This Albanian has found a home on the range....
This Albanian has found a home on the range....
I stepped away from the Mosins temporarily & wandered into the SKS world.
I'm not really interested in collecting SKSs but wanted to have one.....& well......this is the Albanian that I wanted. LOL
I cleaned it up tonight but they were spraying the field close by my range so I'll be waiting for another evening to try it out.
It's a 1978 & according to some this was the year with the largest production of them with possibly less than a couple thousand still in circulation.
It is what it is ....& now it resides amongst my Mosins & Finns!
I'm not really interested in collecting SKSs but wanted to have one.....& well......this is the Albanian that I wanted. LOL
I cleaned it up tonight but they were spraying the field close by my range so I'll be waiting for another evening to try it out.
It's a 1978 & according to some this was the year with the largest production of them with possibly less than a couple thousand still in circulation.
It is what it is ....& now it resides amongst my Mosins & Finns!
~GW
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I can take enough dynamite and move it, if it needs movin'.
I pray, Lord, for enough faith to move me."
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I can take enough dynamite and move it, if it needs movin'.
I pray, Lord, for enough faith to move me."
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Re: This Albanian has found a home on the range....
Good looking Albanian SKS , very worthy rifle to reside next to the Finn's and the Mosins.
Also, it is alot rarer than either, there is an est. 6000 Albanian SKS's left out of the estimated 17000 made. Mine is a '78 also, I believe even though it is the most common year, the number some estimate is around 2000 or less for the '78 year.
Also, it is alot rarer than either, there is an est. 6000 Albanian SKS's left out of the estimated 17000 made. Mine is a '78 also, I believe even though it is the most common year, the number some estimate is around 2000 or less for the '78 year.
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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: This Albanian has found a home on the range....
You probably got one just in time. Few left to be found.
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Re: This Albanian has found a home on the range....
Nice! Good looking Albanian.
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Re: This Albanian has found a home on the range....
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Re: This Albanian has found a home on the range....
I love Albies, never owned one. Had a chance to get one that looked just like yours, also a '78, but the $700 price was just too much. Someday I'll find the right one and she'll sit with pride next to the Russian, Chinese, Yugoslavian and Romanian SKS's I have.
Great looking SKS you have there!
Great looking SKS you have there!
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Re: This Albanian has found a home on the range....
man I would love to make an Albanian my next SKS. Any year would be ok, and a nice example with worn blue would be perfect. SANTA, ARE YOU GETTIN ANY OF THIS?:x
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Re: This Albanian has found a home on the range....
That is a nice clean one for sure hang on to it they are very collectable
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