New SKS Addition To My Collection

[spongemonkey]

This 10mil factory /26\ Chinese SKS showed up yesterday.  All matching numbers, including gas tube except for mag which is mismatched and gas piston which is un numbered.  Previous owner had “Kivaari”, Tom Prince located in Texas do a trigger job and set for postive engagement and also install a Murrays firing pin with spring in the bolt.  Just the parts and labor for that is around $100.  I snagged it from the seller off of GB for $345.  Tom does some great work!  That trigger sure is sweet!   

[carls sks]

beauty, looks like a good one. 

[Loose}{Cannon]

Sweet!

You run this one through the survey yet?

[MxwllBkr]

Glad to see your going the right way now with the SKS count  , now forget this months mortgage, break out the Ramen and go get more! 

[spongemonkey]

Sweet!

You run this one through the survey yet?

Not yet.  Will do it when I can.

[Justin Hell]

20k give or take SKSs earlier it's older brother was born, it lives at my house.  Mine also has a P suffix. 

Was this the year that they went from oil finishes to shellac? Mine is oil...and while I like having a damn near pristine oil finished SKS, I avoid using it much because it is too pretty....and prone to becoming not so pretty.

[Phosphorus32]

That's a beauty! 

[Loose}{Cannon]

Pretty sure the Chinese have always been shellac, unless earlier ones were some similar varnish?