first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:26 am
hello I'm looked online and could not really find any info on the markings, can anyone help me out 
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Re: first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:22 am
The picture didn't come through.
Re: first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:25 am
A little more information would help, Chinese, Russian, Yugo? There should be a small import mark on the rifle that will have the country of origin , Chinese SKS's have Chinese characters on them as a clue.
first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:26 pm
Sorry about that lemme try the pics again and I'm pretty sure it's Chinese since it says made in china
Re: first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:30 pm
How about a full body pic. It looks like one i saw yesterday at the gun shop with a really course stock but it was a 26 arsenal. Not sure of that arsenal mark cause of poor eyes. The one isaw had afunny lookin hand guard though, I thought it was a tad short. 
Re: first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:56 pm
It's Chinese with what I think is a "6666" factory code. Please shoot a full on pics, as I want to see that receiver cover and the scope mount.
first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:10 pm
Let me know if you guys need more pics it was easier on the mosin there were tons of little marks
Re: first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:36 pm
It is Chinese. But, other than an /26\ we virtually know nothing about the other Chinese Factory Codes. They were secretive about them and may have had various codes stamped even at the 26. We just do not know. This will show you most of the codes we know were imported here.
http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=11063.0
http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=11063.0
first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:45 pm
Where is the 26 coming from? I only see a 6 with triangles its like an eye test lol
Re: first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:51 pm
The 26 comes from what I explained above. Did you look at the link I sentyet.
Re: first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:19 pm
From your pics, it looks like you have a "short barreled" lug (threaded barrel), which would only date the rifle within a range of time built (1965-1980). The serial number is on the higher side(which may or may not mean anything), but possibly built in the mid-late 70's. This is just a guess and no way to really know, but somewhere in that time frame, is possible.
Re: first sks
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:43 pm
This is what the Factory /26\ arsenal mark looks like:
Yours looks like this one below, which is the Factory /6666\ arsenal. You can see the "6" inside of a triangle, but there 3 other stylized "6's" on all three corners of the main triangle:
Factory /6665\ also looks like yours, but on this mark there is a slight space between the farthest right "6", which makes it into a "5". A closeup of your arsenal mark would help determine exactly which one we are looking at. It's hard to explain "lines & spaces" in a post. Compare the pic I have shown here of the /6666\ with the one of the /6665\ on the link Old Outlaw sent you and you can hopefully see what I am talking about.
Yours looks like this one below, which is the Factory /6666\ arsenal. You can see the "6" inside of a triangle, but there 3 other stylized "6's" on all three corners of the main triangle:
Factory /6665\ also looks like yours, but on this mark there is a slight space between the farthest right "6", which makes it into a "5". A closeup of your arsenal mark would help determine exactly which one we are looking at. It's hard to explain "lines & spaces" in a post. Compare the pic I have shown here of the /6666\ with the one of the /6665\ on the link Old Outlaw sent you and you can hopefully see what I am talking about.