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7/3/2022 1:15:46 AM EDT
[Last Edit: shadows][Edited]
Have had this for a decade or more.  Norinco 56S-1 with no import marking.  Very crude stamping. Any thoughts on what this is or history?







ETA: pics of barrel stamping



ETA: pics of barrel stamping
Shadows

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7/3/2022 2:54:00 AM EDT
[Last Edit: panzersergeant][Edited] [#1]
Looks like a Siles, NY, import to me. I had one exactly like it.

Don't know why it's missing import stamp. Sometimes they were stamped real light and barely visible.

Beautiful gun.
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7/3/2022 9:34:27 AM EDT
[#2]
I've seen the import mark on the barrel before. Very small, and sometimes very light.
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7/3/2022 11:14:58 AM EDT
[#3]
Will check the barrel.  Thanks for commenting
Shadows

“Find out what people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.” - Frederick Douglass
7/4/2022 5:12:14 PM EDT
[#4]
Added pics of barrel stamping.  Looks like SAC CA
Shadows

“Find out what people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.” - Frederick Douglass
7/4/2022 5:14:15 PM EDT
[#5]
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Originally Posted By shadows:
Added pics of barrel stamping.  Looks like SAC CA
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Import Arms Co, Sacramento CA.
NorCal_LEO call sign: Armour
7/6/2022 2:22:21 AM EDT
[#6]
IA CO SAC CA stands for InterAmerican Company, Sacramento, California.
It was also known as InterAmerican Import Export Company.
InterAmerican imported firearms and parts kits from China, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, England, Germany, Israel, Australia, Brazil and some other countries.
Pacific International Merchandising Co (PIMCO), along with Armex Intl (a class 3 dealer) and Old Sacramento Armoury (a retail gun store) were the three different extensions that distributed the wares of InterAmerican at the local retail, wholesale and class 3 levels.
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12/15/2022 12:48:26 PM EDT
[#7]
Legit.
Import Stamp on Barrel.
1/5/2023 6:47:20 PM EDT
[#8]
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Originally Posted By m62-m76:
Legit.
Import Stamp on Barrel.
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Yes, and notice how smooth the triangle 66 barrels are to allow that stamp. I've seen barrels from other Chinese factories that look like they are threaded from muzzle to chamber because they never bothered with a finishing cut on the lathe .
5/31/2023 7:10:05 PM EDT
[#9]
i have a Poly Tech with 2 import stamps , typical Kengs by the magwell  , and on the barrel RAI , Royal Arms International , they imported for Hollyweird
2/22/2026 9:55:30 AM EDT
[#10]
On the early imports they were let in that way, They are called Hollywood guns used in movies because of no import markings on the receiver.

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