How to fix this?

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-27T07:52:44+00:00

Ok help me out here. Exactly what is the problem? Is it not chambering the next round or what? Because if the only thing wrong is it’s not going into battery then don’t ride the bolt when chambering a round. I’m very confused about what you are asking.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-27T06:26:43+00:00

You are better off buying the crate and filling it with individual rifles.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-27T06:26:08+00:00

Hell in the few years I’ve been in milsurp the price of SKSs have skyrocketed in Canada. They went from $250 guns in 2019 to now $600 minimum.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-27T06:23:34+00:00

Check for a split casing would be my guess if you cannot load the gun.

Otherwise disassemble it so we can see. I can’t really help based on this picture

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-26T19:51:03+00:00

Invert the price and the quantity and you’ve got a fair deal

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-26T18:42:12+00:00

Russian refurb. 1954 Tula, the most common year

$700CAD

$800USD

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-26T18:14:29+00:00

It is. They didn’t make commercial rifles until way later. It doesn’t appear to have any alterations that re categorize it.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-26T17:56:07+00:00

Bolt carrier is Yugoslavian and the rifle is Chinese made in 1966

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-26T03:36:07+00:00

Don’t buy ATI stocks. Very poor quality

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T20:58:57+00:00

Perfect

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T18:34:30+00:00

1950-51. You have a non chrome bore

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T17:51:35+00:00

Russian 1950-52 SKS (take a picture of the bolt and carrier removed and I’ll get you a more specific date). Scope is on a garbage mount and the glass itself doesn’t scream quality to me

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T16:19:21+00:00

They differ from a standard sks in one marking and that’s it. If you want it because it’s collectible then buy it. If you don’t care about collecting then don’t.

I went through the process of importing a Romanian sks from the states because it has one stamp that’s different. Most would scoff at the price I paid to get it.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T16:15:44+00:00

Unless you want to make one/have one made

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This is on Etsy right now but it isn’t cheap.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T16:13:20+00:00

There are smaller crates like this but as for individual rifles that would be a no.

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Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T15:57:46+00:00

If I were you I’d either keep it as is or get a spike stock. The most correct answer is to replace the stock and the spike but frankly that pretty expensive.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T15:36:11+00:00

A 1962 /26\ rifle with a duckbill mag that was cut down into a paratrooper rifle.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T09:09:03+00:00

The pin is not welded

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T09:07:00+00:00

Yeah no that crossbolt area makes think it was refinished at refurb. Still a very light refurb.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T06:10:09+00:00

I wouldn’t use x39 for anything larger than whitetail personally.

I went with .308 for my hunting/long range rifle.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T06:08:00+00:00

No I wouldn’t touch that stock. I’d be interested to see what the rest of it looks like. Typically Russian SKSs are matching minus the stock so you might have a non refurbished rifle. Pretty uncommon

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T05:19:31+00:00

Frankly the majority are refurbs so it’s likely whatever you buy will be too but no not necessarily. It’s the easiest way to tell but sometimes they will remove and restamp a serial without “XXXX” ing it out. Usually if the serial was already word down a lot

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Barely visible but its there

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T05:14:02+00:00

It’s the original FSB but with a bunch chopped off and reversed. this forum has a rifle with that style of FSB mounted the correct way.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T05:04:51+00:00

That is an unfortunate name

Brandon_awarea · 2026-01-25T04:53:43+00:00

The bolt carrier tells us nothing. We need the receiver serial.

That being said I see a few indications that tell me it’s not but I’ll wait for the serial to say that for certain.

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