My little Russian arsenal

[RMXC51]

I'm new to this forum, so here's kind of an introduction. I've been buying SKSs for about 3 years now, and with the exception of a '54 Izhevsk and '49 Tula, and the '41 Tula SVT, all the guns you see here were hand picked out of crates by yours truly. All the Izzies are refurbs, and in the Tula stack are a '51, '54, and '55 dated non refurb. Since these pictures were taken, I have added another '53 Izhevsk refurb, another '54 Tula non refurb, and a '50 and '53 Tula non refurb.
Tulas:

Izhevsk:


Thanks for looking

[Junk Yard Dog]

Nice collection of SKS's, I have a '50 Tula I picked up in the 90's, and an SVT40 from the same time , they were among the first of the Soviet weapons to start rolling in before the avalanche of Mosins followed.

[RMXC51]

I'm left handed, so I'm not much into bolt actions. Although as a Canadian I did my patriotic duty and bought a No.4 MK1 Lee Enfield. My Mosin is a '42, I bought it at the same time as my '49 Tula SKS. Dealer had a special, $100 so I couldn't pass it up. And I've got to admit, it is fun to shoot, almost as much as the SVTs! Not SKS fun, though.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Long Branch No4 ? The SKS is a fun rifle to shoot, especially back in the day when 1000 round case of Wolf 7.62x39 was $65 , I picked mine from a rack of ten or so refurbished Soviet SKS's, it was the oldest on the rack, and the older dates always get my attention. The rest quickly vanished and by the time I was collecting Soviet stuff again it was 2005 and prices had shot up on the SKS so I went with Mosins instead. These days $100 is a good price for a 91/30 here in the US, It's my understanding that it's easier to acquire the SKS and SVT in Canada than it is in the US due to our import restrictions, or at least cheaper. We have had Canadian members on the old forum who were occasionally turning up oddities like Hungarian 91/30 rifles and such that we never seem to see down here.

[MadMax]

SEXY COLLECTION!!!!!! DROOLING A BIT I AM.....

[Jumperwire]

Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.

[notabiker]

very nice,are you only into Russian ?

[RMXC51]

very nice,are you only into Russian ?

I have a single Type 56 which was new unissued when I got it. It was basically free when you bought a crate of surplus ammo, couldn't pass it up! It takes most of the range time as I put almost no value on the thing.

JYD, my Enfield is a 1943 Maltby. Nothing fancy, and at $75 I couldn't pass on it either!

[etprescottazusa91]

Nice I'm impressed.

[Ironnewt]

Very Nice, Thanks for sharing

[RMXC51]

Dragged my Tulas out today for inspection (minus a 51 black bolt that is up for sale). I just love original red birch stocks, so much character! Sold all my laminate SKSs except for the '49 and Izhevsks. Wish it was a nicer day so I could have taken them out for some air, the inside pics don't pick up the details well.
L-R:
49 black bolt
50 non refurb
51 non refurb
52
53
54 non refurb
54 non refurb
55 "D" non refurb (receiver cover dated 55)
55/6 "I" (stamp on receiver only)
55/6 "K" (receiver cover is dated 55 and has star on receiver)

[Junk Yard Dog]

That first one on the left looks like a laminated stock to me , nice collection

[ponycarman]

Very nice!

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[howiebearse]

Excellent selection of nice guns I wished I could get my 49 to round out my collection:)

[OLD OUTLAW]

That first one on the left looks like a laminated stock to me , nice collection

That one you mention, with the
Black spike bayonet is the 1949 refurb. he kept! A 1949 refurb or not is hard to find at all down here.

[OLD OUTLAW]

Welcome aboard RMXC51. Glad you made it over here. Quite a few of us are over here now.

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[bunkysdad]

Welcome RMX, very nice. Why are you selling the 51 black bolt? why are some bolts painted, and some in the white?

[RMXC51]

I already have sellers remorse, but I needed space in the cabinet. It was one of the nicest black bolts I've ever seen, reminded me of German Shepherd I had as a kid. It got a new stock during refurb, just the S/N and a diver down for markings.

[Junk Yard Dog]

[Greasemonkey]

Welcome and that's a very impressive Russian collection