Thread: History of SKS/SKK rifles in NZ?

Russia shipped tooling and engineers to china when the started making them, so the early ones to all intents could be considered russian made.
Ive owned several chinese ones (type 56) named after the year they started mnf. All have shot as well as the open sights have allowed me to.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Russia shipped tooling and engineers to china when the started making them, so the early ones to all intents could be considered russian made.
Ive owned several chinese ones (type 56) named after the year they started mnf. All have shot as well as the open sights have allowed me to.

Yep spot on, I have had an early one as well that was most likely produced while the Russian engineers were in China helping set up.
There are some pretty informative sites out there on date and location of production but it's not all that easy to decipher some of the stampings.

Mine shot well and for what it was it was pretty accurate. I like the engineering, clever, simple, robust and they work.