Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “The Chinese Type 56 AK” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/chinese-type-56-ak/.
The Chinese Type 56 AK
- Thread starter Mike H.
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HansGruber
Ronin
Had one.
It was nice, but…for what it was worth, I sold it to a buddy who collects AK’s.
It was nice, but…for what it was worth, I sold it to a buddy who collects AK’s.
Blackfeather
Custom
I had one, I modernized it, and I liked it, but someone offered me a large sum of money for it.
Larry Mullenax
Alpha
Wish I could have been able to afford one. The SKS is great too. By the way, when working at Puget Sound Navel Shipyard a sailor Informed me, no uncertain terms, no such thing as a gangplank, called ”the brow”.
Nice walk down memory lane. 
I remember when the first Clayco's came in country- like to have died trying to get one. Went thru a lot of AK's (and AR's, M1A's, CETMEs, etc).. over the years from then til now, those were the days!... I kept a milled version which has gotten heavier over the years! Pretty accurate, chromed barrel and chamber, all chi-com kit with it... the Chinese ammo is hard to find now but other stuff is still available... My suggestion to younger guys looking for an AK of any make, stock the ammo deep when you can find it- buy a case+ Goes for magazines, too. "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!" MK 4:9
I remember when the first Clayco's came in country- like to have died trying to get one. Went thru a lot of AK's (and AR's, M1A's, CETMEs, etc).. over the years from then til now, those were the days!... I kept a milled version which has gotten heavier over the years! Pretty accurate, chromed barrel and chamber, all chi-com kit with it... the Chinese ammo is hard to find now but other stuff is still available... My suggestion to younger guys looking for an AK of any make, stock the ammo deep when you can find it- buy a case+ Goes for magazines, too. "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!" MK 4:9