Can someone answer my SKS question??

I have one I bought about 25 years ago.

Go over to sksboards.com.there you`ll find all the answers to your questions.

Yes, they are the same rifle. They are apparently coming in from Albania at the moment. They are beat the hell up because of the amount of conflict they have been in. Many have been carried A LOT and shot little. They shoot fine, tigger sucks, sights sucks but the darn things just shoot and keep shooting. My friend has one of those exact guns, it had some parts broke (trigger spring and dust cover release was bent) but otherswise shootable. His has a mix of albanian and chinese parts on it with some Albanian soccer player's name inscribed on the side and a date.

To copy an SKS would cost more than to seel a "surplus" version. You have little worry that any SKS you buy will be counterfeit.

AIM Surplus has always been great, as far as I've seen or heard. I don't think you have any worries there.

Counterfeiting an SKS? That's like making a fake Toyota Corrola. No point in that at all. Lots around, very serviceable, low cost.

The "best" SKS rifles are probably the Russian ones. Then there are variants made by several other countries. (Albanian are the rarest, and not usually in good shape.)

Those Type 56s should be perfectly workable rifles, as long as the bores are good.

I think what your referring to are the short barrel Chinese "paratrooper" model. I,ve read those were produced for the American market. They are made from legit Chinese rifle and parts, just a shorter barrel. As far as quality and reliability. They're an SKS. They work. Many work very well. I have several different versions but my fav is the "paratrooper" I can put all 10 shots on a 6" paper plate @100yds as issued. If I really concentrate most of those shots are in 3-4". They're fun and reliable. I wish they were still 79.00 bucks.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sks...OR-Marlin-35-EXC-COND-North-East-GA;1600;1197

Albanian are the rarest,

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I believe the E. German, or maybe the Polish (although actually made in Russia) are the rarest. These two I don't have examples of, and have never actually seen.

For questions about the SKS check out: http://www.yooperj.com/SKS-11.htm

You may be right. Maybe it would be best to say, "Albanians are the rarest you're likely to ever see."

Aim

Aim is the best by far of any dealer that I have purchased C&R weapons from. One thing I like is they don't charge extra for an extra magazine like some of the others.

Chinese rifles cannot be imported from China due to a problem in the Clinton Administration with shady practices by some Norinco officials.

However, Chinese rifles can be imported as surplus from other countries. They will be used military surplus rifles.

The AIM Surplus photos show stocks and finish I would rate Fair to Good on the old used gun scale (Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good, Excellant, and NIB). They are representing these as grizzled war vets.

I have always had great experiences with AIM when I had my C&R. My Chinese AKS rifles are the most accurate of my SKS rifles. These rifles are made for minute of man accuracy. Some are more accurate than others. They are fun rifles to take shooting. Their web site shows SKS rifles with blade bayonets which makes them early Chinese rifles. The Chinese went to spike bayonets later on. Either one works just fine for the intended purpose. Bore condition is the most important. Chinese rifles have chrome lined bores so they should be ok.....chris3

Actually, the N. Korean variant is probably the rarest of the SKS rifles. Closest to the Russian rifles. but built outside of Russian control, would be the Romanian version.

There were actually two versions of the paratrooper SKS. One is the SKS D, which uses AK magazines. The D has a para length barrel. The other was a paratrooper with the short-barrel, and the fixed ten round mag. The SKS M used a full-length barrel, and an AK mag.

That SKS comes out of a recent import. I have no idea where they come from but I've seen them all over the place. They were pretty heavily used and the stocks were of a lot rougher wood than the Norinco's sold in the 1990's. I saw a lot of buildup of gunpowder in the ones I saw. I came close to buying one. The only thing I didn't like was the stocks. I would suspect they could be cleaned up just fine but that coarse wood is always going to be coarse. Later Norinco's were known to use a different type of wood though so almost certainly they are true Norinco rifles. It's mighty hard to kill an SKS but I would check it over very carefully especially the firing pin. It needs to slide back and forth easily or you're subject to slam fires that will keep your rifle firing like a full auto until the mag is empty. But those firing pin issues are easily fixed by a good cleaning of the channel they ride in. A spring controlled firing pin kit from Murray will fix the problem for sure.

AIM is a top notch dealer ... no worries there

I also love AIM. They have excellent prices and you know what you're getting. I bought a couple of Mosins from them. I anticipated that they'd be all beat up, but they were in excellent condition, much better than described on their website. Last night, I just bought a couple Yugo M57s from AIM. I am excited to see how they look and shoot!

giggitygiggity; please let us know those m57"s sound good. are they better than tt33"s or the same? thanks

AIM is OK to deal with. Just expect those rifles to be very "used". Be absolute sure to clean all the cosmoline off and out of them especially the bolt and firing pin. Any goober left in there will stick the FP and slam fire the rifle,

It is best to remove the FP buy pounding out the pin that holds it in.

Do a search on surplus guns and it will give you ways to clean it properly.

AIM is good outfit to deal with . If you receive one that has problems, call them right away. They will tell you to send it back and they 'll replace it. Of course , the hassle is part of it.
Those SKS look used in the picture. But that s always the gamble when dealing with surplus rifles. $300 nowadays is cheap considering what you get.

In contrast i heard bad deals with Classicfirearms. I d deal with AIMs in my opinion.