Any clues on the curious looking /26\ stamp on this early bird?
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/883942184
Quote from: Matchka on November 14, 2020, 05:40:26 PM
Any clues on the curious looking /26\ stamp on this early bird?
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/883942184
I was of the understanding that was the normal 1957 6 digit 1st year of the stamp set up. NO???? What am I missing?
I think it's just the flash photography that makes it look odd. It's in the right position (to the right of the SN) for a six digit.
It's exactly like my recent six digit acquisition....minus the rust and pitting.
What is even more interesting, it's the first Chinese I have seen with the doubled reinforcement pins on the stock...
I have seen a couple Russians like that, in fact, before switching to a Yugo stock, mine first lived in a Russian stock that is double pinned. Odd coincidence. :)
looks like a Russian stock?
Quote from: pcke2000 on November 15, 2020, 02:24:35 PM
looks like a Russian stock?
The font for the serial on these is rather small, and often dark...there ISN'T a pic of the butt, so it's a little suspicious, perhaps they missed it or forgot? I would think you could see the toe splice if it were a later surplus Russian stock but the picture isn't great in that regard either, but I am not seeing one. It does appear to have an almost Russian color, tough to say on the wood type. I dunno really. Regardless, I find the double pinning interesting, its three I have seen recently, and they were all pinned the same way, the first one I saw, I bought because of it...and wondered if it was due to some kind of flaw that I couldn't see...but seeing this many done pretty much exactly the same way is a head scratcher. If it indeed is Chinese, even more so...
JH, Yessir, the Chinese/Russian mix(?) is definitely a head scratcher on this one.
The seller replied that the bolt is matching.
Stock is not serialized.
About 4hrs left, no bidders.
Sine-ese?
Quote from: Matchka on January 08, 2021, 06:25:44 PM
About 4hrs left, no bidders.
Apparently, he extended the auction, because it says 4+ days left when I clicked on the link.