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Posted: 10/28/2011 5:33:21 AM EDT
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Hi,
I am really hoping someone can help me out with something... I recently acquired a STG556 that is all OD (including barrel, foregrip, etc) and was told that it was a Gebirgsjäger limited edition- it has a fitted MSAR marked pelican case, but the knife is missing, it has no factory optic (from what I can tell from what I see on line, that is where it is marked with the Edelweiss insignia), no sling, and the case seems to be laid out differently than the ones I am seeing on line. The serial number is in the 600- P011xxx (last 3 digits are under 499) range- can you tell me if I do in fact have a Gebirgsjäger edition? I have tried calling Microtech, but the message said their firearms division was shut down, spent hours searching online for a picture of the same model, all to no avail. ANY help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time! |
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I called the knife number and they said the firearms division was temporarily shut down. Here are some pics. Thanks!
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x452/kgb223/MSAR1.jpg http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x452/kgb223/MSAR2.jpg |
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The engravings on the side rail aren't filled in, and I bet the engraving of the serial number and MSAR logo aren't filled in so I would say that is a factory full green paint job.
IIRC they did 5-10 rifles up like that. The Geibjager (sp?) edition will have a small flower (eidelweiss) engraved on the front of the receiver/rail. Is that a round lock or square lock on the stock/receier? It looks round in the pictures, but I thought the green painted ones were much later, possibly after Dave left. Whatever the case, that really is a beautiful rifle. Was the price on it pretty good? |
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The Geibersjager came like this. This one is #270
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss72/ddoneill/stg556.jpg http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss72/ddoneill/untitled.jpg |
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