New 2019 type 56 imports at Classic tracking thread

[firstchoice]

So..... Aim Surplus, Century Arms, SOG/Samco(when they were around), TGI, J&G and every other importer/vendor used museum quality handling and little dainty white cotton gloves to uncrate and repack these little precious nuggets all these years.. 

I bet not. It ain't the fricken Smithsonian.

It's uncrate it and rebox it....get it in and get it out... as fast as possible, that bank note is coming due at the end of the month, time is money and space is limited, and who is going to notice an extra nick or dent or two on an already well loved nicked and dented rifle when you never saw it before hand.

Seriously....think about it... Hand picks have nothing to do with how they came out the shipping crate.... They are simply the ones that didn't get dropped, fall off the pile, get run over by the forklift, get dropped of the dock, kicked across the floor, used to pry the next crate open, get thrown cause someone got pissed off or dropped down the stairs. Thats why there are usually so few compared to the non-handpicks   

  Oh, I have no misconceptions about the importers' unpacking methods across the board. I'm just surprised that they, (Classic, or any of the others), would actually be so brazen about the mishandling as to post videos of it clearly online while trying to sell them to us, all the while telling us how "nice" they are, and how we can get "hand picks" for the cream of the crop. As a collector and lover of all things Simonov, it makes me cringe and sincerely wish I could pick through them BEFORE he ever got near them. But yeah, I realize it happens to all of them. The Chinese were brought in via atrocious handling, packing, bundling, dragging?, or whatever, shipping methods. At least we didn't have to watch the Chinese do it in a video. (And, NO GM! I'm talking about the Chinese packing or unpacking the Type 56's!  )

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[Greasemonkey]

This is why you don't see gorillas performing brain surgery, working on Bugatti Veyron's or building nuclear weapons.. they can barely handle unpacking a crate or handle an SKS. Century has used them in the past to build rifles, thats how you had canted sights and such. They just all got transferred from the assembly dept to packing and shipping dept.     Classic just turned their gorilla in to an internet video star 

At least we didn't have to watch the Chinese do it in a video. (And, NO GM! I'm talking about the Chinese packing or unpacking the Type 56's!  )

firstchoice[/size]

Ohhhh....I'm sure I could post a video of a Chinese getting something packed and it sure ain't no crate or Type 56.   

[Direct Connection]

Those guys must be doing something right over there. Ever since they turned the gorilla loose every other gun sites started  doing the same thing. Not a real big fan but they sure the he** are doing something right over by that airport in N. C.😁

[Ghost51xxx]

no serial numbers.

The serial numbers on the ghost guns are small and close together. Sometimes they're hard to see. The stock looks original to me. The stock and handguard have the same color tone. The serial number should be on the left side about two inches up from the rear swivel. Somewhere in that area.

[Matchka]

Whew! Made it to 'here' on this thread! Illuminating, informative and interesting. Did a number of cut & pastes to add to my qwik reference "knowledge" binder. Thanks!

[SargeAF]

Here is the rifle I received a week ago from Classic.

It's an 11.2 million serial number, so 1966 according to this forum?

It's definitely been used, but I actually like the shape it's in; it has some character.  The stock, receiver, trigger group (milled), bolt, carrier and magazine are numbers matching.  The gas tube and piston are both electro penciled with "9890", and the dust cover does not match.  Overall, the stock is in pretty good shape (a few "Ben" marks...lol) and there is some deterioration right underneath the charging handle.  The receiver fits nice and tight in the stock.  I forgot how much creep there is in the trigger, but it feels pretty light (I'd guess 5 lbs) and breaks crisp.  The bore is nice and shiny...I think it will be a good shooter.  I plan on shooting it this weekend, so will report back.

Sarge

[Direct Connection]

Nice going Sarge. Looks like you did a great clean up job to your new best friend : ) Looking good and please do report back with range results ..  For a moment I thought you liked street motorcycle racing but then I saw your SkS ha ha ha ha ha ha 

[Phosphorus32]

Yup, nice one. The original stock is a bonus.

[Loose}{Cannon]

One of the best ones I seen of this batch.   

[carls sks]

looks like a nice one, you did good Sarge. thanks for sharing. 

[Loose}{Cannon]

This one showed up on GB.......    Whats it look like?

[running-man]

I saw that thread. Not the typical C with the two ends having tails. Could it be a G??  A block O with a missing portion on the right?  Really hard to say...

[Loose}{Cannon]

Oh, thats a block font G.  The dreaded "backwards J"

[running-man]

Looks weird without the bar on top.  I can certainly see it though. 

[firstchoice]

Really nice acquisition, SargeAF! That's one of the nicer one's I've seen from this batch. Buffing up the Bolt Carrier does something for the old beast. Looking forward to your range report! Thanks for sharing!

The Gas Tube and Gas Piston electro-pencilled numbers just isn't a deal breaker for me. Just shows it had some needed repairs at one time. Over all, you got a good one!   

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[SargeAF]

Range report:

It’s a great shooter!

Before I started sighting it in, I double checked the firing pin was free.  Fired ten shots just to test function and ensure no runaways.  Everything was good to go.  First three round group was about 3 inches high and 2 inches left.  Set rear sight at 200M, shooting at 25M.  I got it centered up, and best group was 3/4 inch (two shots touching) all center hold.  This was with Wolf 156 grain soft point however; I plan on checking zero again with the lighter loads.

We moved the target stand out to 100M and hung a hardened plate.  I figured it would hit a little higher, so I held a six o’clock hold and hit ten for ten; same for the next 20.  The plate is 12 inches round.  We didn’t have time to move out farther...maybe another time.

We also shot a pre-ban Norinco AK, 302K serial number with a scope.  I was as accurate with my SKS, I think primarily because I could get an actual cheeck weld.  I think the trigger on my SKS is pretty decent...ran 100% also...I’m a happy camper!

I think I did a pretty good job cleaning out all the cosmoline, but it did smoke pretty good for about the first 20 rounds, so I think what remained has been heated out.  Sorry about no pics; I dropped and cracked my phone and the camera is no longer working.

SargeAF

[running-man]

Awesome Sarge!  Glad you got a good one! 

Hate that about your phone though.  I dropped mine in a flooring store about 18" onto a display of flooring (I was taking photos so we could compare different styles of laminate flooring and it slipped out of my hands) and even with my case, it landed perfectly flat on the front face and shattered my screen.  I bet I could have dropped it intentionally 100 other times from that height onto that display and it would not have had a scratch, but that one time,

[Justin Hell]

For 48 hours....they are $50 off...

https://www.classicfirearms.com/chinese-sks-rifle-762x39/?trk_msg=HUCTPLUJE884L7EMKKAKED817G&trk_contact=RAJ39OV6C9ORBA6JPVEEJIB7QS&trk_sid=SGAOI7APLLB988H91DAE88F3LG&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.classicfirearms.com%2fchinese-sks-rifle-762x39%2f&utm_campaign=20190612ChineseSKSFlashSale&utm_content=Primary

If the price is holding anyone back, I suspect this may be as good a deal as Classic is going to offer. At least it is in the realm of the going rate for an average Chinese.

[Phosphorus32]

For 48 hours....they are $50 off...

https://www.classicfirearms.com/chinese-sks-rifle-762x39/?trk_msg=HUCTPLUJE884L7EMKKAKED817G&trk_contact=RAJ39OV6C9ORBA6JPVEEJIB7QS&trk_sid=SGAOI7APLLB988H91DAE88F3LG&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.classicfirearms.com%2fchinese-sks-rifle-762x39%2f&utm_campaign=20190612ChineseSKSFlashSale&utm_content=Primary

If the price is holding anyone back, I suspect this may be as good a deal as Classic is going to offer. At least it is in the realm of the going rate for an average Chinese.

I went through the whole shipping and tax calculation and they were still $399-$410 per depending on how many ordered for my state of WA with its 8.6% sales tax.

[carls sks]

i wonder if these would be the bottom of the barrel condition wise. i would be a little afraid they were returned because of condition.