just picked up new russian sks 400.00 out the door. few questions  rear housing has a star with a single arrow in it under sez 1952r finish black no barrel or cleaning ware (never been fired) cleaning kit stripper clip oil bottle and small pouch still sealed in platic bag (oily) orin box sez russian collectable cerio&relic laminated stock. ved in 1997 story is came from collector who got handed his ass by feds and state.(needed money fast) did i do good,what have i got. should i shoot it or no   need info

Shoot it!  That's why Stalin authorized its construction!

The star shows that it was made in the Tula arsenal beyond that you can get more SKS specific info here...



http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php



Of course stay here on ARFCOM but they do have a lot of SKS info there.  I will anxiously await the pics in your next post to show off your new purchase.

Lets see some pics!

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