Quote Originally Posted by mmppres View Post
These rifles are returns from Vietnam I had about 50 of them from the whole sale who shipped them to main brokers. One they were degreased there was potential to make up a nice shooter grade rifle. Yes the stocks are really bad on some, with some broken in half. Lots of rusty trigger guards an magazine boxs. I buy lots of the stuff the main company's don't want. Using them for my parts sales. But found out alot of them can be refinished with some elbow grease.
Not from Vietnam. From Albania. This has been pretty well known, and documented since the first imports in 2012.

Firearms researcher and author, Steve Kehaya, went to Albania working for Century Arms Importers in 2010-2011 to begin the selection of early bladed carbines for the first US shipments. He's a member at gunboards.com forum, where he has described in great detail and with photos his experiences finding and selecting the Chinese Type56's from the Albanian military stockpiles.