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Aside from the upside down bayo, nice rifle. PAX
The blond chu wood stock, pinned barrel and gray bolt carrier are the same features on my late '93 Norinco Sporter. Nice rifle sir. Good find.
This must be a very early CAI import (possibly their first batchof Chinese imports?). Nation of origin is on all their stamps.Perhaps the CHINA stamp is poorly struck? Or elsewhere on the metal beneath the stock wood?Can you post a photo of the import stamp?
Well covered above.It’s a late 1980s rifle assembled for the civilian market from a mix of metal components and a new non-serialized stock.The “762x39 CAI, St A Vt.” is definitely an early CAI import, right after their initial use of a receiver cover import marking. The absence of CHINA is odd. Light strike? New variant of import mark? A good picture of the import markings would be great.Certainly a good buy these days!
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on October 02, 2021, 04:16:40 AMWell covered above.It’s a late 1980s rifle assembled for the civilian market from a mix of metal components and a new non-serialized stock.The “762x39 CAI, St A Vt.” is definitely an early CAI import, right after their initial use of a receiver cover import marking. The absence of CHINA is odd. Light strike? New variant of import mark? A good picture of the import markings would be great.Certainly a good buy these days!Very good buy. That's a nice clean SKS. I would say that import stamp is a new one just based on the position and the unique wording. It's likely a multi-piece stamp where the "SKS" and "CHINA" portions were either forgotten or were not yet implemented. Probably goes somewhere among CAI #1 to CAI #3 on the importers list.