I've written this post twice now and inadvertantly, by blind finger strike on keyboard, knocked it into never land.
A perfect M-43 for a 135 bucks. 17" and 29 ounces is going to hit hard and still carry well in the woods.
I paid 135 bucks for a Chitlangi FOUR YEARS ago.
Geeze. For a while I know Bill and Yangdu were cranking out gifts to the forumites: everything was 95 bucks. It was madness. Customs hikes, inflation, gas prices, you name it, and we are going to see a rise in khuk prices too.
I think there will come a time when 150 bucks for a deal here is a godsend. There are favorite firearms I can't afford today, but HI khuks Yangdu has really really tried to keep down.
If I didn't owe 10,000 dollars, that's right, kidlings and gentlemen; TEN THOUSAND dollars, (not to a loan shark) I'd take this unloved M-43 right now; because I don't have one. They were so hot when I arrrived here you were lucky to get one for 135, or 145, or 150, and chortled gleefully when you could. Sharks like Nasty arrived after me and managed to score these damn things....Karma.
A perfect blade at a bargain price sitting here....sniff.
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