![]() ![]() This also can give additional meaning to the Chinese ideograph markings seen on the 1961 built carbines as they were now fully Chinese built. There is really no hard evidence pointing one way or the other, though I would lean towards major disruptions in Chinese Type 56 production as the Sino-Soviet split was entering full swing and China could no longer rely on easily getting barreled receivers supplied from the USSR. These guns could theoretically be lumped with the 1959 letters, and 1960 could have been a very light Type 56 year. ![]() First observation of large (1/4” tall x ~1/4” wide) font. ![]() 1960?: Letter Prefix /26\ marked guns.First observation of the stock side sling swivel. Early to mid 1956: Soviet Sino Guns, S/N 0001 to ~2000.
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