And you bought it before you even knew. Whoever carried that rifle for duty use, wanted it to be restored from the afterlife.

You can pick up on some pretty rare finds occasionally. Back about 25 years ago , I found a K98 that had been issued to an Italian contingent who actually fought in the Spanish Civil war. About two weeks later I found a mdl.1891 Nagant but the stock grain was all wrong. I looked more closely and it had been made by S.I.G. in Switzerland. The serial number placed it into a very small run of rifles . It is actually pretty rare too. In that same lot of surplus was an O.V.S. marked 7mm Mauser from the Boer War. A Moro sword from the Philippine insurrection. And several other rare pieces. I have all but the OVS Mauser

You can even see the serial listed on Apex in the second picture. That is such an amazing find.

Quick, go get a lottery ticket. But not if it's thundering and lightning outside.

Buy a Mega Millions ticket, you can't lose after this. The probability is about the same; stay away from lightening. Happy New Year!

Carma happens. About 15 years ago, I purchased a Japanese Type 14 pistol at a local auction. It was an estate auction for a deceased WW2 Veteran. The magazine was a mismatched serial number. When I got home about 45 minutes later, I checked completed auctions on Ebay for the costs of an extra mag to go with it,. I found a listing on recently sold items that was an exact match for that pistol. I contacted the buyer and offered more money for the magazine than what he paid, explaining the serial match. He refused. He was a true collector, and refused to take more for the mag, and even paid shipping to me. What a guy!

That really is a miracle. I can’t imagine the odds of that being very good. Awesome find!

Wow, The odds are unbelievable! Heard of guy finding a matching k98 bayonet once

That truly is a Christmas Surplus Miracle. Happy new year Big Sam Keep up the good work

That is unbelievable awesome,,,,,, congratulations to you

Awesome! Can’t wait to see it in action 🙌🏽

Unreal..... Happy New Yeas Big Sam

Wow! That's nuts!

Wow. Happy New Year

Great story happy new year my friend

That's awesome! I'm never usually that lucky!

Holy shit, that's awesome

That’s unheard of

Man, unreal! What's the odds!

a few years back I purchased a Nagoya Arisaka from GB with a missing dust cover. Fast Forward to last year, I came across the matching dust cover with the correct Nagoya series marking in a local auction house. While it took some persuading, I wished it had been the lottery instead.

Amazing. You owe your pal a beer, for sure.

I always thought a national database of different serialized parts of different guns. So, if you were looking for a particular part & matching number you could be matched up and see if the part can be acquired. Just a thought, it would be a huge task to accomplish. Like this Mosin, why were the stock and barrel separated?

That's epic.

one in millions chance! amazing

bout like winning the lottery... same with finding the correct serial numbered bayonet

I've done it once. For my Arsenal SLR 96. Found a Bulgarian Bakelite furniture stock set. The hand guard had my serial number. The same set i wanted. So i had to buy it. i know it's not the original one since it came from a military gun. Just the S# was the same.

!! wow now find the og scope 😂

Same thing with me found the cover to my sks online that goes with the rest of my rifle

There’s no way, that’s some Pretty unbelievable luck, man!

I've got a bare receiver on its way to me, IDK what I'm gonna do with it, possibly a PU or PEM clone, or just a regular 91-30, gonna need a good barrel either way

lucky. damn.

Wow 😮

You should run out a play the lottery That’s a 1 in a million shot to find that stock Rifle build in the future !!!!

If only I could find my Yugo SKS’s original matching stock. Most likely won’t happen but I’ll keep dreaming!

100.000.000 2 one .

Откуда у вас ,наши винтовки???

One in 38 Million chance...........be well.

Ummmmm it’s possible but your more likely to get bit by a crocodile with no teeth 🦷. Amazing seriously