The beginning of my senior year in high school...

[Phosphorus32]

...was not spent in Communist Albania on the SKS line at Gramsh 

Here is the second of two 520mm barreled carbines chambered in 7.62x39 found in a single lot that I picked up at the recent Rock Island Auction (The other is here: http://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=4088.msg45689#new ). A last year of production 1978 Albanian Type 56-1. It's matching and has definitely seen some use before import, but it's still in the grease, since the Albanians put it in storage. As I have a mismatched 1970 shooter, this one will stay in the grease for the foreseeable future.

[running-man]

Very nice.  I shudder to think of what these two probably set you back, but they are both very nice! 

[Phosphorus32]

Very nice.  I shudder to think of what these two probably set you back, but they are both very nice! 

Thanks 

It was a good price in today’s market considering the condition of both but they certainly weren’t cheap 

[Boris Badinov]

Very nice! Easily one of the best examples out there. Not a Nun, but likely none much better.  Nice catch.

Has the market for Albanians dipped or stabilized of late? I've seen a handful lately selling low final bids or not getting no bids at all. When I got mine of GB, I was the only bidder.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Dang man...  nice condition also!

Heeeeeey.........     what happened to the wood fence?   I dunno how to respond to this flowery crap.   

[Phosphorus32]

Dang man...  nice condition also!

  Thanks! I was very pleased when I had finished looking it over.

Heeeeeey.........     what happened to the wood fence?   I dunno how to respond to this flowery crap.   

  Hey, maybe good old *ahem* Enver Hoxha was a flower lover 

[Loose}{Cannon]

Did you make the rifle holder/rack wooden doo-hicky recently?

[martin08]

Is the subliminal message saying that you are 58 years old?

[Phosphorus32]

Did you make the rifle holder/rack wooden doo-hicky recently?

Yeah a couple months ago. Easier to move around to different lighting. It’s almost always sunny in the summer here in eastern WA 

[Phosphorus32]

Is the subliminal message saying that you are 58 years old?

  a reasonable guess but I was only 16 at the beginning of my 1978-79 senior year in high school. I’ll be 57 in September.

[carls sks]

very nice, thanks for sharing.  -----> 56! I feel like an oldfart. wait, I am an oldfart! 

[Phosphorus32]

very nice, thanks for sharing.  -----> 56! I feel like an oldfart. wait, I am an oldfart! 

Thanks! 

I wouldn’t mind having a decade back but I can’t complain 

[Direct Connection]

Yea you are an old fart ! Actually were the same age : (  Beautiful Albanian Phos and you can bet that thing was well cared for. You been around to know what a rough Alby can look like .. She's Beautiful.. And this one was purchased for the wife ? Or the flowers hide the fence now ? : ) Anyhow, You got a couple great guns there at the auction and ill bet you weren't leaving without them : ) Sling, Oiler, cleaning kit ?....  you got me fired up !