In todays world.. I'm not suggesting, but it's something not out of the realm of possibility. Say a few years ago north of the border gets those shipments prior to the Molot laser marked ones, said individual lives close, this same person is also in the know of milsurps and has friends across the border.. A $69 rifle 10-15 years ago now is big bucks, even import marked ones here are 4-500+ bucks. It's like stocks and bonds, just invest and wait till the time is ripe to pull it out and show it off, because in reality.. you only have 69 bucks in it. Some of the biggest risks have the greatest rewards. If people hump Nazi weapons and American weapons for those big $$$, it's not out of the question for something to be thrown, walked or drove over an imaginary line between 2 nations... money talks and BS walks.
And whats one thing collectors in the US want.. whats the one thing they all covet... non import stamped weapons. Nothing in the world short of a (DOD-63) gets a hardcore collector off more than a lack of or a missing import stamp on anything or nonrefurb whatever. It draws attention to them, fans the story flames, feeds the ego and later.... feeds the wallet. The milsurp collector world is like any other collector hobby, be it coins, automobiles, tractors, Jeeps, baseball cards, you can and do have dirty pool people in it just for the money.