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Posted: 2/28/2005 4:33:58 PM EDT
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A friend of mine took possession of a Class III full auto AK yesterday. He wanted me to do some research on it and find out what I could as he does not have a computer. A little background info. The rifle is a supposed VietNam bring back but the capture papers can not be found by the guys son. The rifle went through a probate and all for the last 18 months and we picked it up from the dealer yesterday. The particulars of the rifle is as follows: Milled receiver that has a screwed in brl; non-folding bayonet front sight block that has a chinese character in the rear part of the sight; the number 3 stamped on front sight block, the rear sight block and the brl; the complete encircled front sight normal for Chinese rifles; receiver, dust cover , op spring, bolt carrier have matching serial numbers-bolt is only non-matching but head spaces out; receiver has serial number on left side and selector markings are Chinese characters; wood color matches. Now, the interesting stuff: the receiver has a latin k in the lightening cut area on the right, the latin letter KAB running vertical on the right side of the fore receiver, O's on several parts including the selector; the bluing on the dust cover is different and rougher than the rest, looks as if the rifle was sent through a refurb line and refinshed, the lower handguards has evidence of being in a vise ase there are jaw marks on both sides that match; and the rear sight has the upside down U looking battle marking. Could this be a Russian receiver evidenced by the KAB and other markings that are not chinese markings that was given to the Chinese during the Sino-Soviet aid, then refitted and given to the Vietnamese? Thanks |
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Send me the pics to [email protected] and I'll post them. I'm hitting the hay now, but I'll post them ASAP. |
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A lot of AK battle fleld pickups were never documented. They were stored back at the units base camp. I know for a fact that sometimes they were brought to the large supply depot outside of Siagon. They were traided for pallets of plywood and 2x4's to be sent back to the units base camp. The AK's were also sold to Air Force pilots who could fly them back home undetected by Customes. Plus there were a number of countries supplying Vietnam weapons. I've seen some good looking AK's and a lot more that were damaged. |
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