Hey everyone. We have hundreds of members but we have only seen a fraction of the SKSs in our combined collections. Nothing we like more than seeing pictures of firearms.
So post up your first Chinese SKS, your favorite, your entire collection, one at a time, perhaps limited to no more than 10 pics.
As always, don't hesitate to post a detailed story, analysis and as many pictures as you care to of an SKS in its very own thread
To kick this off, here's the first SKS that I ever acquired. A mere 29 months ago I bought this from Classic Firearms as my second purchase on my 3 week old FFL-03. It's a mixmaster Ghost Type 56 with a Tula Receiver cover and an Albanian name: "I. Ferko" carved into the bottom of the stock foreend, and many metal surfaces that have been worn until they're "in the white"...and I love it! :)
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z475/phosphorus32/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/right%20full.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/phosphorus32/media/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/right%20full.jpg.html)
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z475/phosphorus32/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/receiver%20cover.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/phosphorus32/media/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/receiver%20cover.jpg.html)
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z475/phosphorus32/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/BC%20and%20Rr%20Sight.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/phosphorus32/media/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/BC%20and%20Rr%20Sight.jpg.html)
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z475/phosphorus32/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/stock%20SN.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/phosphorus32/media/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/stock%20SN.jpg.html)
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z475/phosphorus32/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/stock%2021.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/phosphorus32/media/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/stock%2021.jpg.html)
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z475/phosphorus32/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/SN%2060833.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/phosphorus32/media/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/SN%2060833.jpg.html)
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z475/phosphorus32/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/I%20Ferko.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/phosphorus32/media/SKS%20Ghost%20Ferko/I%20Ferko.jpg.html)
First sks was 29 months ago?... You must have bought 2 a month since!!!
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on May 26, 2016, 05:59:08 PM
First sks was 29 months ago?... You must have bought 2 a month since!!!
:)) Nah, only about 0.6 SKS/month on average.
Come on, show us one of yours LC. Let's keep the party going!
17!!! Your an animal!! chuckles1
Pretty sure I have posted all mine, but let me find one. fart1
Take a guess. :))
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20140720_182051_150_zpsc0f0a043.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20140720_181505_580_zpsc01d12ef.jpg)
Yup. #0418
Top choice! thumb1
Well, LC set the condition and rarity bar high, but I set the condition bar low with my Type 56 that took a tough road from China to Albania to the shores of the USA, with little bluing and even less shellac to show for it.
So go ahead and post 'em if you got 'em!
How about this one....
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/mrcoinring001/IMG_20150602_181315_024.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/mrcoinring001/IMG_20150602_181351_520.jpg)
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on May 26, 2016, 06:24:04 PM
Take a guess. :))
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20140720_182051_150_zpsc0f0a043.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20140720_181505_580_zpsc01d12ef.jpg)
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on May 26, 2016, 09:29:11 PM
How about this one....
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/mrcoinring001/IMG_20150602_181315_024.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/mrcoinring001/IMG_20150602_181351_520.jpg)
I keep comparing the two you have posted,
LC. Is that the same rifle, just different picture sessions?
firstchoice
You guys cant be fooled! rofl
Here is our first one, a rectangle arsenal gun [0306]. It has a stamped trigger group, a 2 piece gas tube with a cast rear sight base and of course the pressed\pinned barrel. It's all matching, nice and clean and a real straight shooter.
I bought it in a Heber Springs, Arkansas gun shop a couple of years back. When I got home and Mary took a turn shooting it, she confiscated it and I had to go back and get the other one (a /26\ 3 mill gun). That's the way girls do ya sometimes!
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/smithdblueDannyboy53/Marys%20Chinese%20SKS/Chinese%20SKS_zpsi8p1ach9.jpg)
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/smithdblueDannyboy53/Marys%20Chinese%20SKS/Marysrearswivel-sling_zps0e8246aa.gif)
Occasionally we put on the scope & and one of a dozen 20 round Tapco mags (which runs perfectly), go to the range and it will easily bust "pumpkins" all day at the 200 yard range.
(http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh618/smithdblueDannyboy53/Marys%20Chinese%20SKS/Marys%20Chinese%20SKS_zps858owcze.jpg)
Here is my Ruby Red 6 mill still packed in cosmoline...
(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/6%20mill%201_zps4sbhwjbp.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/6%20mill%201_zps4sbhwjbp.jpg.html)
Wow, beautiful. Looks like Marys fire-engine red rectangle arsenal gun. Tell us more about this one John!
That one really took a shellacking eh.... :))
Mine!!
Quote from: John Galt on May 28, 2016, 07:24:10 PM
Here is my Ruby Red 6 mill still packed in cosmoline...
(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/6%20mill%201_zps4sbhwjbp.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/6%20mill%201_zps4sbhwjbp.jpg.html)
Love it! drool2
Made the same year that I was :))
Danny, I got this sks along with my Type 84 and about 800 rds of chinese ammo from a guy who's father-in-law passed. At the time, I didn't know much about SKS's and offered him $600 for all of it....and he said "ok, I sold some at Cabelas BNIB for $200 each!"
The 6 mill is all matching (besides the ruby stock) and is packed in every nook and cranny with cosmoline. I also got a really nice 8 mill from him in a jungle stock. The bluing on the 8 mill is like new!
Wow...lucky rascal! Thanks for the info John, again, that's a beautiful carbine!
My two 9mil /26\, fairly close in serial numbers, but not in life, one lived a rough life in the Middle East, the other seems to have had a cushy life.
(http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/C13mechanic/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2011_zpsfuuusgi4.jpg) (http://s1016.photobucket.com/user/C13mechanic/media/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2011_zpsfuuusgi4.jpg.html)
(http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/C13mechanic/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2012_zps8dgferjp.jpg) (http://s1016.photobucket.com/user/C13mechanic/media/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2012_zps8dgferjp.jpg.html)
(http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/C13mechanic/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2014_zpsdgnyhyl2.jpg) (http://s1016.photobucket.com/user/C13mechanic/media/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2014_zpsdgnyhyl2.jpg.html)
Greasemonkey that is awesome..."The Prince and The Pauper!"
Quote from: Greasemonkey on May 31, 2016, 09:01:25 PM
My two 9mil /26\, fairly close in serial numbers, but not in life, one lived a rough life in the Middle East, the other seems to have had a cushy life.
(http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/C13mechanic/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2011_zpsfuuusgi4.jpg) (http://s1016.photobucket.com/user/C13mechanic/media/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2011_zpsfuuusgi4.jpg.html)
(http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/C13mechanic/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2012_zps8dgferjp.jpg) (http://s1016.photobucket.com/user/C13mechanic/media/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2012_zps8dgferjp.jpg.html)
(http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/C13mechanic/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2014_zpsdgnyhyl2.jpg) (http://s1016.photobucket.com/user/C13mechanic/media/soviet%20sino/9million/SAM_2014_zpsdgnyhyl2.jpg.html)
Nice, I Love the IC :o 8) thumb1 Of course that minty one isn't bad either.
Quote from: Dannyboy53 on May 31, 2016, 09:32:40 PM
Greasemonkey that is awesome..."The Prince and The Pauper!"
The Prince and the Sheikh, perhaps :))
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on May 31, 2016, 10:47:12 PM
The Prince and the Sheikh, perhaps :))
LOL...that is a much better fit Jon! However there are some beautiful carbines on display here, thanks to everybody for sharing them.
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on May 26, 2016, 04:19:52 PM
So post up your first Chinese SKS, your favorite, your entire collection, one at a time, perhaps limited to no more than 10 pics.
My first Chinese Type 56....Hey,Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while rofl Got uber lucky and found this 1 at a yard sale with 180 rds on stripper clips. After getting it home and doing a lil research....I was 1 happy camper! My PS SKS....
(http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/armedhippie/SKS%20pics/DP%20and%20PS%20SKS%20044_zpst4uinsjs.jpg)
(http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/armedhippie/SKS%20pics/DP%20and%20PS%20SKS%20046_zps2lcg2xd8.jpg)
(http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/armedhippie/SKS%20pics/DP%20and%20PS%20SKS%20041_zpsv13jt4sh.jpg)
(http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/armedhippie/SKS%20pics/DP%20and%20PS%20SKS%20038_zpsceatrkuf.jpg)
As others have stated, fit and finish on these is fantastic. ( side note....For years I swore this was a /016\ but then those pesky facts, piles of data and research came into play and well....having an open mind to new as well as old research can be a good thing.) My /416\ PS
Might as well throw in a gratuitous line up shot as well....Sure most of yall have seen it before but.....Kinda like having a hottie girlfriend, Gotta take her out on the town every once in a while chuckles1
(http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/armedhippie/Combo%20Pics%20for%20sharing/DP%20and%20gas%20blocks%20plus%20sks%20lineup%20030_zpsjmcleyfc.jpg)
(http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/armedhippie/Combo%20Pics%20for%20sharing/DP%20and%20gas%20blocks%20plus%20sks%20lineup%20034_zpslaa4lc6a.jpg)
(http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/armedhippie/Combo%20Pics%20for%20sharing/DP%20and%20gas%20blocks%20plus%20sks%20lineup%20042_zpswsppyre7.jpg)
armedhippie :
You have a nice collection to say the least brother !
popcorn1
Great lineup hippie!
Here's my current lineup for those interested. The far left is the East German, but the rest are all Chinese...
Left to right (after EG)
2 mil /26\
10 mil /26\
24 mil /26\
KFS PU Sinper
Polytech Hunter
Navy Arms Type 84
SKS-M
SKS-MC5D
89 Sporter (stubby FSB)
SKS-63
K-sports Parka Para
I also had two 0406b guns, and a custom surprise being built right now ;)
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r119/PowerSurgePerf/20151013_201600_zpsrj1mnnlm.jpg)
What the heck is a '0406b'?
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on June 14, 2016, 07:21:36 PM
What the heck is a '0406b'?
That's the sound you make when I stick you with a '49 russian bayo.... :P chuckles1