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J&G Sales has Chinese type 56 SKS carbines and Widener's has the Yugo type 59 carbines. Please advise on the technical differences of these two types. Is the 56 an original military version? Thank you.
I'll grudgingly not argue with Sirex about stock swapping on an early Chinese SKS. He does make a good point about a drop-in stock not hurting anything, so long as you preserve the original. I just couldn't bring myself to do it ... or be seen with it.
After cleaning up my battle-worn stocks, and sealing them with a couple of light coats of rubbed-in BLO, I think they have character and prefer taking them with me to the range. Plus, it's fun to take a crusty old veteran SKS with only iron sights to the 200 yard range, sit next to a guy with a modern rifle, scope, and elaborate bench rest rig, and ring a steel target with every shot ... while he's missing it.
BDO probably won't quote you a rice over the phone, but they will tell you if they have any in stock, how many, etc.
Did you mean "crusty old veteran with an SKS" or "crusty old veteran SKS"
Just a Freudian slip talking Chinese rifles and mentioning rice?
I recently purchased a Chinese ones from Classic. It came heavily coated in cosmoline, a lot of the bluing is worn away, and there is quite a bit of stock graffiti, but it functions just fine. I chose to clean/degrease the stock but left all of the dings, nicks, and carvings in place. BTW, shipping from Classic was very fast.