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Started by Power Surge, May 22, 2015, 02:24:54 PM

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escobert

#20
June 07, 2015, 11:59:37 AM
Quote from: Power Surge on June 07, 2015, 11:56:35 AM
Quote from: escobert on June 07, 2015, 11:43:51 AM
Hmmm. So I'd seen similar pages to those you guys suggested. Should I just make a new thread on my rifle and throw some pictures up? I don't wanna highjack this thread:p

If you saw similar pages on "another board", let me explain the difference. ....

Remember in grade school we learned how at one point in history people thought the world was flat, and despite new findings and information, some people just wanted to believe what they already new and didn't want to hear the world was really round? Yeah.....that's the other board...

And go ahead a start a new thread on your 10 mil, so we can all comment on it :)

heh yeah I hear ya there. It was the survivor SKS boards I think. making a new thread now! :D
"Stella quarta decima fulgeat. May the 14th star shine bright."

Article 16th. Right to bear arms; standing armies; military power subordinate to civil -  Vermont Constitution

That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State - and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.

Justin Hell

#21
June 08, 2015, 07:26:57 PM
Has anyone seen a 10m that doesn't have the /8\ stamp on the stock below the rear sight?

That is starting to seem pretty common with these...coincidence?  Does it possibly mean something else we haven't yet determined?  I seem to remember seeing the /4\ stamp on all of the /26\ 78-79's I come across that have the notch for the inverted take down lever. (still looking for an unserialed stock)

Adhering to the 'proof stamp' logic adopted from Russian SKS's might not apply, since the Chinese didn't seem too keen on stamping every part (in some cases multiple times) like the Russians liked to.  Could it be that the stocks were marked with 'factory' identifiers as well?  think1

It seems like it might be beneficial especially on transitional guns to have some easy identifier between for instance:
Long lug blade type
Long lug spike type
Short lug spike type
Pinned barrel spike
I sure know I would like to have an easy way to eyeball an SKS stock and know what it went to...I would have a lot more success stories when buying stocks fer sure!  :)

With all these 10m /26\'s popping up here lately, it got me to wondering....thoughts?

Power Surge

#22
June 08, 2015, 07:40:20 PM
Quote from: Justin Hell on June 08, 2015, 07:26:57 PM
Has anyone seen a 10m that doesn't have the /8\ stamp on the stock below the rear sight?

That is starting to seem pretty common with these...coincidence?  Does it possibly mean something else we haven't yet determined?  I seem to remember seeing the /4\ stamp on all of the /26\ 78-79's I come across that have the notch for the inverted take down lever. (still looking for an unserialed stock)

Adhering to the 'proof stamp' logic adopted from Russian SKS's might not apply, since the Chinese didn't seem too keen on stamping every part (in some cases multiple times) like the Russians liked to.  Could it be that the stocks were marked with 'factory' identifiers as well?  think1

It seems like it might be beneficial especially on transitional guns to have some easy identifier between for instance:
Long lug blade type
Long lug spike type
Short lug spike type
Pinned barrel spike
I sure know I would like to have an easy way to eyeball an SKS stock and know what it went to...I would have a lot more success stories when buying stocks fer sure!  :)

With all these 10m /26\'s popping up here lately, it got me to wondering....thoughts?

I noticed on the guide page, I see the stamp as early as an 8 mil. It continues to 14 mil, although it's not always an 8.

I recently picked up a 24 mil, and it has it as well, as a 4. These are also all /26\ guns. My guess would be a quality control stamp?

running-man

#23
June 08, 2015, 08:15:44 PM
The early (and tiny) /21\ stamps are likely referencing the arsenal that built the stocks.  The later single number stamps haven't been decoded yet. I suspect a QC stamp like PS states, but really it's anyone's guess. I don't think they are as consistent across S/N lines as people may think (though I'm just relying from memory, not any hard data in front of me, so take that with a grain of salt).
      

escobert

#24
June 08, 2015, 08:44:08 PM
I just figured they're inspection stamps to keep the commie masses busy :p
"Stella quarta decima fulgeat. May the 14th star shine bright."

Article 16th. Right to bear arms; standing armies; military power subordinate to civil -  Vermont Constitution

That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State - and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.

Justin Hell

#25
June 08, 2015, 09:08:56 PM
Something that actually got me to thinking about the stock stamps was noticing that PS's 10m also has a stock repair...so I was suspecting less of a QC thing and more of an identifier thing.  If it was QC...one might expect another inspection stamp after the repair was needed/noticed after initial inspection....that is unless stock repairs were done by hand after machine milling, and sent off to inspection later.  pullhair1

It would be interesting to see if there is any correlation to the stock stamps and any particular era of SKS. I know not all of my Chinese stocks have these...even though a couple aren't with me at the moment. 

It could very well be a final inspection mark, and inspectors /21\ /8\ and /4\ were just the equals to Hane's Inspector 12 long before Madison Avenue picked up on the inspector schtick to represent quality.  rofl2


escobert

#26
June 08, 2015, 09:52:43 PM
I have a small factory stock repair up on the front of my stock parallel with the barrel and the /8\ stamp.
"Stella quarta decima fulgeat. May the 14th star shine bright."

Article 16th. Right to bear arms; standing armies; military power subordinate to civil -  Vermont Constitution

That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State - and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.

Dannyboy53

#27
June 08, 2015, 10:48:07 PM
I just checked my 11 mil /26\ and it has no such stamp. But the stock is a replacement with the orange tint shellac.
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