus, that is a Russian stock. Cyrillic letters and Russian proof mark on the right side. It is likely the reason the cost was high. Don't modify it to fit the Chicom would be my advice, find a Chinese stock.
Thanks, yes, I know it's Russian. I just couldn't tell if it was from an Izhevsk or Tula rifle, which has been clarified below.
The reason the cost was high is that I got it (and the Chinese stock) off Ebay, and for some reason all SKS stuff is either listed for high prices there or people bid it up into the stratosphere.
It doesn't need any modification for the Chinese rifle I am restoring, the rifle drops right into the stock and fits perfect. But since I also won the auction for the Chinese stock, I am using it for this restoration and am contemplating either keeping this stock in case a Bubbafied Russian rifle comes my way, or putting it up for sale for what I paid for it since I don't have an immediate use for it. I paid a lot for it, which will make it harder to re-sell and get my money back out of it, but I figure if someone needs it for a restoration project like the one I picked it up for, it is a nice stock, these are getting harder to find, and when you balance the value of a correctly restored rifle vs. the same rifle in some crap plastic stock, spending the money to do it right is justified.
I've been collecting SKS rifles since 1970 when I bought my first Vietnam bring-back from a neighbor who was in the 1st Cavalry Division, and have had a bunch of them over the years.
I had everything this restoration project needs in my parts stash a couple years ago, but sold off most of my SKS collection and figured I didn't need the parts any more, so I sold them all for a fraction of what it is costing me to locate and purchase them now.
My camera doesn't take the best photos, but here are the crossbolts with the little proofs around the front one, and the buttplate.
(I got a few photos to upload, will post more later)
(https://i.ibb.co/M50DKTS/DSCN9717.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QjwFhBQ)
(https://i.ibb.co/xD42fJq/DSCN9718.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VtKLQ2Y)
(https://i.ibb.co/M5fSzjm/DSCN9728.jpg) (https://ibb.co/NnrC0kM)
Yeah. Definitely an original stock off of a ‘56-‘58 letter gun. Likely a ‘57 based on the other known examples I posted.