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<blockquote data-quote="ronny" data-source="post: 2406480" data-attributes="member: 8853"><p>six, the early 50's didn't have chrome-lined barrels, but often did have spring-loaded firing pins - the first is nice to have and the latter is a really desirable safety feature.</p><p></p><p>The sino-soviets were, in the beginning, actually just Russians which were assembled in China. To make a long story short, the Russians sold/gave a factory to China and moved it lock, stock and barrel. The first rifles assembled there were from parts on hand. That's why the serial numbers don't track with later Chinese, and why these rifles carried blade bayonets, and why their rear sights were marked differently, and why they have Russian wood. As time progressed and these parts ran out, you begin to see Sinos with Chinese made parts and then, finally, all-Chinese components.</p><p></p><p>My preference in SKS's (not that it matters) is Russian, then Sino-Soviet, East German, SKS D, Chinese M, Chinese 26's, other Chinese, Albabian, etc. You haven't seen a really good SKS until you've seen an unissued, or near- unissued Russian. I threw the Chinese M's in there just because of their great utility. Actually, they're just commercial Chinese SKS's, as are the Paratroopers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ronny, post: 2406480, member: 8853"] six, the early 50's didn't have chrome-lined barrels, but often did have spring-loaded firing pins - the first is nice to have and the latter is a really desirable safety feature. The sino-soviets were, in the beginning, actually just Russians which were assembled in China. To make a long story short, the Russians sold/gave a factory to China and moved it lock, stock and barrel. The first rifles assembled there were from parts on hand. That's why the serial numbers don't track with later Chinese, and why these rifles carried blade bayonets, and why their rear sights were marked differently, and why they have Russian wood. As time progressed and these parts ran out, you begin to see Sinos with Chinese made parts and then, finally, all-Chinese components. My preference in SKS's (not that it matters) is Russian, then Sino-Soviet, East German, SKS D, Chinese M, Chinese 26's, other Chinese, Albabian, etc. You haven't seen a really good SKS until you've seen an unissued, or near- unissued Russian. I threw the Chinese M's in there just because of their great utility. Actually, they're just commercial Chinese SKS's, as are the Paratroopers. [/QUOTE]
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