Just got another sks. 1959 all matching letter gun. :) Is an I.O. NC import.
Here's a pic before cleaning.
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_114225_zpskzi7mfrw.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_114132_zpsmpbe2h9z.jpg)
and here are some after.
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_174721_zps5uhrlwzg.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_174829_zpsfh7h0tj2.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_174841_zpsoelbuywr.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_173639_zpsybzdqatj.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_175014_zpsh8kfw4uf.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_175036_zpsh3fugbic.jpg)
Very nice!! clap1 Good score.
2 things I have found. the /26\ is have under the wood line(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_174841_zpsoelbuywr.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_172742_zpsxjxbbpam.jpg)
and I think this may be some trench art.(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/Anthony_Schatzl/20150226_174859_zpsnob0mdg3.jpg)
don't know
The sub 61 guns range drastically in terms of positioning and clarity or the /26\ stamp. Tilted, high, low, light ,deep... etc.
I also have an H (H3333) still in cosmo... one of my favorite IO batch guns.
Great score imho. thumb1
I have one with "BD" engraved in the stock, a little more toward the butt on the other end of the wrist. I figured it was somebody's initials until another guy posted about the same initials on HIS . Now I don't know what they signify. :)
I wasn't sure if it was just scratches? But that really looked like a p to me.
Looks like Pl or PL?