Picked up an Arsenal SA93 with a milled receiver today.  Presently it has a threaded slant brake on it, a buyo. lug and the Bulgarian pistol grip.  Imported by DIG in VA. BCH. VA.  It has matching blond wood.  I'm thinking of putting a flash suppressor on it.

A few questions on the SA93 model.  Was this model originally imported with the thumbhole stock?    The wood on it looks perfect and is all matching so I doubt it came in like this.  When were the SA93s imported?  The previous owner said a gunsmith did the threading on the barrel.  Anything else I should know about the SA93?  

Thanks.

Good info.  The prefix in the serial number is "BA 35", so adding 59 would make it a 1994.  The stock set on it now is not the thumb-hole, I just thought it might have been imported that way since others like the MAADI were imported in a "sport" version in the early 90s.  On further examination the butt-plate has the Arsenal logo on it (the little design that is before the "a" in their trademark") so I'm now thinking this is the original stock set.  The butt-plate does not have a hole for the cleaning kit, even though I did get a cleaning kit with it alone with some mags.  Perhaps the only work done on it was the threaded barrel.

I spent $500 on it which I'm thinking is fair.  It is in excellent shape.  I have also dry fired it and it has the lightest and smoothest pull of any AK I have handled.  I'll have to check on the lower tang.