1954 Izhevsk sks help with stampings

[john_m_holt]

I am brand new to the forum and my computer skills are horrible. Any information anyone is willing to share is greatly appreciated!

[summum]

I'm new also on the forum so like it was done to me... Welcome

from what I know and acquired information the STAR with an Arrow pointing up means that it was manufactured by TULA not Izhevsk.

SKS manufactured by IZHEVSK are identified by a Triangle in a circle with an arrow pointing up see picture added. One thing I'm puzzled is the right hand side of your receiver and how your SKS is identified which is a first for me and the information I have.

[running-man]

Hi John welcome to the Files!

summum is correct, you have a Tula made SKS45 there.  It is a refurbished gun so it *may* be a 1954 gun like the receiver cover indicates, but it also *may* be from '53 as we have seen ИТ prefixed examples from both years with identical features like on your carbine.  Very highly likely to be a '54 in my opinion.

Stock is a replacement that came off another gun with a different S/N.  The circle Б stamp near the finger grooves is a pretty common marking on replacement stocks and may indicate the refurb facility that refinished the stock, though that has not been definitively determined.

Otherwise it's a nice clean looking carbine.  Should be a good shooter.

Here is an as-issued similar prefixed 'sister' carbine from '54: