Chinese Characters?

[Serellan]

This is a Factory 26 Navy Arms import.

What do these three chinese characters mean?

[YooperJ]

Type 56.   That is the model number, they started using it in 1963.

[Serellan]

Cool, thanks.  Was just wondering.

[racer32]

Serellan, from the pic it looks like a /216\ to me. That serial # on a /26\  would be very early, and unless I'm mistaken would have had the serial in front of the /26\ and would have had no chinese characters. An early /26\ would also have had a milled trigger guard and long-collar screwed-in barrel, along with a blade bayo.  The rifle in the pic has a stamped guard, and probably a pressed and pinned barrel and spike bayo as well.

The three chinese characters are typical to most Chicom SKS's.  I think someone posted on the old forum that the best translation was "type 56 gun".

[Serellan]

Serellan, from the pic it looks like a /216\ to me. That serial # on a /26\  would be very early, and unless I'm mistaken would have had the serial in front of the /26\ and would have had no chinese characters. An early /26\ would also have had a milled trigger guard and long-collar screwed-in barrel, along with a blade bayo.  The rifle in the pic has a stamped guard, and probably a pressed and pinned barrel and spike bayo as well.

The three chinese characters are typical to most Chicom SKS's.  I think someone posted on the old forum that the best translation was "type 56 gun".

Yeah, I think you are right, I think it is a 216.



Thanks for the info, guys.

[racer32]

Does it have a spike and a pinned barrel?

[Serellan]

Does it have a spike and a pinned barrel?

It's a Navy Arms CC, so it has been chopped, but it is a pinned barrel.