Unmarked Norinco SKS

[gov2mod]

I have this SKS that is totally unmarked as to arsenal, etc. The only stamp on it is "NORINCO 7.62X39 SKS MADE IN CHINA, AAI-NKC-M" and the serial number is only 00046 and it's in several places, magazine, trigger group. etc. There is a few places that has the number 31 or 13 although the number "1" is upside down. Other than that it is completely bare of any other stamps, no triangle, numbers, Chinese characters, nothing. Looking at all the parts, milling styles, shapes, pinned barrel, etc it is not an early model. The stock is a crappy brownish reddish color with a rough texture and a thin finish, not the lighter color with a glossy finish as on most SKS rifles. I've had a lot of SKS but I've never seen one like this. I'm not sure why some photo's are upside down, I will try to correct it. Please let me know if anyone wants any other photos.

[Greatguns]

Welcome to the SKS-Files from KCMO. Others will have more info than I but I can tell you the importer was American Arms Inc. out of North Kansas City, MO. Looks to be a late model pinned barrel and with the lack of stampings it's possible it was an end of run build from left over parts right before the ban which the Chinese were known to do with the SKS. Definitely not an early build.

[echo1]

If the bolt carrier, bolt, receiver cover are also marked 00046 I'd say it's a scrubbed & re-numbered commercial export rifle. PAX

[gov2mod]

The other parts, trigger group, receiver cover, bolt carrier are stamped 00046. The bolt is mismatched and stamped 00119. What model would have been scrubbed and why? I wonder why such a low serial number when all my other SKS have been 7-8 numbers.

[running-man]

Greetings from NM.

I would tend to agree with Echo and GG, your carbine screams 'commercial' export (1988 to 1994) to me with the unique S/N and mismatched bolt. 

There are other examples out there (not same exporter/importer for certain) that are similarly marked though they all have unique S/N fonts, positions, and numerical patterns:








It's hard to say whether the carbine was purpose built for export from random parts and then stamped, or if a donor carbine was used and then scrubbed & stamped.  The mismatched bolt leads me to believe that it was probably born as a build from one of the major factories, used however it was used, then refurbished, scrubbed, restamped, and exported.

Thanks for sharing. 

[echo1]

....I wonder why such a low serial number when all my other SKS have been 7-8 numbers.

When your rile was built, Chinese were ramping up for US import, the SKS was out of military issue, and many used guns were scrubbed and re-serialed by the importer. The font used is not a common production font. PAX