There are three main variants of the Type 56. Chinese Ak 47 Serial Numbers Norinco Ak 47 Serial Number Lookup. Many people have picked up 'new' Arsenal rifles that have date codes that are a few years old. I need to know make, arsenal, year and serial. That list came from the people at the Arsenal factory in Bulgaria except for the unconfirmed 2010 portion. I don't think this is correct, unless my SLR106 sat in a warehouse for 5 years before being put up for sale. Email Twitter Facebook Google + Pinterest Tumblr Linkedin Vkontakte. * = Limited or interrupted production years Serial number changed to 4 digits, then to 6 digits, and finally to 9 digits with leading zeros used as placeholders. 'A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue' -Ayn Rand 'A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give. Production series (Cyrillic) code dropped to one letter. After the two Cyrillic letters look at the first two numbers.ġ975 = 15 (First year of Makarov production under Russian supervision)ġ976 = 16 (First year of Makarov production under Bulgarian supervision)Ģ010 = (UNCONFIRMED) Date codes dropped, year of production added after serial number.
Basically they produce a number of rifles under a series and move on.
The Cyrillic letters are simply series codes.