Another one followed me home

[BlenderWizard]

Another SKS for me, this will make my 9th. This is absolutely the nicest stock I have seen on an SKS, and rivals any American made stock I have seen. I used to have a mini 30, the finish on this is at least as good as it was on the mini, and the wood is better. All matching #'s of course, it appears to be unfired, and is a bit of an oddball; the bayo lug requires a rivet, but the barrel is screwed in. $175 OTD. Oh, and it's factory [0136].

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/BlenderWizard/guns/IMG_0714.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/BlenderWizard/guns/IMG_0715.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/BlenderWizard/guns/IMG_0716.jpg

[freesw]

Chinese?

"Chinese Type 56 SKS =Chinese Police Issue= (Factory 0136-1979?)"
http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&p=331938

Great find, no way you could have left that behind for $175!

[BlenderWizard]

Chinese?

"Chinese Type 56 SKS =Chinese Police Issue= (Factory 0136-1979?)"
http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&p=331938

Great find, no way you could have left that behind for $175!

I'm not sure if the link was supposed to be something about police issue SKS's, but it is something about Lee Enfields

[freesw]

I should have pointed to where on that page I saw that. It's simply an entry in 24GordonFan303's sig line, has nothing to do with the thread topic. The reason I thought it might be significant is that you wrote: "factory [0136]" I'm not familiar enough with SKS's to be able to tell a Russian from a Chinese without seeing markings, so was wondering if "factory [0136]" refers to that factory in China, that's all.

In the sig line entry in question, the "1979?" in "(Factory 0136-1979?)" may refer to year, I'd guess.

[-=ThePathOfNeo=-]

Blender, I must say that's the most beautiful wood i've ever seen on an SKS. Oh BTW your Mini wood stock still looks great on my 581 mini-30. :)

[BlenderWizard]

Blender, I must say that's the most beautiful wood i've ever seen on an SKS. Oh BTW your Mini wood stock still looks great on my 581 mini-30. :)


Heh, I forgot who I sold it to.

[freesw]

I guess you probably know about this site with SKS info already:
http://www.simonov.net/codechart.htm

I was just wondering whether that "Factory [0136]" indicates that one was made in China, with such a nice stock.

I wonder what kind of wood the Chinese used.

[proudamerican831]

The wood most used on the Chinese stock for a SKS is Catalpa. It is a hardwood but one of the softer ones. It will dent or mark more often than walnut. Kind of an open grain wood. I used a sealer on mine before I finished it with truoil. 9 sks's? I only have 4. 2 Russian, 1 yugo and a Chinese. I just installed the after market firing pins with springs on all 4 of mine to prevent any slam fire accidents, just in case. Prior to 1951 the Russians made them with a spring on the firing pin.
The Sacramento Bee, which reported on the accidental death of a Roseville, CA, man, involving a slam-fire in a SKS rifle. The rifle involved in the California accident was a Chinese-made SKS, not one of Russian manufacture. The Chinese- manufactured models apparently do not have the missing safety spring problem. In addition, it appears that the safety spring was not involved in the slam-fire.
The Bee reported that a 46-year-old man was killed in a freak and fatal accident while loading his SKS at a practice range. William Ferrante was killed instantly when the gun accidentally discharged and shot him in the face.
According to the report, the victim was being coached by a companion about the use of a strip loader used to insert cartridges into the magazine of the rifle. The rifle was pointed down-range and cradled in the companion's arms when the strip loader triggered the firing pin.
It also somehow overrode the sear that makes the SKS semi-automatic, turning the gun into full automatic fire. The recoil of the first shot kicked the muzzle into the air, and a subsequent series of shots spun it around further. A sheriff's department spokesman surmised that it was the final shot that sent the bullet into Ferrante's face.
The sheriff's department spokesman said that inspection of the rifle by authorities did not find any evidence that the gun had been illegally modified to fire in the full automatic mode. They considered the incident a singular malfunction of the SKS in question.
The Sacramento Bee contacted gunsmith Eric Amundsen who told the paper that the unfortunate misfiring of Ferrante's SKS was the result of a slam-fire. Amundsen also said that while such accidental discharges have been known to happen before, they are not considered a "typical" problem with the SKS. Amundsen and other sources The Bee contacted, in fact, said that such a slam- fire was "a freak accident" because of the SKS's notoriously heavy trigger pull.
Obviously, neither Ferrante nor his companion anticipated a problem. Certainly, if any problems were anticipated, the rifle would have been more firmly and safely pointed down-range.