File under another 'unsolved bayonet stuff'. ;-)

Hey Bubba - I sold the rifle with those mods and don't have a pic of the  tube holes.  Here's a detailed description of that one (#2) and other mods.  I have a post further down on that thread, too.  Canada has 5-round mag limits for all centre-fire rifles, so there are several ways to do that too.
Ed
http s://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/603359-Helpful-hints-to-DIY-for-Red-Rifles

I am actually surprised it is dated that late considering how it is made...perhaps the naval surplus gives a better timeline of how long that style was made, possibly more of them were left unused.  Then again, that recent CIA thing kind of makes it seem like a lot of what was going on may have been a few years later than we suspected. For that report to be so incorrect/incomplete four years after main production started....it seems like Russia must have been stockpiling for awhile before even issuing these, I mean...it was technically peacetime.

The photo I have of cadets marching exclusively with SKS spikers in 1958 makes me wonder just how long it was before the SKS was even put to use. Perhaps the BBQ paint was just easier to DUST than bluing? 

Der Justin approves.
 

That looks really nice!

This is madness. Sold for $ 37,375 USD   

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/77/1817/very-rare-norinco-model-313-semiautomatic-rifle

I think by the time I got to that kind of gun collecting...I would already have more tanks in my yard than parking spots in the driveway. My daily driver would be a Sherman.