Picked up my new 1965 10 mil /26\ today. Got it from my friend I used to work with, who got me into shooting (and SKSs). He's had it for over 15 years himself.
Very nice shape. Has the original sling, side mounted (this was a split year for mounting).
And the best part...picked her up this morning, and headed right to the range and shot her (along with the new M). tommy1
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r119/PowerSurgePerf/20150522_141000_zpsrscjxswz.jpg)
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r119/PowerSurgePerf/20150522_140807_zpsisrianou.jpg)
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Here's a comparison pic with my 73... 73 on top, 65 on bottom. 65 stock is a bit darker wood. The 73 also has it's original later style spring attached sling...
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My 10m is very similar, yet a slightly later cousin by about 40k guns...with an oil finish vs shellac. I really think the Chinese were getting really good at these by that point. I love the build quality on my 10m more than any of the rest of my Chinese.
You sure are picking up some beauties lately! thumb1
Quote from: Justin Hell on May 22, 2015, 02:46:05 PMYou sure are picking up some beauties lately! thumb1
I second that Power Surge...those are some sharp looking beauties. Hey I'm only about 4 hrs from you, if you ever need someone to baby-sit your SKSs...let me know!! ;) drool2
Hey... I thought you were not in to run of the mill chinese. :P
Looks great... its a keeper for sure.
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on May 22, 2015, 07:21:08 PM
Hey... I thought you were not in to run of the mill chinese. :P
Looks great... its a keeper for sure.
Oddly it does bother me a bit having two guns so similar, yet I don't want to part with either one! I love my /0406b\ gun, but what SKS collection isn't complete without a /26\ gun? I mean...that's the one that started it all :P
That is a sweet looking 10 mil Power Surge! Very nice!
John Galt
Quote from: Power Surge on May 22, 2015, 07:30:22 PM
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on May 22, 2015, 07:21:08 PM
Hey... I thought you were not in to run of the mill chinese. :P
Looks great... its a keeper for sure.
Oddly it does bother me a bit having two guns so similar, yet I don't want to part with either one! I love my /0406b\ gun, but what SKS collection isn't complete without a /26\ gun? I mean...that's the one that started it all :P
Can an SKS collection ever be complete?! rofl
Nice carbine! thumb1
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on May 23, 2015, 08:24:46 AM
Can an SKS collection ever be complete?! rofl
Nice carbine! thumb1
I don't think it ever could be complete either. There's always just one more variant to go chasing after! thumb1
That's a nice looking carbine PS! I can see why you like it so much. thumb1
Quote from: Power Surge on May 22, 2015, 07:30:22 PM
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on May 22, 2015, 07:21:08 PM
Hey... I thought you were not in to run of the mill chinese. :P
Looks great... its a keeper for sure.
Oddly it does bother me a bit having two guns so similar, yet I don't want to part with either one! I love my /0406b\ gun, but what SKS collection isn't complete without a /26\ gun? I mean...that's the one that started it all :P
rofl You can always find at least a lil something different to get rid of that feeling. Last week, I got what I consider a run of the mill just because it had a D marked rear sight leaf.
See.....different chuckles1
Quote from: armedhippie on May 26, 2015, 08:24:54 AM
[d at least a lil something different to get rid of that feeling. Last week, I got what I consider a run of the mill just because it had a D marked rear sight leaf.
See.....different chuckles1
Wait, you got a new SKS and we haven't seen it yet?! doh1
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Quote from: running-man on May 26, 2015, 09:04:39 AM
Wait, you got a new SKS and we haven't seen it yet?! doh1
rofl rofl rofl LOL
2 actually 8) See......Mosinitus hasn't completely ate my brain ...yet. The run of the mill with the D sight leaf/ladder and.......wait for it....... an awesomely odd... SIX CORP SKS with as imported detachable bayo. ( A new 1 on me and very little info out there on 'em) heehee
Been wanting to post 'em up but.... busy as all get out and ocd about trying to get perfect pics and doing a nice write up on 'em.. I've got a bunch on the six corps though just gotta see if I took any of the other 1.
Oh and a couple new NORINCO Tokarevs as well, 7.62x25 and 9mm. and maybe even a few YUGO/ Serbian Toks thrown in just to shake things up. ( You can thank/blame "The Enabler" for the new found TOK Love)
Not trying to thread jack ya Surge... You keep on keeping on man , You are coming up with some beauts......I still haven't got my 1st SKS that takes AK mags yet....and your up to 2 cry1 thumb1
oh and RM....I got another Polish Mosin too rofl2
Quote from: armedhippie on May 26, 2015, 07:49:25 PM
oh and RM....I got another Polish Mosin too rofl2
Seriously hippie?!?!
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I thought PS was bad with his three in a week!!! cry1
chuckles1 chuckles1 Oh...Saw that did ya? rofl2
I just keep telling myself as long as my mosins don't start to outnumber my SKS's .... I don't have a problem.... 8)
Now....Just have to figure out how to rationalize this Tokarev addiction... I know, I've heard Makarov's help...
Looks like an epidemic has hit some of our fellow members. Power Surge, armedhippie...you are confined to the LGS for thirty days.
Quote from: running-man on May 25, 2015, 04:50:43 PM
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on May 23, 2015, 08:24:46 AM
Can an SKS collection ever be complete?! rofl
Nice carbine! thumb1
I don't think it ever could be complete either. There's always just one more variant to go chasing after! thumb1
Thats not true, the collection is complete when the wife says so..... ;)
That's a nice looking carbine PS! I can see why you like it so much. thumb1
Nice looking rifle in the op. so 10xxxxxx is 65? I was under the impression it was 66? I have a 10xxxxxx that looks almost identical. About 100k after yours.
Quote from: escobert on June 07, 2015, 02:20:24 AM
Nice looking rifle in the op. so 10xxxxxx is 65? I was under the impression it was 66? I have a 10xxxxxx that looks almost identical. About 100k after yours.
Check out this link....
1961-69 / 6-14MIL - Chinese SKS Guide (http://chinesesks.weebly.com/1961-69--6-14mil.html)
Hey escobert... You should check out these two stickies.
Jianshe Arsenal /26 Progression in Chinese SKS (Military) - Page 1 of 1 (https://clone.sks-files.com/chinese-sks-military/17/jianshe-arsenal-26-progression/42/)
Q: When was my Chinese Type 56 SKS made? in Chinese SKS (Military) - Page 1 of 2 (https://clone.sks-files.com/chinese-sks-military/17/q-when-was-my-chinese-type-56-sks-made/360/)
Hmmm. So I'd seen similar pages to those you guys suggested. Should I just make a new thread on my rifle and throw some pictures up? I don't wanna highjack this thread:p
Quote from: escobert on June 07, 2015, 11:43:51 AM
Hmmm. So I'd seen similar pages to those you guys suggested. Should I just make a new thread on my rifle and throw some pictures up? I don't wanna highjack this thread:p
If you saw similar pages on "another board", let me explain the difference. ....
Remember in grade school we learned how at one point in history people thought the world was flat, and despite new findings and information, some people just wanted to believe what they already new and didn't want to hear the world was really round? Yeah.....that's the other board...
And go ahead a start a new thread on your 10 mil, so we can all comment on it :)
Quote from: Power Surge on June 07, 2015, 11:56:35 AM
Quote from: escobert on June 07, 2015, 11:43:51 AM
Hmmm. So I'd seen similar pages to those you guys suggested. Should I just make a new thread on my rifle and throw some pictures up? I don't wanna highjack this thread:p
If you saw similar pages on "another board", let me explain the difference. ....
Remember in grade school we learned how at one point in history people thought the world was flat, and despite new findings and information, some people just wanted to believe what they already new and didn't want to hear the world was really round? Yeah.....that's the other board...
And go ahead a start a new thread on your 10 mil, so we can all comment on it :)
heh yeah I hear ya there. It was the survivor SKS boards I think. making a new thread now! :D
Has anyone seen a 10m that doesn't have the /8\ stamp on the stock below the rear sight?
That is starting to seem pretty common with these...coincidence? Does it possibly mean something else we haven't yet determined? I seem to remember seeing the /4\ stamp on all of the /26\ 78-79's I come across that have the notch for the inverted take down lever. (still looking for an unserialed stock)
Adhering to the 'proof stamp' logic adopted from Russian SKS's might not apply, since the Chinese didn't seem too keen on stamping every part (in some cases multiple times) like the Russians liked to. Could it be that the stocks were marked with 'factory' identifiers as well? think1
It seems like it might be beneficial especially on transitional guns to have some easy identifier between for instance:
Long lug blade type
Long lug spike type
Short lug spike type
Pinned barrel spike
I sure know I would like to have an easy way to eyeball an SKS stock and know what it went to...I would have a lot more success stories when buying stocks fer sure! :)
With all these 10m /26\'s popping up here lately, it got me to wondering....thoughts?
Quote from: Justin Hell on June 08, 2015, 07:26:57 PM
Has anyone seen a 10m that doesn't have the /8\ stamp on the stock below the rear sight?
That is starting to seem pretty common with these...coincidence? Does it possibly mean something else we haven't yet determined? I seem to remember seeing the /4\ stamp on all of the /26\ 78-79's I come across that have the notch for the inverted take down lever. (still looking for an unserialed stock)
Adhering to the 'proof stamp' logic adopted from Russian SKS's might not apply, since the Chinese didn't seem too keen on stamping every part (in some cases multiple times) like the Russians liked to. Could it be that the stocks were marked with 'factory' identifiers as well? think1
It seems like it might be beneficial especially on transitional guns to have some easy identifier between for instance:
Long lug blade type
Long lug spike type
Short lug spike type
Pinned barrel spike
I sure know I would like to have an easy way to eyeball an SKS stock and know what it went to...I would have a lot more success stories when buying stocks fer sure! :)
With all these 10m /26\'s popping up here lately, it got me to wondering....thoughts?
I noticed on the guide page, I see the stamp as early as an 8 mil. It continues to 14 mil, although it's not always an 8.
I recently picked up a 24 mil, and it has it as well, as a 4. These are also all /26\ guns. My guess would be a quality control stamp?
The early (and tiny) /21\ stamps are likely referencing the arsenal that built the stocks. The later single number stamps haven't been decoded yet. I suspect a QC stamp like PS states, but really it's anyone's guess. I don't think they are as consistent across S/N lines as people may think (though I'm just relying from memory, not any hard data in front of me, so take that with a grain of salt).
I just figured they're inspection stamps to keep the commie masses busy :p
Something that actually got me to thinking about the stock stamps was noticing that PS's 10m also has a stock repair...so I was suspecting less of a QC thing and more of an identifier thing. If it was QC...one might expect another inspection stamp after the repair was needed/noticed after initial inspection....that is unless stock repairs were done by hand after machine milling, and sent off to inspection later. pullhair1
It would be interesting to see if there is any correlation to the stock stamps and any particular era of SKS. I know not all of my Chinese stocks have these...even though a couple aren't with me at the moment.
It could very well be a final inspection mark, and inspectors /21\ /8\ and /4\ were just the equals to Hane's Inspector 12 long before Madison Avenue picked up on the inspector schtick to represent quality. rofl2
I have a small factory stock repair up on the front of my stock parallel with the barrel and the /8\ stamp.
I just checked my 11 mil /26\ and it has no such stamp. But the stock is a replacement with the orange tint shellac.