I'll Show You Mine If You'll Show Me Yours (Part Deux)

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Originally Posted by User Name

How long is the barrel? If it hasn't been cut down you would at least be able to tell whether it's an infantry rifle, or a Dragoon. Also, what is the year on the tang?

i don't know how long it is for sure, but the sight on the tip of the barrel definately looks not of the era. also i can't find a date anywhere on this thing, just a bunch of mis-matched serial numbers.

[User Name]

Originally Posted by 1 3 3

i don't know how long it is for sure, but the sight on the tip of the barrel definately looks not of the era. also i can't find a date anywhere on this thing, just a bunch of mis-matched serial numbers.

So there is no number here? This would at least give you a receiver build date.

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i gotta be honest here, i don't even know what the hell part that is^

in simple terms where do i look?

[ro_sauce]

behind the trigger, underneath, where the rear screw is in the stock.

[JoshuaC]

I finally got to shoot my AK47 last weekend (it gets very hot here through the summer) and I can't believe what an amazing firearm it is. Recoil is light and feels good, very controllable in rapid fire. I had a few failure to feeds but I switched to a different magazine and it fixed the problem.

I love my AK47

[LukeFF]

I just purchased this matching K98 from a member at another web site. It's a 1937 S/27 (ERMA). The handguard has a different serial number, but given the condition of the rest of the stock I imagine it was repaired at some point during the war by a German arsenal. Once I get my C&R address updated it's all mine:

[Capt.Marion]

a funny thing wound up in the back of my truck today:


whoever put it in there was smart and remembered to put in 500 rds of 7.62x39 and to lock the truck as well... (ah, damn, must've been me... that would explain why I didn't have enough $$ for gas)

[JoshuaC]

I really want to get a SKS some time.

[necropimp]

someone jacked your rifle mounted poking device

[JoshuaC]

Looks very bear without it.

[Capt.Marion]

it's on my bench. Stock is cut for a blade, and, plus, its a rare Sino-Soviet (made by chinese w/ russian machinery and russian instruction in 1956) and they originally had blade bayonets...

joshuaC, I'd recommend a SKS any day of the week, fun to shoot, reliable, and cheap. Just don't get a Yugo- they don't have chrome lined barrels.

The one thing I have to say about not having a bayonet- it sure is light and more comfortable!

[necropimp]

Originally Posted by Capt.Marion

Just don't get a Yugo- they don't have chrome lined barrels.

that means nothing... 97% of people shooting their SKSs are using non corrosive commercial ammo these days and with any surplus gun you want to inspect the bore

my 59/66 has only some minor frosting in the barrel from it's days of shooting corrosive when it was in a soldier's hands and it's bore is otherwise perfect... nice sharp lands and it's one of the most accurate of any SKS i've fired

[JoshuaC]

Yeah I might pick one up sometime. It would be fun to shoot along with my AK.

[Manstein]

I had an SKS at one point, I shot a box of ammo through it, it was ok, but just not my kind of rifle, and it didn't fit my collection :/

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i picked up my mn91/30 i purchased from aimsurplus today, all the numbers are matching from what i've seen and the gun looks so sexy, but it does have the importers marking, pics soon.

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quickly snapped this pic yesterday, sry bad lighting in my house, i'll take better pics later today. I'm very happy with this rifle, the thing has pretty much no imperfections, it really looks like its right our of the factory or something, i'm so happy! best $70 i ever spent holy crap haha

[User Name]

Looks great! What year is it? What arsenal? It could be the lighting but it looks like it has a hex receiver.

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Originally Posted by User Name

Looks great! What year is it? What arsenal? It could be the lighting but it looks like it has a hex receiver.

Izhevsk 1940, round reciever, serials are all matching from what i see. (reciever, bolt, buttplate, bottom of the magazine thing)

[necropimp]

1945 Izhevsk M44 laminate stock

[Huxy]

All I've seen here is just heaven for filmmakers