Found an unissued 59/66AB1 ;)

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Picked this one up a couple weeks ago from a friend of mine in a trade. Still in cosmolene as hand selected by him at Marstar 6 or 7 years ago. I just finished de-greasing it and oiling it.

It's actually a bit of an oddball and is late production (1979). Only less than 20,000 made that year. All the assembly numbers match but when they went to engrave the serial numbers they made a mistake on one digit on the receiver substituting a 9 for a 0. It's not a mis-matched rifle though as all the assembly numbers, including the barrelled action match each other - just operator error on the pantograph machine. Adds to its charm IMHO.

Comparing it to another unissued 1966 C-series rifle, the later production gun has a more roughly finished stock as the early ones were more finely sanded when they left the factory. Also the early gun has a drawing number stamped on most parts, even the wood, which the later gun lacks. Fit and finish is about on par apart from the stock finish.

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Here's the pic showing the serial number mistake:
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Here's some of the assembly numbers. I'm missing a pic of the one on the bolt as it didn't photograph well (?).
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If you keep your eyes open, some real gems are still out there in unissued/unfired (apart from factory function testing) condition ;)
 
If anyone has one for sale in the same unissued condition, let me know. I'm looking to buy one. I'll also post in the exchange section.
 
Speckfire said:
I should post pics of my unissued one that came out of that famous Marstar 10 SKS unissued box ;)
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Yeah, my back hurts just remembering that famous BOX . I had to load it in my car Myself and unload it MYSELF Then almost killed myself on an icy walkway and stairs :confused: :( then struggled with it down into the basement, cut my hand on the steel strapping, ####### neighbors wouldn't offer help but peeked out their windows, all that just because I wanted 1 rifle out of it,

I think I broke my cursing record that day
 
Norseman said:
Yeah, my back hurts just remembering that famous BOX . I had to load it in my car Myself and unload it MYSELF Then almost killed myself on an icy walkway and stairs :confused: :( then struggled with it down into the basement, cut my hand on the steel strapping, a**hole neighbors wouldn't offer help but peeked out their windows, all that just because I wanted 1 rifle out of it,

I think I broke my cursing record that day
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Oh man I feel for you. Trust me bud...I really do appreciate it ;)
 
Norseman said:
Yeah, my back hurts just remembering that famous BOX . I had to load it in my car Myself and unload it MYSELF Then almost killed myself on an icy walkway and stairs :confused: :( then struggled with it down into the basement, cut my hand on the steel strapping, a**hole neighbors wouldn't offer help but peeked out their windows, all that just because I wanted 1 rifle out of it,

I think I broke my cursing record that day
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Was this the box that surfaced a couple years ago? If so, one of them made it to me :D
 
Here is the second one I acquired, also unissued in the grease. This one is already sold though... to all those who pm'd too late when it was in the EE - sorry. You have to act fast ;) The first rifle up above I'm keeping.

Both the rifles came from the same guy and no, he has none left. He was a former Marstar employee so they are nice examples ;)

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PS: For Woodbeef - It sold for a good bit over the $450 you think these are worth and it sold in under 1 day of being posted ;) I didn't even have time to post the pics. Just an FYI...
 
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