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What's so special about Albanian sks's? |
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By: 54r man Date: August 1, 2013, 3:27 pm |
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What so special about Albanian SKS's? Not many imported or not |
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many made? Also heard that they are different than other SKS's? |
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Can somebody explain? Any factory marking that would indicate |
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Albanian that I should look for? |
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All input appreciated! |
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Re: What's so special about Albanian sks's? |
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By: hashash Date: August 1, 2013, 3:32 pm |
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Not nearly as many made. The only different I'm aware of is the |
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charging handle. It's like a normal chargin handle versus the |
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hollow round bolt of the rest of the SKS charging handles. |
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Re: What's so special about Albanian sks's? |
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By: VinceCarter Date: August 1, 2013, 3:47 pm |
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Not nearly as many made and even fewer were imported. The |
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charginf handle mimics the AK, the handguard is longer for the |
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entire gas tube, and the magazine is shaped a bit differently. |
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They're typically is well worn good condition. I had one, nice |
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rifle, like any other SKS it just has a novelty about it due to |
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the numbers manuf/imported. |
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#Post#: 485-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: What's so special about Albanian sks's? |
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By: racerguy00 Date: August 1, 2013, 6:20 pm |
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A friend of mine is a SERIOUS Albanian sks collector. He has one |
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of every year except one I believe. Plus an undated one. Not |
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sure what set him down that path. |
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#Post#: 7778-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: What's so special about Albanian sks's? |
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By: TheFastMan Date: May 28, 2014, 8:32 pm |
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I believe many of them were destroyed, too. You can find |
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production data on the years they were made. There is a year |
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where there are only a few hundred left, '68 maybe? |
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