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I am brand new to the forum and my computer skills are horrible. Any information anyone is willing to share is greatly appreciated!
I'm new also on the forum so like it was done to me... Welcome :)
from what I know and acquired information the STAR with an Arrow pointing up means that it was manufactured by TULA not Izhevsk.
SKS manufactured by IZHEVSK are identified by a Triangle in a circle with an arrow pointing up see picture added. One thing I'm puzzled is the right hand side of your receiver and how your SKS is identified which is a first for me and the information I have.
(https://i.imgur.com/Q6kg02W.jpeg)
Hi John welcome to the Files!
summum is correct, you have a Tula made SKS45 there. It is a refurbished gun so it *may* be a 1954 gun like the receiver cover indicates, but it also *may* be from '53 as we have seen ИТ prefixed examples from both years with identical features like on your carbine. Very highly likely to be a '54 in my opinion.
Stock is a replacement that came off another gun with a different S/N. The circle Б stamp near the finger grooves is a pretty common marking on replacement stocks and may indicate the refurb facility that refinished the stock, though that has not been definitively determined.
Otherwise it's a nice clean looking carbine. Should be a good shooter.
Here is an as-issued similar prefixed 'sister' carbine from '54:
(https://i.ibb.co/dthshYM/T2152-left-whole.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/nm5KW48/T2152-receiver.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/XsrM8p5/T2152-receiver-cover-top.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/K9ZQxgb/T2152-stock.jpg)