New 2019 type 56 imports at Classic tracking thread

[Bob_The_Student]

22srfun, when I got my first Chinese SKS that had the /2\ on the stock I told people the gun was twice used in Egypt.   

Nobody seems to know "exactly" what it means so...

[High Noon]

Here are mine after I cleaned them up.

The darker one has the poorer stock - some gouges on right side probably from shipping.  The bluing is very good and only rust was on back of butt-stock base plate.  The lighter one has the nicer stock, but has some pitting on the outside of the gas tube and the bayonet assembly.  It has less bluing but is still good for it's age.  Lighter stock also has a /6\ stamped in the stock on the left hand side.  Both have nice rifling, clean gas tubes and don't show signs of a lot of use.  Overall I am pleased with both of them.

I ordered them in early April and it took about a week for them to ship.

[running-man]

Glad to have you here High Noon.  Is the bottom gun with the inverted takedown lever a 12 million /26\ or is it even later?  Nice looking carbines.

[High Noon]

Thanks! 

Both are in the 12 million range.

Dark one is...


Light one is....


Notice the slight variation in the /26\ stamp.

Both also have the inverted lever for the rear dust cover and without lightning cuts on the bolt.

[Larry D.]

Looks like you did pretty good, High Noon.
Post an introduction and we'll all give you a proper "Howdy"!

[Ghost51xxx]

I'm in the process of cleaning the cosmo off of a PW Arms import with their serial number of 10,1xx. Chinese serial number in the 12 mil range. Stock is unnumbered Albanian with two holes in the butt but the buttplate is single hole Chinese. All matching except for the unnumbered stock. I'll post some pics when I get her cleaned up.

[Phosphorus32]

Looks like two winners High Noon! Both still having correct Chinese stocks is beating the odds.

[High Noon]

Looks like two winners High Noon! Both still having correct Chinese stocks is beating the odds.

Thanks - they have some flaws for sure.  I figured matching stocks would be common, but they'd just be beat up. Never ordered anything from CF before so I didn't know what to expect.  The photos others have posted online seem to vary a lot.

[Ghost51xxx]

Here are mine after I cleaned them up.

Nice looking rifles High Noon!! Did you do the hand select/numbers matching option?

[Ghost51xxx]

This one came from Classic this week. Importer is PW ARMS. I believe the stock to be a Albanian replacement.

[Phosphorus32]

This one came from Classic this week. Importer is PW ARMS. I believe the stock to be a Albanian replacement.

Nice! Definitely an Albanian beechwood stock with a side swivel. How does it fit at the front ferrule?

[High Noon]

Nice looking rifles High Noon!! Did you do the hand select/numbers matching option?

Thanks.

I did, even though some said it was worthless.  Did it just because it made me feel better buying one without seeing it! 

Did you do it as well?

[High Noon]

This one came from Classic this week. Importer is PW ARMS. I believe the stock to be a Albanian replacement.

That looks nice - I like the color.

[Ghost51xxx]

Nice! Definitely an Albanian beechwood stock with a side swivel. How does it fit at the front ferrule?

Thanks. The stock is cut nice and square. If fits snug. The gap is a little larger than I prefer but its a lot better than some of the other ones I've seen. I'm very satisfied with it. This close up pic makes it look worse than it really is.

[Phosphorus32]

Looks pretty good. The gap is only cosmetic. If it's not fitted well enough it can place a downward stress on the barrel that could be a negative for accuracy.

[Ghost51xxx]

Did you do it as well?

No. I rolled the dice and got lucky. I was really expecting it to be mix matched with a cracked stock but I was very impressed with it. Makes me want to get another one.

[Ghost51xxx]

Looks pretty good. The gap is only cosmetic. If it's not fitted well enough it can place a downward stress on the barrel that could be a negative for accuracy.

It fits very snug. The only problem I have with the stock is this:

[Ghost51xxx]

That looks nice - I like the color.

Thanks HN, I was very impressed with the color. Although it doesn't match the Chinese handguard it still looks close enough. I usually don't prefer mixmatched wood but in this case its ok because I've read that the Albanian replacement stocks are somewhat unique. How unique, I don't know.

[carls sks]

after seeing what everyone is getting, i am very tempted. 

[Ghost51xxx]

It appears that Ben dropped it and bent the rear swivel.  jk, I like Ben. I really don't know where the modification came from. Maybe a knapsack or utility belt.