Great-Kazoo
10-17-2012, 22:35
The 3 people i told about this cannot answer, YET!
Come on it's too easy who does it sound like? It is a reply from another board, member regarding the russian sks i sold him.
Actually it will be staying in my collection. it's a 54 Izzy w/ the original bluing...Most of the 54 & 53Izzy's I've had do not have the original bluing, but either the darker refurb blue or the refurb paint...This one also does not have the refurb diagonal slash-through square stamp; even tough it has been through a refurb armory as evidenced by the armory stock repairs in the stock and the new bayo. This one was definitely issued at some point as evidenced by the light carry wear here & there in the blue.
The Izzy's are actually pretty rare, being made in only the later part of 53 and year 54. On the rarity scale of SKS's they are about a 7 out of 10 for a 1954; 6 out of 10 for a Chinese first year; 8 out of 10 for a 1953 Izzy. 1948 Tula or stamped receiver Chinese rates a 9; where ANY East German, Viet & North Korean SKS's rate a ten...
Come on it's too easy who does it sound like? It is a reply from another board, member regarding the russian sks i sold him.
Actually it will be staying in my collection. it's a 54 Izzy w/ the original bluing...Most of the 54 & 53Izzy's I've had do not have the original bluing, but either the darker refurb blue or the refurb paint...This one also does not have the refurb diagonal slash-through square stamp; even tough it has been through a refurb armory as evidenced by the armory stock repairs in the stock and the new bayo. This one was definitely issued at some point as evidenced by the light carry wear here & there in the blue.
The Izzy's are actually pretty rare, being made in only the later part of 53 and year 54. On the rarity scale of SKS's they are about a 7 out of 10 for a 1954; 6 out of 10 for a Chinese first year; 8 out of 10 for a 1953 Izzy. 1948 Tula or stamped receiver Chinese rates a 9; where ANY East German, Viet & North Korean SKS's rate a ten...