This Tula SKS was manufactured in 1954 and is chambered in 7.62x39mm. All numbers are matching. The bore is mirror bright, and the carbine is in excellent mechanical condition and excellent overall condition. It appears to be unfired, with no brass or carbon residue on the bolt or in the barrel. The folding blade bayonet is intact.
The SKS was designed by Sergei Simonov and adopted by the Soviet Army in 1949 as the Samozaryadny Karabin Simonova, or Simonov self-loading carbine, chambered for the 7.62x39mm M1943 cartridge. Soviet production was centered on Factory No. 536, the Tula Arms Factory, which built SKS carbines from 1949 to early 1956, with a short secondary run at Izhevsk beginning in 1953. Tula rifles are identified by an arrow within a star stamped on the top of the dust cover above the year of production. Early Soviet carbines carried a cruciform spike-type folding bayonet, which gave way to the folding blade pattern around 1950.
Specifications
Manufacturer: Tula
Country of origin: Soviet Union
Year: 1954
Model: SKS
Action: Semi-automatic, gas operated
Caliber: 7.62x39mm
Matching: All numbers matching
Condition: Excellent overall; appears unfired, with no brass or carbon residue on the bolt or in the barrel
Bore: Mirror
Bayonet: Folding blade bayonet, intact
Mechanical condition: Excellent
