My early 80's scrubbed milsurp SKS... I think.

[DegoLocc]

I'll upload another pic later today of where the triangle would be.

[DegoLocc]

I only see scratches on it in person.

[running-man]

That is what I wonder too. And I think I seen a BWest stamp before that said ONT CA, like Ontario Canada? Did BWest export to Canada ever?

I’ve never seen a B-West stamp out of Ontario, CA. If you find it, post it up and I’ll add it to the importers list. 

[DegoLocc]

That is what I wonder too. And I think I seen a BWest stamp before that said ONT CA, like Ontario Canada? Did BWest export to Canada ever?

I’ve never seen a B-West stamp out of Ontario, CA. If you find it, post it up and I’ll add it to the importers list. 

I was mistaken, it was out of Cali also.

Wouldn't have been Ontario, Canada as Canada does not require import stamps. But there are some importer ID's located in ONT, CA (Ontario, California):


https://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=2111.0
https://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=2113.0

[DegoLocc]

Couple more pics, one showing the receiver where the factory triangle would have been, looks like there are grind or polish marks all going in the same direction.

The other image is inside the chamber. You can also see the machining mill marks from when the pieces were fabricated.

About to head out to the gun club and put some 7.62's down range. 










I'd be more than happy to upload any other pics, just ask if there is a particular thing you all would like to see.

[Larry D.]

Couple more pics, one showing the receiver where the factory triangle would have been, looks like there are grind or polish marks all going in the same direction.

The other image is inside the chamber. You can also see the machining mill marks from when the pieces were fabricated.

About to head out to the gun club and put some 7.62's down range. 

That's a nice photo.
We don't often see a picture of a loaded rifle.
I think it would be a pretty cool avatar.

[Bubbazinetti]

I hope you didn't have the muzzle pointed at your stomach when you snapped that pic.

[DegoLocc]

Haha Bubba nope, and safety was on.

Thanks Larry, I thought it was cool too. Love the simple yet effective design of the SKS.



Here's another from the right end.





Shot pretty nice today. Got about 4 to 6 inch grouping at over 100 yards. I'm hardly a great shot, so I am pretty happy with that.

[Bubbazinetti]

Just kidding,glad you had fun at the range.

[DegoLocc]

Hell yeah!

[Boris Badinov]

Shot pretty nice today. Got about 4 to 6 inch grouping at over 100 yards. I'm hardly a great shot, so I am pretty happy with that.

4-6 inches is what the sks was designed to do. 

With my eyes I, 6-10" 100 yard groups is a good day.

If you have access to a number of different brands of ammo, you may get some improvement.

Inspect your spent casings regularly-- especially the steel cased, berdan primed ammo from Russia and Ukraine. Pierced/popped primers are known phenomenon associated with Former CCCP brands of commercial ammo. Watch for the white puff of smoke from the chamber and check yer spent casings for deep strikes and primer pops.

[DegoLocc]

Shot pretty nice today. Got about 4 to 6 inch grouping at over 100 yards. I'm hardly a great shot, so I am pretty happy with that.

4-6 inches is what the sks was designed to do. 

With my eyes I, 6-10" 100 yard groups is a good day.

If you have access to a number of different brands of ammo, you may get some improvement.

Inspect your spent casings regularly-- especially the steel cased, berdan primed ammo from Russia and Ukraine. Pierced/popped primers are known phenomenon associated with Former CCCP brands of commercial ammo. Watch for the white puff of smoke from the chamber and check yer spent casings for deep strikes and primer pops.

Thanks for the tips, I usually use said steel casing Wolf ammo at the range in all of my guns. I did notice a couple rounds out of 150 shot yesterday sounded "suppressed" or not as loud as the rest. Thought maybe it was my ear plugs shifting or something. I was using FMJ 124 Gr berdan primed ammo.


I'll have to check my spent casings next visit to the range.

[running-man]

In addition to the /416\ and /0223\ guns, I was also able to find these guns in the year 29 range.

A no arsenal stamp gun just like the OP's, except this one resides in Italy at the moment:


A no arsenal stamp gun, except with the 五六式 stamp:



And a gun that was converted to an SKS-30:








They are out there, just not terribly many of them... 

[Bob_The_Student]

In addition to the /416\ and /0223\ guns, I was also able to find these guns in the year 29 range.

A no arsenal stamp gun just like the OP's, except this one resides in Italy at the moment:


They are out there, just not terribly many of them... 

Don't you think this one is scrubbed? I know picture not great but it looks scrubbed to me to left of SN. Perhaps lighting but....

[DegoLocc]

Nice to see some more 29s. That one from Italy looks like mine, the wood is identical.

[running-man]

Don't you think this one is scrubbed? I know picture not great but it looks scrubbed to me to left of SN. Perhaps lighting but....

Could be. Would be a very well finished scrub though, they typically don’t spend the time to take the grind marks down to such a smooth finish. 

I always assumed it was never stamped. Older guns I can see them rebuilding, newer carbines like this wouldn’t need that kind of work I’d think.  Impossible to say one way or the other though.
Good observation Bob, I’ll keep an eye out for that area on any others that turn up in the future. 

[Matchka]

Very nice example of an 80's import. These no arsenal stamp rifles can be head scratchers. Wouldn't doubt that beaucoup SKSs w/o a  military stamp were avoiding 'something' between departure from the PRC and acceptance in the US.