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Re: Drago's DDR TUTORIAL (sticky)
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:57 pm
by Drago
Nice looking stock on that one, Howie. What's the stamping look like on the bayonet?
BTW, I didn't realize I had broken links. They are fixed now, with the addition of a really crisp bayonet marking of a /R\.
Re: Drago's DDR TUTORIAL (sticky)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:45 am
by howiebearse
Drago wrote:Nice looking stock on that one, Howie. What's the stamping look like on the bayonet?
BTW, I didn't realize I had broken links. They are fixed now, with the addition of a really crisp bayonet marking of a /R\.
Most all my Russian Bayonets are marked with some sort of proof I think that has nothing to do with the DDR .Mine has a circle with T inside
Re: Drago's DDR TUTORIAL
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:01 pm
by fenceline
Woodbeef wrote:Out of all the recent Russian imports I've never seen or heard of an ex DDR marked one yet.
Found one today. Has the horizontal SN stamped on the stock, but the handguard appears to have been swapped out as it is EP'd on the metal and the wood is not stamped. The /1\ is there in front of the serial number above the stock line, but it is so faint that you have to get the light shining off the bluing at just the right angle to see it.
Re: Drago's DDR TUTORIAL (sticky)
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:01 am
by fenceline
It would appear that the DDR theory may be busted.
Russian researcher Ruslan Chumak has been able to identify several of the Russian refurb marks as noted above. CGN member Ratnik forwarded this information via another gun board.
Chumak served in the archives for GRAU.
GRAU: The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (GRAU) (Russian: Главное ракетно-артиллерийское управление МО РФ (ГРАУ), Glavnoye raketno-artilleriyskoye upravleniye MO RF (GRAU)) is a department of the Russian (ex-Soviet) Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the Chief of Armament and Munition of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a vice-minister of defense.
The /1\ appears to be a stamping attributed to the 1871st ABV Moscow Military District arsenal in Liski.
Re: Drago's DDR TUTORIAL (sticky)
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:30 pm
by HMSsian
Re Drago's DDR Tutorial, was and is a great read;
Thank you and all the members who contributed.
Re: Drago's DDR TUTORIAL (sticky)
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:05 pm
by tailgunner67
Apparently I am late to the party. I just bought my first triangle one Russian SKS, just to find out they are no big deal. Lol Such is life.