Serial on stock, real or fake?

[pcke2000]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/989937787

[Boris Badinov]

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.

[Boris Badinov]

I totally missed the Listing title:

"Norinco Type 56 sks"   

[running-man]

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.:



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!):







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.