1953 Izhevsk

[pcke2000]

saw this on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SKS/comments/1gpzqzq/1953_sks/

Serials look real or fake?

[running-man]

I don't see anything that truly gives me the heebie jeebies other than the conditionof the wood relative to the condition of the metal.  S/N on the bolt carrier looks like it was struck a bit differently, but they all have a mostly consistent space between the prefix and the #, even down to the stock.  Odd to see an Izhevsk see moderate use like that and not have a replacement stock.  Wonder if it was a Sinobanian?

Stock acceptance stamps are consistent with other ИM prefixed 1953 Izhevsks:

[CARBINE]

wow.....Nice Carbine. Thanks RM for the comprehensible comparison!