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?
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