This Russian SKS is chambered in 7.62×39 and carries the star arsenal mark and 1954 date on the receiver. It carries import serial CCCP434xx along with its original Soviet serial ГН 36xx. All numbers are matching as stamped, with no re-numbered components. The bore is a mirror and the rifle is in excellent mechanical condition. It wears a laminated stock and handguard and retains its folding blade bayonet and cleaning rod. It comes complete with the cleaning kit in the butt and its original sling.
The SKS was recommended for general service as the SKS-45 at the end of the Second World War, and by the end of the 1940s it had superseded the various Mosin Nagant models as the standard Soviet infantry rifle. Soviet production ran at Tula Arsenal from 1949 to 1958 and at the Izhevsk Arsenal from 1953 to 1954, for a total of about 2.7 million carbines. Through the 1950s the AK-47 gradually replaced the SKS as the standard service rifle of the Soviet Army. The SKS is a gas-operated semi-automatic fed from a fixed ten-round magazine, with a folding bayonet hinged beneath a chrome-lined barrel. Beginning in 1988, SKS carbines were sold on the civilian market in the United States and Canada. A 1954 rifle dates from the two years when both Soviet arsenals were building the SKS.
Specifications
Importer: CDI
Country of origin: Soviet Union
Year: 1954
Model: SKS-45
Action: Gas-operated semi-automatic
Caliber: 7.62×39
Serial: CCCP434xx (import); ГН 36xx (original)
Matching: All numbers matching as stamped; no re-numbered components
Stock: Laminated stock and handguard
Bore: Mirror bore
Features: Star arsenal mark and 1954 date on receiver; folding blade bayonet; cleaning rod
Included: Cleaning kit in the butt, original sling
Mechanical condition: Excellent
