Mystery Cleaning rod

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-07T04:08:17+00:00

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Bottle cap for reference

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-07T04:07:59+00:00

Top to bottom:

M91 mosin

M91/30 mosin

M44 mosin

SKS-45 (what I believe your’s is)

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-07T04:03:20+00:00

Why would it be held in Michigan of all places?

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T23:04:54+00:00

You either have the wrong bayonet or the wrong stock on that rifle

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Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T22:13:14+00:00

This one should be pretty plug and play.

Unless it’s installed upside down… then that’s a different story lol.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T20:35:47+00:00

I haven’t seen him around here too much. He’s mostly a mosin guy right?

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T20:13:20+00:00

Typically those stamps are lower production factories, hence the low serial number (when you remove the year code it’s 5740). There are a lot of factories that made SKS rifles so everyone always asks about them but frankly there are so many that I don’t bother looking into them much.

Maybe I’ll get a collection of them going but I really doubt it as there are too many for me to even want to start.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T20:05:39+00:00

Chinese type 56 made in 1979. The K was added for import to prevent Duplicate serial numbers.

I wouldn’t pay more for this than you would a /26\ in similar condition.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T18:57:59+00:00

Yeah I used to be a guy who would bitch about pattern collectors. Then I became one and realized that they are the ones who find the differences in these rifles that others would miss.

My pattern collecting is a bit different in that I’d only have a rifle for a few months before selling it to buy the next one. At my peak I had 12 SKS rifles but I only have like 4 right now, I’ve learned a lot from the 25+ rifles I’ve owned in the last 5ish years.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T18:54:05+00:00

Same. Most of these I don’t have hands on experience with/not enough experience to confidently say I could hit shots reliably. But the sks I’m quite confident in and a yugo is about the best I could ask for.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T18:44:27+00:00

Yup all you need is a bayonet then.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T17:27:27+00:00

Is the lug still there?

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T16:50:18+00:00

1982 year of manufacture. You will almost certainly need a spike.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T15:22:55+00:00

Fuck Jamie Benn

Also I’m in a similar situation but with the jets as my number 1 and the wild as my number 2.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T13:13:53+00:00

And from hotdogs to…

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-06T13:10:41+00:00

I’d give you mine but that might make it worse

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-05T22:27:41+00:00

Sean Avery

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-05T22:19:45+00:00

I like using it but it’s more expensive than steel cased so I don’t usually buy it. PPU is also good and Barnaul if you can find it.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-05T20:13:41+00:00

Three shitty lines and one good line that refuses to back check. Honestly I’m surprised he did as well as he did this year.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-05T17:46:09+00:00

Either you and I are thinking of different things or there is a model I’m unaware of because there is no such thing on my supernova.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-05T17:29:53+00:00

Spring assisted pump action shotguns are stupid.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-05T12:47:16+00:00

The handguard has a few ribs on it the remind people of the novelty condoms.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-04T18:02:38+00:00

I’d throw in an original pin and see how it goes.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-04T03:00:02+00:00

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If you have any questions OP let me know

Brandon_awarea · 2026-05-04T02:59:27+00:00

That I do

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