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Title: Hello from Central Indy
Post by: Nickbau5 on February 18, 2025, 04:14:06 PM

Hello, I've been getting into SKS collecting for the last few years, started with my Type 56 I bought back in 2020 and fell in love with the system. Later added onto it with a Yugo and Albanian, then Russian and Romanian. I've included adopted cousins into the collection like the Rasheed (I know it's not an SKS type, but I like how it tries to disguise as one), as well as non-military rifles, such as the SKS-D, M, and Type 84. I still have a good bit of collecting to do and an idea for an SKS modification build on a clapped out gunsmith special if I find a good one. As uncommon or rare as the other SKSs might be in the group, the Type 56 will still be my favorite, being my first one and the one I had to put the most work into to make it shootable with how caked in cosmoline is was when I got it. Hope to learn a lot more here and hopefully increase my knowledge further.

(https://i.ibb.co/vCLDHTr3/The-Boys.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mrhSG2Y9)

Title: Re: Hello from Central Indy
Post by: running-man on February 18, 2025, 05:10:12 PM

Greetings from NM in the the desert southwest!

Great collection you have there! The Rasheed is about as close as you can get to an SKS w/o being one as even the bayonets (though not all bayo collars) are swappable. I like your M59 right in the middle, love those gray rough bayonets on them. Also good that you got the Alby relatively early on too, prices for those are getting to be ridiculous nowadays! silly1

If you have any questions, feel free to post anything up and the community will reply with all sorts of info.

Welcome aboard. thumb1 clap1

Title: Re: Hello from Central Indy
Post by: Nickbau5 on February 18, 2025, 05:42:40 PM

Quote from: running-man on February 18, 2025, 05:10:12 PM
I like your M59 right in the middle, love those gray rough bayonets on them.

yeah, the Yugo has some nice carvings on it, on both sides it has the date "11-3-95", along with the "Cigo" on the right side of the stock, which I've been told is an endearing version of "Gypsy" in serbian. On the flip side has 2 names, "Rada" and "Daca". It also has a slightly modified hand grip as well.

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Post by: echo1 on February 19, 2025, 01:25:14 AM

Welcome and nice heap o iron. PAX

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Post by: Phosphorus32 on February 21, 2025, 09:06:26 AM

Greetings from beautiful WA! Welcome!

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Post by: Cz315 on April 19, 2025, 08:25:48 AM

Welcome!

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Post by: Richmond1971 on April 30, 2025, 04:10:12 AM

Welcome aboard from SE Kentucky

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Post by: Larry D. on May 06, 2025, 01:13:47 PM

Welcome from central Arizona.

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Post by: Sindone on May 06, 2025, 03:04:18 PM

Welcome. You've put together a nice collection

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Post by: Richmond1971 on June 05, 2025, 10:49:00 AM

Welcome from SE Kentucky

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Post by: Greatguns on March 07, 2026, 10:10:16 AM

Late to the game on this, but...
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