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sonny

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Date on a Chinese T56 SKS???
« on: December 19, 2015, 08:38:15 PM »
I picked up a BNIB and still in cosmoline Chinese model T 56 but I can't find a year stamp on it anywhere.
Is there a way to find out when it was built by the serial number?

I'll post some pics of it later on after I get it clean.
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sonny

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Re: Date on a Chinese T56 SKS???
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2015, 09:32:14 PM »
I actually bought two but plan on selling one later on.

Anyways here's a crappy cell phone pic.
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Re: Date on a Chinese T56 SKS???
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2015, 08:51:34 AM »
Nice..
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Re: Date on a Chinese T56 SKS???
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2015, 02:32:55 PM »
Here you go Sonny:  http://chinesesks.weebly.com/dating-the-chinese-sks.html

May help........but prob. not.   :-[
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sonny

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Re: Date on a Chinese T56 SKS???
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2015, 05:25:42 PM »
Quote from: BruceW on December 22, 2015, 02:32:55 PM
Here you go Sonny:  http://chinesesks.weebly.com/dating-the-chinese-sks.html

May help........but prob. not.   :-[

Thanks Bruce I just got home today and am in the process of cleaning the cosmoline off it but by a quick look it seems that it was made at state factory 26 in 1957..

Lots of good info in that link...thanks again. :)
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sonny

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Re: Date on a Chinese T56 SKS???
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2015, 05:50:58 PM »
oops.....I think we struck gold..lol  ;D

Yup this is the one.. ;)

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1970: Triangle Arsenals, S/N in the 1,500,000’s.  Note that there is a distinct but small (less than 20k rifles) group of /26\ rifles produced with a 1.5 million prefix.
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Re: Date on a Chinese T56 SKS???
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2015, 02:40:21 PM »
Well I got one of the twins cleaned up and it don't look to bad.Some milling marks on the barrel but I think that is typical for Chinese sks rifles.The wood looks pretty good and that spike bayonet looks wicked.  :o

As for accuracy well it shoots saucer size groups at a 100 yards,pretty much normal. ;)

Anywho I happy with it.
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Re: Date on a Chinese T56 SKS???
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2015, 02:43:40 PM »
BTW...the other twin is up for sale.I paid $550 for both so price is $275.I would consider a trade for a .410 double or pump.
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