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alanint · 03-10-2011, 12:30 PM

Raven,

Your gun is a typical Russian capture of recent import. It was put together from several different pistols, thus the non matching serial numbers. If you do a search on this site you will find a wealth of information on removing the grease from your existing grips.
I own several of these guns that do not have the numbers "X"ed out, so it is not unusual. The older captured guns that came in seem to have more "X"ed out and force matched numbers. The newer guns I believe were a Russian program to generate foreign currency so they just cleaned out their parts stocks and assembled as many guns as they were able for export. This is why they are obviously mismatched with no attrempt to force match or X out older numbers.
These newer import guns are also more prone to mechanical issues since I don't think there were attempts to test fire or approve them in any way.
Have you fired yours with no issues?

03-10-2011, 12:30 PM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Raven, Your gun is a typical Russian capture of recent import. It was put together from several different pistols, thus the non matching serial numbers. If you do a search on this site you will find a wealth of information on removing the grease from your existing grips. I own several of these guns that do not have the numbers "X"ed out, so it is not unusual. The older captured guns that came in seem to have more "X"ed out and force matched numbers. The newer guns I believe were a Russian program to generate foreign currency so they just cleaned out their parts stocks and assembled as many guns as they were able for export. This is why they are obviously mismatched with no attrempt to force match or X out older numbers. These newer import guns are also more prone to mechanical issues since I don't think there were attempts to test fire or approve them in any way. Have you fired yours with no issues? Last edited by alanint; 03-10-2011 at 03:04 PM.