This Chinese Type 56 SKS is chambered in 7.62×39 and carries the Factory 116 arsenal mark, serial 11074xx. All of the numbers are matching. The stock is force matched, its number restamped to agree with the rifle, which is stated here plainly rather than folded into the matching claim. The stock is otherwise in solid shape. The rifle retains almost all of its factory bluing, the bore is mirror bright with sharp rifling, and the cleaning kit is still in its trap in the butt. It appears to be unfired. The rifle is mechanically excellent and is offered as it is shown.
The Type 56 is the Chinese SKS, put into production after the Soviet Union handed over the drawings and the tooling in the middle 1950s, and built in larger numbers than the Russians ever made. Chinese output was spread across a string of state arsenals, each stamping its own numeric code on the receiver, some inside a triangle, others in a square, an oblong or a diamond, and many factories used more than one code across their production life. Factory 26 at Jianshe is the maker collectors know best and accounted for a large share of the total. The rifle itself is Simonov’s design: a gas operated, tilting bolt semi-automatic feeding ten rounds from a fixed magazine loaded through the open action with stripper clips, with a folding bayonet hinged under the muzzle and a cleaning kit carried in a trap in the butt against a rod stowed under the barrel. The Chinese barrels were chrome lined, which is the reason so many of these rifles came through decades of corrosive primed surplus ammunition with their bores intact, and it is why a mirror bore on one of these is a matter of the rifle having been looked after rather than merely lucky.
Specifications
Manufacturer: Chinese state arsenal, Factory 116
Model: Type 56 SKS
Caliber: 7.62×39
Serial: 11074xx
Capacity: 10 rounds, fixed magazine, stripper clip loaded
Action: Gas operated, tilting bolt, semi-automatic
Bayonet: Folding, hinged under the muzzle
Barrel: Chrome lined
Matching: All numbers matching; stock force matched, number restamped
Finish: Retains almost all factory bluing
Stock: Solid
Bore: Mirror with sharp rifling, appears unfired
Mechanical condition: Excellent
Included: Cleaning kit in the butt trap
