My new arrival, scrubbed bulgarian... shooter or collectible?

[Ron Wood]

In the 1960's a bunch of Bulgarians came in by the barrel full. I seem to recall that Ye Old Hunter had them but it could have been another dealer. Anyway, they were for the most part in pretty sorry shape. The dealer and collector's culled out the best ones (pretty few) and the remainder were broken up and sold as parts. The parts became raw materials for gunsmiths and, since Bulgaria was a "commie" ally, probably many were scrubbed.

There is some kind of marking in a double rectangle at the rear of the frame, but it isn't SA.