Can someone tell me what im looking at here, i lost interest in guns around covid and have forgotten most of what i learned here.
I thought it was a letter gun, but L isnt a letter, so light strike of some other stamp.
It also has black bolt, milled trigger group, bare metal rear sight, blank receiver cover.
(https://i.ibb.co/2kLQFs5/Untitled.jpg) (https://ibb.co/qr4fDWx)
Couldn’t tell you what the “L” stamp is, possibly a partial strike from a square refurb stamp. The carbine itself is a ‘52 or earlier Russian SKS45 based on the top square shoulder on the receiver round. The Blank cover indicates that part at least was swapped during refurb and the stripped RSL & black bolt is also a heavy refurb traits.
Looks like a "6" stamped on the carrier fore end.
Not definitive, but number stamps are commonly seen on Middle East contract carbines captured by Israeli military.
Do you have a photo of the serial number on the carrier?
Looks like 69 on the carrier and the frame.
(https://i.ibb.co/K6dhzvW/1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/y0tPBjq)
(https://i.ibb.co/MnnzVhr/2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fMM3pSf)
(https://i.ibb.co/6tCFgBw/3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fNwH4vF)
(https://i.ibb.co/f2tX5fh/4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vHmcGp7)
Nice laminate stock, stock is a replacement?
and is this rifle an old Century import?
its in canada. The stock numbers match the trigger group, the bolt, frame, receiver cover match each other.