Quote from: Phosphorus32 on February 19, 2018, 08:03:22 PM

Quote from: reloader762 on February 19, 2018, 07:12:29 PMI have a NIB /26\ 10 Mil. Chinese SKS I think was made around 1965.  Importer was PTL INT'L ATL GA  If anyone has any info on what the A suffix stands for I would appreciate it.

That's still unknown. These letters were clearly applied after original production, but whether it was applied by the exporters before export from China, or by the importers in the US, for example, to ensure the serial number was unique to that particular importer, as required by US law, is uncertain.

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