new to me SKS.. thoughts?

[Gristle]

Doesn't look like there is a single matching part on that thing, LOL.

Yeah, it's almost impressive. A completely mixed parts gun built from the receiver on out 

im sure it was built from the best parts from the best guns they ever produced. Im lucky that way. haha

[Gristle]

Gristle, can you let us know what the stock ferrule looks on this one?  Is it a V notch or a U notch?

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Just checked it a U notch

[running-man]

Yup, looks like my ugly Betty first yugo m59/66. Not a pair of matching numbers on that girl except the receiver and stock. Shot like a dream though. Still kind of regret letting that one go.

Guns like this one are great for conversation and make great shooters, but I’m very reticent to use them as a basis for any kind of feature progression or other hard data collection. Too many questions there.

On the other hand, that bolt carrier     I would love to own the gun that carrier can off of. Very few letter R guns out there.

[Larry D.]

Hey Gristle, that's one heck of a guitar collection you have going.

[Gristle]

Hey Gristle, that's one heck of a guitar collection you have going.

Hey thanks... guns... guitars.. Its always someting!!

[Gristle]

Yup, looks like my ugly Betty first yugo m59/66. Not a pair of matching numbers on that girl except the receiver and stock. Shot like a dream though. Still kind of regret letting that one go.

Guns like this one are great for conversation and make great shooters, but I’m very reticent to use them as a basis for any kind of feature progression or other hard data collection. Too many questions there.

On the other hand, that bolt carrier     I would love to own the gun that carrier can off of. Very few letter R guns out there.

Ya I wasn't expecting anything rare about this baby. But happy to open conversation to help me learn a bit more. So with matching Chinese sks. Are the parts all one number and the serial another? Stupid question maybe. I have a 54 izzy (2008) import with the tasteful Canadian mag pin weld... all metal matching # so I get the Russian numbers. Little confused on the Chinese.

[running-man]

Chinese with matching numbers typically have the following format (there are always exceptions)

Receiver: Full S/N with prefix.  Often 7, 8, 9 digits, sometimes as low as 4 digits and I've seen odd guns with 10 digits.  Sometimes the prefix is somewhat separated from the rest of the S/N as they are stamped at different times:


Magazine, trigger group, bolt carrier, bolt, receiver cover often have only the last 4, 5, or 6 digits of the S/N.  5 digits is most common, though the early guns (and some of the smaller arsenals like the example above) can actually have a six digit number here.  For the gun above, the components look like:





Stocks often follow the 4, 5, or 6 digit numbers on the TG, bolt carrier, bolt, magazine, and receiver cover. 


Sometimes they have the full S/N however.



Your gun being a 9 mil /26\ would have had 5 digit numbers of "38821" on all components and the stock if it was all matching. 

[Gristle]

Your gun being a 9 mil /26\ would have had 5 digit numbers of "38821" on all components and the stock if it was all matching. 

Thank you that clears it all up

[Gristle]

Took another pull on the sks slot machine. Got another one from the same dealer. FYI it is matching save the mag and bolt.
Thought I’d share.  1966?

[echo1]

Took another pull on the sks slot machine. Got another one from the same dealer. FYI it is matching save the mag and bolt.
Thought I’d share.  1966?

Then it's not matching at all. Either it matches, or it doesn't. When you come up on a rig like that, just list what parts have the same number. PAX

[Gristle]

Took another pull on the sks slot machine. Got another one from the same dealer. FYI it is matching save the mag and bolt.
Thought I’d share.  1966?

Then it's not matching at all. Either it matches, or it doesn't. When you come up on a rig like that, just list what parts have the same number. PAX

When I said it matched except the mag and bolt. Figured most would deduce which parts do match. Seems I already met your Suggestion. I personally care less about matching numbers. But some did in my earlier post so I figured i would include in this post.