Guess what I bought? :)

Rich_357 · May 22, 2016, 02:04 AM

I'm posting this so that people actually know what they are looking at. I bought this for less than $300. Do you know what it is? I do...

Rich_357 · May 22, 2016, 02:08 AM

drobs · May 22, 2016, 04:27 AM

SKS

ifithitu · May 22, 2016, 05:43 AM

I'm in the dark,please tell what it is i'm looking at?

Wishoot · May 22, 2016, 06:02 AM

Another vote for the SKS.

9x19 · May 22, 2016, 08:19 AM

A poorly machined chi-com lump of steel?

TXAZ · May 22, 2016, 08:23 AM

Ballast?

Another Chinese SKS vote

deerslayer303 · May 22, 2016, 09:15 AM

Yep, SKS

Rich_357 · May 22, 2016, 10:40 AM

Yup yup....ChiCom SKS. Notice anything funky about the lack of a factory /26\ stamping, the serial number and all of the quality control stampings?

http://chinesesks.weebly.com/195657-ghost.html

jetinteriorguy · May 22, 2016, 03:13 PM

Hmmm, I must be getting old. I remember when you could buy five of these at the hardware store for under $300.00.

RolandD · May 22, 2016, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich_357

Yup yup....ChiCom SKS. Notice anything funky about the lack of a factory /26\ stamping, the serial number and all of the quality control stampings?

http://chinesesks.weebly.com/195657-ghost.html

I had that bedspread as a kid!

Looks in good shape for 40 years old.

What were we talking about?

highpower3006 · May 22, 2016, 06:52 PM

I am not a SKS collector (although I have three Russians) so I am guessing it is a Sino-Soviet SKS.

Rich_357 · May 22, 2016, 08:13 PM

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I had that bedspread as a kid!

Looks in good shape for 40 years old.

What were we talking about?

Ronald, that was a hand me down from my oldest cousin decades ago. It's gotta be late 70's or early 80's. I kinda feel bad about it but I don't do any direct work on it, just the towel above it. I should probably clean it up and store it away.

Rich_357 · May 22, 2016, 08:16 PM

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I am not a SKS collector (although I have three Russians) so I am guessing it is a Sino-Soviet SKS.

Close but nope. The Sino-Soviets were 1955-1956 and had a Tula star off to the right of the receiver's SN (1 to low 2000's). This is a 1956 to early 1957 Ghost/Sterile. First true Chinese SKS.

RolandD · May 23, 2016, 12:30 PM

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Ronald, that was a hand me down from my oldest cousin decades ago. It's gotta be late 70's or early 80's. I kinda feel bad about it but I don't do any direct work on it, just the towel above it. I should probably clean it up and store it away.

Early seventies, actually. Very nice SKS, by the way.

johnwilliamson062 · May 23, 2016, 08:53 PM

Was the bed spread made in China? Is it properly marked? I think we may be on to something here.

Rich_357 · May 23, 2016, 10:45 PM

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Early seventies, actually. Very nice SKS, by the way.

Yup, you are right sir! It has the Saints but no Seahawks.

Thank you Roland. You know, I know that there are so many Chinese SKS out there that people don't seem to pay attention. I bought this off of GB; people were bidding more for crap...and here was this little jewel and nobody recognized it. I was the only bidder.

May 22, 2016, 02:04 AM	#1
Rich_357 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2016 Posts: 268	Guess what I bought? :) I'm posting this so that people actually know what they are looking at. I bought this for less than $300. Do you know what it is? I do...

May 22, 2016, 04:27 AM	#3
drobs Senior Member Join Date: July 17, 2015 Location: South Central MO / Africa Posts: 1,111	SKS __________________ NRA Life Member

May 22, 2016, 05:43 AM	#4
ifithitu Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2016 Location: Derby City KY. Posts: 243	I'm in the dark,please tell what it is i'm looking at? __________________ USMC Vietnam Veteran,0311 Grunt. 6/68 to 7/69 Semper Fi

May 22, 2016, 08:19 AM	#6
9x19 Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 1998 Location: Sherman, TX USA Posts: 3,750	A poorly machined chi-com lump of steel? __________________ Make mine lean, mean, and 9x19!

May 22, 2016, 08:23 AM	#7
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	Ballast? Another Chinese SKS vote __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

May 22, 2016, 02:08 AM	#2
Rich_357 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2016 Posts: 268

May 22, 2016, 06:02 AM	#5
Wishoot Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2009 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,093	Another vote for the SKS.

May 22, 2016, 09:15 AM	#8
deerslayer303 Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2011 Location: Leesville SC Posts: 2,653	Yep, SKS __________________ "I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Thomas Jefferson

May 22, 2016, 10:40 AM	#9
Rich_357 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2016 Posts: 268	Yup yup....ChiCom SKS. Notice anything funky about the lack of a factory /26\ stamping, the serial number and all of the quality control stampings? http://chinesesks.weebly.com/195657-ghost.html

May 22, 2016, 03:13 PM	#10
jetinteriorguy Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2013 Posts: 3,175	Hmmm, I must be getting old. I remember when you could buy five of these at the hardware store for under $300.00.

May 22, 2016, 06:52 PM	#12
highpower3006 Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2011 Location: Savannah TN Posts: 1,220	I am not a SKS collector (although I have three Russians) so I am guessing it is a Sino-Soviet SKS.

May 23, 2016, 08:53 PM	#16
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	Was the bed spread made in China? Is it properly marked? I think we may be on to something here.