Chinese SKS Type 56 ?

[winston94]

yeah... thats what throwing me... that stock... it dont seem to fit the rifle like the other i have ... very cool rifle anyway...

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ill strip it an take better pics this weekend..

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[Sentryduty]

it dont seem to fit the rifle like the other i have

How so? From the photos at least, it seems to fit adequately from where I am sitting. Anything in particular out of place?

[winston94]

i will take some better pics tonight ... but there at the end of stock an those metal caps... there like a gap its not fitted tight..

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[Sentryduty]

but there at the end of stock an those metal caps... there like a gap its not fitted tight..

The stock ferrules? They look pretty normal to me, and SKS is not a precision fitted gun and they do vary. Keep in mind modern production versions of these guns from the same factory retailed in Canada for about $130 not too long ago. Given the rule of markups, that is less than $50 USD out the factory door.

[winston94]

here is some more pics...

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[winston94]

the other thing is the stock forearm and the color why the difference?...

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thanks...mike

[Boris Badinov]

i will take some better pics tonight ... but there at the end of stock an those metal caps... there like a gap its not fitted tight..

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It's a replacement Albanian Beechwood stock. You'll find them occasionally on type56 carbines from the recent Alabanian stockpiles. I have one too--a blonde--an all metal matching 7mil serial from factory /26\. Mine has no serial number on the stock though. The improper fit at the stock ferrule is also fairly common for the Albanian replacement stocks. I remember seeing that one for sale. Nice grab.

[browningautorifle]

Albanian Beechwood

Welcome to the forum...and thank you for the identification.

[Boris Badinov]

Welcome to the forum...and thank you for the identification.

Thanks. And glad to be here. I'm a member of other forums. Also coming to terms with my addiction to SKS collecting. (17, 18, or 19 sks variants currently).

Beech is my best guess. Elm (used on Yugo SKSs) is a darker brown and has distinct, tight, almost pin-striped grain. And artic birch has broken, tiger stripe grain and reddish hue. The two M44's that I've owned (Hungarian and Romanian) had beech stocks as well -- a bland, lighter colored, vaguely grained wood. Its a fairly unremarkable wood, but I've read that its fairly plentiful and relatively cheap (or was at one time) in that part of Europe.