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SKS Carbines => Unaltered SKS Rifles => Albanian SKS => Topic started by: Phosphorus32 on July 10, 2018, 10:47:21 AM
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...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.
(https://preview.ibb.co/msL0hT/01_left_1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kaANwo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/kG4498/02_left_2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/i5uhwo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/n6U498/03_left_3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hq8aGo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/hmG6NT/04_left_4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fyFcU8)
(https://preview.ibb.co/nQ9RNT/05_left_5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bEsfhT)
(https://preview.ibb.co/iNVi2T/06_right_1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hD332T)
(https://preview.ibb.co/kNwvGo/07_right_2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/duP498)
(https://preview.ibb.co/ndUzbo/08_right_3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gEPXwo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/cs8QGo/09_right_4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jLfGNT)
(https://preview.ibb.co/eOS7U8/10_right_5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nNrqhT)
(https://preview.ibb.co/eXfEbo/11_SN_rec.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hyGWNT)
(https://preview.ibb.co/hjDT2T/12_SN_bc.jpg) (https://ibb.co/imxAGo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/iYGbp8/13_SN_bolt.jpg) (https://ibb.co/b6jkhT)
(https://preview.ibb.co/e3GWNT/14_SN_extractor.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cWgy2T)
(https://preview.ibb.co/cTfQhT/15_SN_rec_cover.jpg) (https://ibb.co/iskrNT)
(https://preview.ibb.co/fM8Hwo/16_SN_tg.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hujqGo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/kAUPbo/17_SN_mag.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nrovhT)
(https://preview.ibb.co/eguPbo/18_SN_rear_sight.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fMDvhT)
(https://preview.ibb.co/drqmp8/19_SN_gas_tube.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jX4qGo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/btr4bo/20_SN_gas_piston.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cJje98)
(https://preview.ibb.co/eg4e98/21_SN_stock.jpg) (https://ibb.co/f6wFhT)
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Very nice. I shudder to think of what these two probably set you back, but they are both very nice! thumb1
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Very nice. I shudder to think of what these two probably set you back, but they are both very nice! thumb1
Thanks :)
It was a good price in today’s market considering the condition of both but they certainly weren’t cheap :o
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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.
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Dang man... nice condition also!
Heeeeeey......... what happened to the wood fence? I dunno how to respond to this flowery crap. bat1
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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. bat1
chuckles1 Hey, maybe good old *ahem* Enver Hoxha was a flower lover ::)
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Did you make the rifle holder/rack wooden doo-hicky recently?
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Is the subliminal message saying that you are 58 years old?
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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 8)
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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.
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very nice, thanks for sharing. thumb1 -----> 56! I feel like an oldfart. wait, I am an oldfart! geezer1
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very nice, thanks for sharing. thumb1 -----> 56! I feel like an oldfart. wait, I am an oldfart! geezer1
Thanks!
rofl I wouldn’t mind having a decade back but I can’t complain :)
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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 !