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[JFrisbee]

Last Saturday I failed at being fiscally responsible and came home with two Chinese SKS Type 56 rifles. Number one is a Norinco China SN 1616550 G3 Poly USA ATL GA Triangle Stamp 636B which appears is manufactured in 1971, all numbers matching except for the magazine (Tn 2314). Number two is one which has very few markings but the numbers match, SN 8912794 and a Triangle Stamp 416 and under the barrel is stamped CAI SI ALB VT SKS 7.62 CHINA this one indicates a manufacture date of 1973.

So, I am looking forward to learning everything I can here and posting or helping as much as I can.

[JFrisbee]

[echo1]

Welcome aboard from Kali. Some nice iron, good to see/hear you jumped right down the SKS rabbit hole, enjoy. PAX

[Greatguns]

Welcome aboard from Kansas City, MO. Lots of great info to be found here on the SKS as well as other firearms.
On your 2 SKSs sounds like the mag on your first one is a Russian mag that was probably picked up after the fact to replace the missing OEM mag. The second one I would say is a 1989 manufacture/build due to the 89 beginning of the SN. To be an actual 8M (1963) build it would have to have been a /26\ arsenal build. That late in the Chinese Type 56 line up it was possibly built from left over parts and assembled in the 416 arsenal for export to the US.

[JFrisbee]

Welcome aboard from Kansas City, MO. Lots of great info to be found here on the SKS as well as other firearms.
On your 2 SKSs sounds like the mag on your first one is a Russian mag that was probably picked up after the fact to replace the missing OEM mag. The second one I would say is a 1989 manufacture/build due to the 89 beginning of the SN. To be an actual 8M (1963) build it would have to have been a /26\ arsenal build. That late in the Chinese Type 56 line up it was possibly built from left over parts and assembled in the 416 arsenal for export to the US.

Thank you so much.  I have a lot of learning to do with these rifles!  Some of my other guns have resulted in my doing research for well over a year, which is what I think it will take for these to get the amount of knowledge I want. To start, I was basing the years off the Chinese_C+R_guide. It is the second which I am working on now and is in much better shape than the first, so thank you!!  While I have been gunsmithing for 50 years, each type takes a lot of knowledge for how and when to refurbish or restore.

[Phosphorus32]

Welcome!

The portions of the rifles shown in the pictures indicate that you picked up a couple of nice ones!

Greatguns has you covered on the years and the most likely reason for the Russian magazine.

[JFrisbee]

Welcome!

The portions of the rifles shown in the pictures indicate that you picked up a couple of nice ones!

Greatguns has you covered on the years and the most likely reason for the Russian magazine.

Thank you!  I am having difficulty posting some questions I have in the Unaltered SKS Rifles as I keep getting an error.  I guess I have to learn how to post better here LOL.  The 1989 one was refurbished by a bubba it seems, there is black paint runs everywhere and I found a lot of rust underneath, so I will do some clean up and re blue.  I will be getting a few more of these in the future as well.  Take care!