Are these original type 81’s? The receiver stamping looks different and the Saftey is on the right side instead of the left on the folder.
Just curious as these look different than the 2017 models.
Like the LMGs, these are brand new production rifles piggybacked on an order to a military other then China's. If I'm not mistaken, the first batch of rifles were built of whatever various parts they had stocked over a period of years, if not decades, meaning they weren't very uniform. I suspect these will have a similar uniformity to the LMGs, since they were built as part of a larger production run. I also suspect from the beauty of the finish they are for the royal/presidential guard unit of some national leader. One can hope the emperor/regent/president/shah/raj loves them, and makes another order TI can piggyback upon