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I found a site that explains how to date them if they have the /26\ but in 1963 they started putting 3 Chinese characters on there that represent "Type 56" and I guess that's when stuff starts getting tricky.
http://www.yooperj.com/SKS-24.htm
Does anyone know how to date these later models?
1. yooper is a great site .
2. but he is incorrect about the intro of the chinese character in 1963 , i have a pic of a /26\ 1962 with the 3 chinese character.
3. dating a /26\ is the same right to end of production in 1981. you cannot date other chinese factories.
I believe mine has a /26\, but it looks different than other ones iv'e seen, three chinese characters and then the serial nimber with a "R1700***".
How do you know if they are from other factories.
Ill post a pic soon.....
in your pic , please include the barrel lug.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulls-I_24
if its not /26\ , could it be /216\ ? see my list .
below is a list of factory codes that i have compiled.
A. triangle factory codes, some of these codes are hard to read so I hand drawn them in the picture , below the pic are the corresponding numbers.
Triangle factory codes: in order of number of digits.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...621280x952.jpg
Corresponding codes to the above pic.
Row
1./?\,/oo\,/2\,/2\,/26\,/36\,/56\,/66\,/96\.
2./016\,/106\,/106\,/116\,/135\,/136\,/156\, /206\, /216\.
3./305\,/306\,/316\,/316\,/319\,/326\,/366\,/386\,/406\.
4./416\,/456\,/516\,/526\,/606\,/625\,/629\,/636\,/666\.
5./906\,/916\,/956\,/0130\,/0131\,/0223\,/0225\,/0306\,/0405\.
6./0406\,/0408\,/0412\,/0404\,/0908\,/6602\,/6609\,/6017,/6516\.
7./6601\,/6615\,/6625\,/6635\,/6636\,/6656\,/6665\,/6666\,/6675\.
8./7676\,/6906\.
B. square factory codes:
1.[0129],[0134],[0135],[0136],[0138],[0140],[0141],[0142],[0144],[0145],[0146],[0147].
2.[0220],[0205],[0221],[0222],[0223],[0224],[0266].
3.[0303],[0306],[0360].
4.[0806],[6603],[6623].
C. oblong factory codes:
1.(23),(874),(974),(0402),(6009),(9186),(9696)
D. Diamond factory code:
1.<0203>,<0205>.
E. Plain codes :M21 No, M21 0296, TO, DP, DB, DP3
Sorry im still learning :madsmile: Where is the barrel lug?
Yeah it is a factory 216.
/216\ "Chinese Characters" R17*****
The importer stamp says "SKS 7.62x39 CHINA NORINCO CSI ONT CA"
All matching #'s
The inside of the stock looks fairly old....
Does the sling mount on the side of the stock mean anything cause i've seen them on the bottom of some Chinese sks
The stock is cut for spike bayo....
Forgot the most important one:madsmile:.......
Oh yeah...For the barrel lug question if your asking about the bayonet lug it has a screw not a rivet.....
no, the barrel lug is the shoulder that meets the receiver , see pic in yooper site below.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulls-I_24
Yooper John
you cant date a chinese SKS that isnt from factory 26 , all other chinese SKS falls into a production classification .
long barrel lug : early production
short barrel lug : mid production
pinned barrel : late production
Thanks I didnt see that page....My gun is a late production.....are there any ideas as to what date ranges are with the production era?
How can I tell if this is a military or civilian gun?
so your sks has a pinned barrel???? it would be too difficult to give you a range date bcos china never divulge those info.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulls-I_24
what i could tell you is yours is definitely military. some of the signs are the triangle in the factory code and the serial number on the side of the stock.
So if there is no number on the stock it is probably commercial?
Where there only certain variations they made commercial or pretty much all variants come in either military or commercial?
And yes it is a pinned barrel, are there any other features to look for that says its military?
Not all military guns will have numbered stocks. Many of the early factory 26 guns with blade bayonets were imported to the US/Canada in the 1990's and a good many of those were reconditioned somewhat in the PRC before coming over. Worn/damaged stocks were sometimes replaced with new production wood (no serial number and blonder than typical military stocks) and items like the gas tube were replaced if the originals were badly pitted, etc. Often the guns were also reblued. Think of it as arsenal refurbishment as this work was all done in military factories.
Also, what we think of as "commercial production" is just guns assembled from military production spare parts for sale in the states. The Chinese had stopped SKS production at a number of factories and their vast stocks of replacement parts were hastily assembled in a variety of commercial configurations for the civilian market so that some use cold be made of these orphaned spares.
im not talking about refurbs , my research shows that all standard factory 26 originally came with serial number on the stock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Claven2