- How about a Chinese m44?

[DOGolden]

I found this one at a pawnshop in the upstate here in South Carolina. One of the ugliest guns I've ever seen when I found her originally. A little cleaning up, a squirt or 2 of DOG-oil, & viola. A very, very good shooting gun.

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NO, she's not for sale (long gone - archive photo). But thought I'd share this one with you.

[RGRWJB]

I knew a guy when I was growing up that had one of these. He wore out 100 rds of Norma brass shooting it. It was very accurate and appeared to be very well made. He found it new in Vietnam.

Some of the first T-53s were made with Soviet parts under direct supervision of Soviet Armorers.