1962-1969 chinese sks

1962-69 / 7-14mil serial rifles

Several important changes took place during this era of /26\ rifles including a long threaded barrel lug to short, and blade bayonet to spike, milled trigger housing to stamped, and bolt carrier lightening cut delete. These rifles all still have the Russian letter (n) marked rear site ladder from previous years.

五六式 = Wǔliù shì. Translates to: "5 6 Type" is found on all years from the 1961 6m onwards.

1962: 7 mil /26\ long-lug, side-swivel, large-font stock
1963: 8 mil /26\ long-log, side-swivel, large-font stock
1964: 9 mil /26\ long to short lug transition at 9.1-9.2m, side-swivel, large-font stock, bayo change to spike
1965: 10 mil /26\ short-lug, side swivel relocated to bottom mid year, large-font stock
1966: 11 mil /26\ short-lug, bottom-swivel, spike-bayo, large-font stock <---- First arrival of stamped trigger housings, two piece gas-tube, plus the deletion of the carrier and bay lug lightening cuts
1967: 12 mil /26\ short-lug, bottom-swivel, spike-bayo, large-font stock
1968: 13 mil /26\ short-lug, bottom-swivel, spike-bayo, large-font stock
1979: 14 mil /26\ short-lug, bottom-swivel, spike-bayo, large-font stock

8 million series

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