Hello from Cincinnati, Ohio

[t.bonee]

Hi all,

My name is Tommie and I just got my first SKS last week.  I hope to learn a lot from the community here about my new rifle.  Thanks for having me.

--Tommie

[spongemonkey]

Welcome to the sks-files, Tommie!  Post up some pics of your sks when you can please.

[Phosphorus32]

Hi Tommie,

Welcome from smoky Washington State!

I echo the encouragement to post pics of your rifle, ImgBB is recommended.

[t.bonee]

Thank you for the welcome.  Here are a couple of pics.





--Tommie

[running-man]

Greetings from New Mexico! 

Great looking SKS you have there.  Looks like a pre '66 (long barrel lug) Chinese type 56 maybe?  Stock is inlet for a spike bayo yet she sports a blade which means one or the other is a replacement.  Post up any question you want in the appropriate section and you'll get all the info you want and more from the fine membership here. 

Once again, welcome to SKS-Files!

[carls sks]

hi Tommie and welcome. good to have you here.  ........... only get X's for pics. 

[t.bonee]

Hi Carl,

That's strange.  It works for me in Chrome and Firefox.  I checked Internet Explorer and MS Edge and both show the X in them.  I posted this with IE instead of Firefox and the images are now showing for me in both IE and Edge.  Any luck on your side?  Hopefully so, I don't know how to delete this post if it is a duplicate with the X in it. 

[t.bonee]

Thank you running-man.  It is a type 56 and according to the website that led me here (chinesesks.weebly.com) it is an arsenal 26 made in 1957 as it is a 2 million serial number.  That site and Yooper John's both say it should have the blade bayonet for that year.  And the serial numbers all match.

Since I'm a noob I did not know that about the stock.  But with the info I've seen so far that leads me to guess the stock is the replacement.

--Tommie

[spongemonkey]

The pics are working for me on both posts.

[running-man]

Interesting, photos were working fine before, now I only see 1 of the 4, the rest are img not found question marks.  I've never gotten Google or Amazon photos to directly post to a blog w/o issues like this. 

[t.bonee]

Interesting.  I still see them fine.  Anywho, I've created a ImgBB account per a recommendation above and will use that to post images from now on. 

[spongemonkey]

I see all of the pics fine also.  Dont know what everyone else is experiencing that they cant see them but, what ever they are using as a browser, etc. is not serving them well.  By the way, I am using Pale Moon as a browser which is a variation of firefox, but much better with no tracking, confidentiality, or other issues that firefox is known for.  YMMV!

[Loose}{Cannon]

Cannon no see pics.   

[spongemonkey]

Cannon no see pics.   

Spongey see all pics!      

[t.bonee]

This is strange.  Well I am posting again this time using the imgbb code.  Hopefully everyone can see them now.  Sorry for multiple pic posts.  Lesson learned about using Google photo links. 

[newchi]

I only see the last post, but i like it, nice

[Loose}{Cannon]

Cannon see, Cannon Like!!

[SKhiSm 59-66A1]

Hi Tommie,
                  Nice SKS you have there, I have no Chinese yet myself. I'm also in the 'natti, Anderson Twp. If your FFL is charging you a lot for transfer gimme a shout and I'll point you at mine if you want, 15$ and if you recieve multiple guns in one shipment up to 5 guns...still 15$. He's near Amelia. Welcome aboard 

[t.bonee]

Thanks SKhiSm.  And thanks for the info on the FFL.  I live in Westwood.