JackofallTrades
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The marks on the stock are the Tula star year 1963, and the serial number. The stock having a newer date than the dust cover points at a parts bin rifle, and the serial number in the stock makes me think something is askew.
It should also have the importer's info stamped some where on it. Some were done in unobtrusive places, like the bottom of the barrel near the muzzle.
The stock and the dust cover have the same date and serial number. What may be confusing you is that it is a 1953 manufacture date and the serial number is 1952. Why would the serial number in the stock point to something being askew? That seems to be a universal marking on all Russian SKS rifles.