New Game: "What's wrong with this picture?"

[Phosphorus32]

Okay, I don't know if a thread like this will take off or not but I saw this auction listing for an SKS. First I  and that was immediately followed by the thought: "What's wrong with this picture?"

Starting off with an easy one:



Answer if you wish and post other peculiarities you come across.

[Bacarnal]

Yugo bayo...

[Greatguns]

Yugo bayo...

Yep, what he said! I'd give him $50 for it, LOL

[Phosphorus32]

Good job guys  I didn't think that would take long. Rather funny looking Chinese with the loooong bayonet.

[Bacarnal]

Over compensation... .

[running-man]

Very good. Next question is almost as easy: what bayonet belongs on that carbine and why?

[Bacarnal]

Spike. Later type bayonet swivel.

[Phosphorus32]

Over compensation... .

[Phosphorus32]

Spike. Later type bayonet swivel.

Yup, no lightening cuts in the bayonet lug or the bolt carrier.

[Phosphorus32]

This one is an oldie but a goodie.



I was looking at it because of another curiosity. Second picture to come.

[Bacarnal]

Bayo upside down.

[Phosphorus32]

Bayo upside down.

Yup. A popular mistake for first time SKS owners to make in a thorough cleaning.

[Phosphorus32]

This is the second part of the upside down spike bayonet SKS. Not anything an owner did, but it's something unusual.

[Shoot The Refurbs]

No factory stamp on the side of the receiver

[firstchoice]

No factory stamp on the side of the receiver

As Shoot The Refurbs said, no /26\ stamp, (or whatever arsenal manufactured it), to the left of the SN.

Also, no 五六式 stamp to the right of the /26\ stamp, between the /26\ and the serial number.

Although, with all the crazy variations we've run across I could be missing something obvious. 

firstchoice

[Bacarnal]

Short screw barrel lug, later sight base, stamped trigger group,  "U" after serial possibly applied by importer.  Maybe an unmarked  M21? 

[Phosphorus32]

STR, FC, good call.

Bacarnal, good observations on the characteristics. The M21 idea is a good thought, but it seems unlikely as no M21s have been observed with a "12" date code.

The picture is low resolution but if you blow it up it's apparent that it's a Poly USA import (stamp #2 or #3) in the importer sticky.

https://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=2111.0

If you assume that they didn't scrub a final digit when they scrubbed the Type 56 and arsenal stamps, or scrub the serial number entirely, i.e., the serial number is original, then it can't be a /26\ since they were using an 8 digit serial number. Besides, the fonts don't match to a 1967 Jianshe.

Triangle arsenals that started producing in 1966 or 1967 include: 106, 116, 256, 416 and 666, all of which have the 7 digit serial number format. None of them have a verified serial number that is as high as, or higher than the one shown, 11716. There are a few other triangle arsenals with verified 1968 examples that could have been producing in 1967.
Oval 974 has a verified 12 year code but again, nothing as high as this 11K example.

Honestly, this one is a bit of a stumper and I don't know the answer 

[Larry D.]

Cool repair near the butt plate.
Stock's been sanded.

[running-man]

I actually have a few of these odd guys in the archive of photos.  I have them filed under my "No Stamp" directory since it's not clear where they actually belong.  Fonts are all over the place though.  They are interesting guns from a "What's the story on these" perspective:






Even have a '13' prefix, though I can't guarantee that these are the same 'series' or whether there is a series of these to begin with:

[Bacarnal]

Interesting, that are all falling in a seven digit serial with the letter as an afterthought.  I couldn't see, but are all short barrel lugged?