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SKS Carbines => Unaltered SKS Rifles => Russian SKS => Topic started by: pcke2000 on June 07, 2023, 07:08:54 PM

Title: Serial on stock, real or fake?
Post by: pcke2000 on June 07, 2023, 07:08:54 PM
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/989937787
Title: Re: Serial on stock, real or fake?
Post by: Boris Badinov on June 08, 2023, 10:35:55 AM
Most likely real IMHO.

-This serial font is seen on the refurb imports.
-The finish is largely intact around the new serial stamp.
-Serial numbers with no prefix are also not uncommon on replacement stocks.
-I also think this particular cyrillic prefix "НБ" would be easy enough to fake

If i had to guess, this is a very late replacement stock.

I've begun to wonder if examples like this -- Late production refurb, with partial stock serial, and no crossbolt at the wrist-- might be an indication that the late final "refurbishment" was part of an aesthetic, commercial make-over and not intended for re-issue.

Who knows.
Title: Re: Serial on stock, real or fake?
Post by: Boris Badinov on June 08, 2023, 10:40:30 AM
I totally missed the Listing title:

"Norinco Type 56 sks"   stop1
Title: Re: Serial on stock, real or fake?
Post by: running-man on June 08, 2023, 04:50:07 PM
Not unprecedented to have numbers only on the refurb stock for a Soviet SKS45.  Here's the first one I found, off a prefix AB carbine from 1954.:

(https://i.ibb.co/2YP2SyF/AO1638-stock.jpg)

Interesting that the original stock was prefix "MT".  Just for grins I did a search for MT prefixed stocks under my photos and turned up a bonanza of numeral only stock restamps (many more than I would have expected to see!):

(https://i.ibb.co/qR6JBqC/MT533-stock.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/9G52gfx/MT1088-stock.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/cNcvxdn/MT3785-stock.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/BL07LWC/MT5509-stock2.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/xfcMTB7/MT5571-stock.jpg)

None are as pristine as that 1955 cartouche on the OP carbine, but I would lean towards this being the norm during a certain refurbishment time period/facility.