How to date ANY Chinese SKS

Viewer requested video on how to identify the date of manufacture on ANY Chinese SKS pattern carbine, not just /26\ marked examples. — 0:00 Intro 1:13 Basic Serial Number Format 3:01 Date Codes & Production Numbers (Intro) 4:54 Production Numbers 8:45 Date Codes 11:20 Date Codes & Production Numbers (Summary) 13:41 Practice Problem #1 15:41 Practice Problem #2 17:44 Exceptions - Intro 18:16 “Ghosts” 19:11 “Letter Series” 21:18 M21 — Tags: SKS, SKS45, SKS-45, Izhevsk, Tula, Arsenal, Type 56, Carbine, 1945, 1956, China, Chinese, Romanian, M56, M, 56, Tipo, Yugo, Yugoslavian, PAP, Papovka, 59, M59, M59/66, M59/66A1, 59/66, 59/66A1, Albanian, 56-1, Gun, rifle, curio and relic, c&r, collection, collector, How to, How-to, differentiate, identify, recognize, tell, buyer’s buyers, guide, vs, vs., versus, better, best, which, is, are, they, any, good, trash, Chinese, Type 56 Carbine, Norinco, Chicom, date, manufacture, when was my SKS made, commercial, military, origin, history, tell, find, date code, production number, 26, /26\, 296, 416, 636, non