It will have the standard internal mag pinned of course to 5 rounds in Canada, a Chrome Barrel (Which I highly recommend) and either Chinese Characters on the receiver or sometimes English depending on what factory it was produced in. The regular type 56 will have the standard (Pickle Stabber) style Bayonet which is basically a three-sided bayonet. The Chinese Type 56 comes in three variations. They also have a polished uncoated receiver unless it is the rare version with a black coated receiver for NBC operations. Some Russian SKS rifles come with the Chrome Lined barrel and some don’t so keep your eye out especially when using corrosive ammo which is about 80% of the market for ammo.
Most Russian styles come with a standard knife bayonet. If it is a Russian re-man all the serialized parts will have the same number but with one, two or three X’s behind them showing that the gun was built from either spare parts or parts of other ruined SKS. Some will have Cyrillic script (Russian writing) on the side of the receiver and some won’t. It is easy to tell if it is a Russian remanufactured because first of all a lot of them will have a big star over the receiver cover with a date. The Russian Remanufactured SKS come in varying degrees. The most common ones I come across are Russian re-man SKS, Chinese type 56, Chinese Type 56-D and Yugoslavian. There are different models of SKS available in the surplus and yes civilian market. The last reason why I like them is they are reliable, fairly accurate and are easily accessorized. Hunting Ammo is about $15.00 for 20 rounds.
RUSSIAN SKS RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP PLUS
I bought 1300 rounds of Bulgarian FMJ for $200.00 plus tax. Ammo is very Inexpensive and easy to get. Second is they are very inexpensive to buy in Canada.
RUSSIAN SKS RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP LICENSE
The SKS is considered a standard Hunting rifle in Canada with a five-round magazine so you only need a basic Firearms License to possess one here. First of all, in Canada, it is not legal for 95% of the population to own AK or AR-style firearms as they are considered prohibited or restricted. The reason why I am going to talk about the SKS is for a multiple of reasons. It was used as a second line battle rifle when it was replaced by the Original AK-47. They originally came with internal 10 round magazines that could be fed with a stripper clip but there are variations which I will get to further into this article. Which is a fairly decent short to medium-range cartridge. It was the first rifle of its kind to be chambered for the 7.62 X 39 round. The SKS was built in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. I am a gunsmith working in Canada and I come across a lot of firearms but one I would like to recommend would be the SKS.