MonkeyMan
September 12, 2003, 10:22 AM
My birthday present arrived yesterday via the BBT. I ordered a select, all-matching Albanian SKS from AIM on 8/19 and it arrived 9/11. An auspicious start to a new relationship. After a few hours of cosmo removal here's what I found. The AIM ad said all external numbers matching and they were right on. Even the non-external numbers match though there's only a couple of them. The SN ends in 69 which I understand is the born on date but mechanically it looks brand new. The bore is excellent or better. Lots of finish wear on the magazine and where some Albanian grunt liked to play with the bayonet. The rest of the metal is almost perfect. The metal to wood fit is better than my arsenal 26 chicom. Not a bit of play. The stock, however, has lots and lots of character.:D There's some good figure in the wood I'm just not sure how much of it I can bring out past the gouges, scrapes, scratches, etc. At least nobody carved their initials in it.:scrutiny: I haven't fired it yet but so far I'm satisfied with the latest addition to my small but growing collection. If it shoots as good as the metal looks it's a keeper for sure.
Stay safe.
Stay safe.