Took some daylight pictures. I think I left about 50% of the cosmoline intact. The bluing is amazing IMHO. I added the missing bayonet that originally disappeared during the original AWB. The box is stamped as such.
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Great looking M21 thumb1
Very nice , great pics .. congratulations thumb1
Good looking rifle, PAX
Beauty Pat. That's easily the nicest M21 NA I've ever seen. thumb1
Thanks all. Pretty lucky to spot it. Still curious why the 7 was omitted on the serial # stampings.