SKS info

[pipefitr]

Hi,
I know there has to be some sks experts on here so I thought I would try to ID mine. I've been to the SKS sites and what not but some stuff is not adding up?

I have a chinese SKS paratrooper model. It has a 16" barrel, A fixed 20rd(i don't think its stock) Side monted sling, and a blade bayonet. The blade bayo and the side mounted sling seem to be odd. And it doesnet say Norinko or any marks besides the factory marks and SN. I don't know if i have something
rare or just another sks. Here are some pics..

Factory code is 26

[mardo]

Did you try these?
http://www.yooperj.com/
http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php

[pipefitr]

Mardo,
Thanks for the links. I've been to sks boards but never been to the other site.
yooperj.com had some excellent info. Apparently mine is just an earlier model
chinese made into a paratrooper model with the blade bayo.

Thanks again

Paul

[mardo]

You are very welcome.

[Fragger]

Yes it looks like a 8 or 9 mil ser. no. making it a 1964 or 65.
The factory /26\ is the only true chicom factory where you can date the production.

Just happen to be the one picked that minute to turn it into a Paratrooper.
Many Paras were lightly used weapons. Nothing really unusual about it.

Very nice looking wood BTW

[45reloader]

No matter what it is

It's a keeper my friend.Keep it stock and enjoy.

[nfafan]

<snip>
Just happen to be the one picked that minute to turn it into a Paratrooper.
Many Paras were lightly used weapons. Nothing really unusual about it.

Very nice looking wood BTW

That's the operative word; conversion.
The Chinese contacts for the USA front companies were doing "Paratroopers" from standard rifles for the US market up until all CHICOM guns were banned from import by Klinton.

You have a very nice carbine and due to their more "commercial leanings", were not as often seen as the more prolific - and cheaper - rifles.

I'm surprised that an importer's mark isn't somewhere on that gun;
The last CHICOM I have as my keeper is a threaded-barrel rifle that clearly has "Norinco" and the import company name on the side of the recvr. The last of my sacrificial CHICOMs had a tiny "KFS ATL GA" (Kengs Firearms Specialty, the PolyTech folks) hidden under the blade of the bayo, almost invisible when the bayo was folded.

FWIW, "Factory 26" was the first of the Sino-Soviet arsenals set up in the early 50's, and thanks to Soviet notes, SKS collectors can usually extrapolate build-dates.

[dc dalton]

I have the exact same rifle, mine dated to 1965 and I have both the standard mag and the one you have in the pictures. Rich from Warner's Surplus told me that mag is a prototype and makes the gun worth a bit more.

They are a nice weapon and a great shooter.

[pipefitr]

Guys thanks for the info and compliments. I don't know about the 20 rnd mag. On the bottom of it it says "made in China" so i assume it is not a prototype? I checked again and could find no import marks any place on the weapon? At least i know that there are others out there. Bought it for $100(8yrs ago) from a guy no paperwork, then I paniced that I would get in trouble because I didn't know any better then and took it to my dealer and put it in my name. Hindsight I would not of done any paperwork and it would have been in my rafters or buried if "they" come for our guns.

Paul

[dc dalton]

Guys thanks for the info and compliments. I don't know about the 20 rnd mag. On the bottom of it it says "made in China" so i assume it is not a prototype? I checked again and could find no import marks any place on the weapon? At least i know that there are others out there. Bought it for $100(8yrs ago) from a guy no paperwork, then I paniced that I would get in trouble because I didn't know any better then and took it to my dealer and put it in my name. Hindsight I would not of done any paperwork and it would have been in my rafters or buried if "they" come for our guns.

Paul

Just pulled mine out to look at the mag, it has no stampings on it so maybe your mag was put on in later years.

Mine doesn't have import marks either which just means in came into the country a while ago. I had read someplace a lot of these came in with soldiers coming back from Vietnam.

BTW, I got mine at a show from some guy walking around selling it ... one of the few I have that isn't in their database.