40 caliber
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49 Tula and 53 Izzy. They are both up their on hard to find (or hard to pay for) RUSSIAN SKSs. Yes the Korean NVA , the chinese papered vietnam bringback can be more difficult to land (unless your Martin08 ).
I have the 53 Izzy (actually 2) and the 54 Izzy non refurbs, the untouched, unissued 55 tula letter gun but the 49 has always eluded me. recently this one became available and I jumped on it. 2 years ago I walked away from one of these for $200 less than I ended up paying today. I think we all know this story. The only consolation is that this is a better piece. She is not perfect with the arsenal repair or being a refurb, but the artic birch is beautiful. These pics don't do do the stock justice. The bolt is in the white and there is no barbeque paint, and she is also all matching..
It is missing some early features of the 49 (the spike bayonet for example) but does have some of the others.
Between the 3 CMP Garands , the Mauser and now the 49 SKS it has been a great 2 weeks. I need to slow down before my wife throws me and my guns out. .......
Now Martin, about that Chinese SKS papered bringback we were discussing......
I have the 53 Izzy (actually 2) and the 54 Izzy non refurbs, the untouched, unissued 55 tula letter gun but the 49 has always eluded me. recently this one became available and I jumped on it. 2 years ago I walked away from one of these for $200 less than I ended up paying today. I think we all know this story. The only consolation is that this is a better piece. She is not perfect with the arsenal repair or being a refurb, but the artic birch is beautiful. These pics don't do do the stock justice. The bolt is in the white and there is no barbeque paint, and she is also all matching..
It is missing some early features of the 49 (the spike bayonet for example) but does have some of the others.
Between the 3 CMP Garands , the Mauser and now the 49 SKS it has been a great 2 weeks. I need to slow down before my wife throws me and my guns out. .......
Now Martin, about that Chinese SKS papered bringback we were discussing......
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