Ak 47 Serial Number Lookup
I picked up a Norinco MAK-90 a few weeks ago. The serial number on the bolt & bolt carrier are one digit different than the others.7 in lieu of 6.Serial# 9362421 on receiver (93 year it was manufactured).Serial# 62421 on receiver cover & gas tube.Serial# 72421 on bolt & bolt carrier I initially figured that the bolt & bolt carrier had been replaced and that I had a non-matching serial number gun. The fact that the last four digits match seems like more than a coincidence.
Is this something Norinco did? Has anyone ever seen this before? Thanks for your input/help figuring this out!
This might answer your questions: What I did was take your question a step further, by pointing out that many Chinese AK's have the 'evidence' on the trunnion, not the receiver. Someone could theoretically switch trunnions and put it on an unmarked or little-marked post-ban receiver and claim it as a pre-ban. Most likely that won't be happening.but I thought you were bringing up that concept again. What the others said, they are pretty much clearly marked if you do some research beforehand for what to avoid.
Serial Number Lookup For Equipment
One tricky example I can warn you of in advance is Sile Imports. The pre-bans have model names like 56s-1, while their post-ban models(specifically ones caught during law changes) are marked 1-56s-1 with the extra '1' before the original model name. Other models from Sile use this extra '1' code to denote POST-ban status regardless of what the green-toothed lying gun dealer is trying to convince you of:).