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Originally Posted by alks207
'51 all matching Tula imported from China.
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Nice looking carbine.
But it's not a 1951. Looks like one of I.O. sneaks from Albania.
It was originally Soviet military aid to Albania. And it got imported mistakenly as a Chinese Type56.
The curved gas port and the double indent tabs on the gas tube release lever indicate mid 1954 or later production. And the apparent absence of a star on the left side of the receiver narrows the date further to 1954 or 1955.
Does the stock have a matching serial number?