Yes, anything SS should automatically be held as suspicious. There are legit items, but some is half good, or half bad. You have to know how to tell,...
In the last rock island auction there was a faked up SS Gew conversion, probably about $600 rifle tops as the barreled action was real but everything...
You are pretty far behind the learning curve on SS markings- no such thing as DH no runes, ss02 or sszz02. Our books would help in your learning, but...
At the time of the repair I was working for a company that had a model shop for making in-house tooling. They removed the part that I needed from the...
Yes, agreed that discussion on each topic is getting mixed, but I'm glad to see some discussion. So, when I get time, I am going to break this thread...
Agreed. I haven’t noticed any trend of original single claws with mismatched bands myself. Mismatched sight parts yes, but not bands. And those have...
By end user, I meant collectors here in the US, many copying the photo in backbone. I’m just giving my opinion, but the direct comparison to the SKS...
This illustrates just how much use this rifle has seen. The picture is the back portion of the receiver where the root of the bolt stops when closed....
Picked this one up many years ago in a trade. It has a million hard miles on it. When I got it the bayonet lug had been sawed off, the handguard was...
"History is always written by the victor and the histories of the losing parties belong to the shrinking circle of those who were there" Jochen Peiper.
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