Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this scarce semi-automatic rifle today; this is the North Vietnamese SKS!
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Vietnamese-made SKS rifles are extremely rare production variants of the SKS. These rifles were never imported after the Cold War, and the guns that Vietnam War veterans brought back were more likely to be Chinese imports than domestic Vietnamese production. This particular rifle is a vet bring-back and has no import stampings!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: North Vietnamese
Model: SKS
Serial: 641936
Date of Manufacture: 1964
Caliber: 7.62x39mm
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 20 3/4"
Optics/Sights: Hooded Post Front with Tangent Notch Rear Graduated from 100 to 1,000 Meters
Stock/Grips: Smooth Hardwood (Please Note: This example has a crack on the left side of the stock that can been seen in pictures 32 & 33.)
Action: Semi-Automatic
Markings: The left side of the receiver is stamped with the serial number "641936" and a star with 1 in the middle. The receiver cover, bolt, magazine, and trigger guard feature the matching serial number.
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The SKS is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in 1945. Although it was first produced in the Soviet Union, it was later widely exported and manufactured by various nations. The rifle has a permanently attached folding bayonet and a hinged, fixed magazine. As the SKS lacked select-fire capability and its magazine was limited to ten rounds, it became obsolete in the Soviet Armed Forces with the introduction of the AK-47 in the 1950s. Nevertheless, SKS carbines continued to see service with the Soviet Border Troops, Internal Troops, and second-line and reserve army units for decades.
Model: SKS
Serial: 641936
Date of Manufacture: 1964
Caliber: 7.62x39mm
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 20 3/4"
Optics/Sights: Hooded Post Front with Tangent Notch Rear Graduated from 100 to 1,000 Meters
Stock/Grips: Smooth Hardwood (Please Note: This example has a crack on the left side of the stock that can been seen in pictures 32 & 33.)
Action: Semi-Automatic
Markings: The left side of the receiver is stamped with the serial number "641936" and a star with 1 in the middle. The receiver cover, bolt, magazine, and trigger guard feature the matching serial number.
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The SKS is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in 1945. Although it was first produced in the Soviet Union, it was later widely exported and manufactured by various nations. The rifle has a permanently attached folding bayonet and a hinged, fixed magazine. As the SKS lacked select-fire capability and its magazine was limited to ten rounds, it became obsolete in the Soviet Armed Forces with the introduction of the AK-47 in the 1950s. Nevertheless, SKS carbines continued to see service with the Soviet Border Troops, Internal Troops, and second-line and reserve army units for decades.
In terms of production numbers, the SKS was the ninth most produced self-loading rifle design in history. Nearly all the Warsaw Pact member states adopted the SKS at one time or another, and technical specifications to produce the carbine were shared with the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and Romania. With the assistance of Soviet or Chinese technicians and generous military grants, armaments factories producing SKS carbines were later established in North Vietnam, North Korea, Yugoslavia, and Albania.
Vietnamese Type 1 SKS rifles were nearly identical to the Soviet and early Chinese SKS. They had a small star on the receiver with a 1 in the center, and the barrel and many of the internal parts were chromed. North Vietnam set up a small arms factory north of Hanoi, with Chinese factory #296's assistance starting in 1959. The goal was to make it a substantial arsenal for the repair and production of arms, including barrel-making and forging capabilities. Although it was able to assemble about 6,000 SKS rifles between 1962 and 1965, when it was shut down by American strategic bombing, it would never reach its potential. Serial numbers on these rifles begin with a two-digit code identifying the year of production (62 through 65) and then a 4 digit sequential number.
Initially, the SKS was a rarity in the US, with the only examples being souvenirs brought back by returning Vietnam War veterans. However, in 1988, thousands of surplus and newly manufactured Chinese Type 56 carbines were imported into the US. Russia also began exporting the SKS to the US during the early 1990s.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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