Crazy find at estate sale

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Originally Posted by UNPROFOR1994

Maybe it was captured from the Turks during the invasion of Cyprus.

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I can completely believe that, make no mistake. Peter receiving one from Cyprus (?) and your info. I just didn't see them. I did however see a #5 rifle in service near the wall of Nicosia and an MP38 and a Lanchester out in Ormaphita fields, among the other obscure and historic stuff we saw. This is not beyond the realm of reality. I just didn't see it. Instead, I saw everything else... It's right along the lines of what the Turks did.

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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

Can I assume that they're quite common?

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I'm not a bayonet expert but if Turkey only bought 100.000 G1's and afterwards they followed the Germans example and adopted the G3 as their official service rifle, there can't be that many of them out there.

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Turkish G1 FN FAL with bayonet fixed.

And those are the very G1s I saw over there in Turkish hands. They however, had not one spot of finish left remaining...