A Chinese Makarov with "SHI" mark is of Military issue, and normally if found in the USA means it was a War Trophy "bring Back" from some conflict, and commands a Premium price. These were Military pistols that were remarked and packed for Commercial Export. Very rarely you may run across a Type 59 with an Arsenal mark (number) in a triangle. On the whole, the quality of these is not as good as some of the others, but there have been notable exceptions. Not many are available, so they often command a premium over other Makarovs. Not terribly much is known about these, except that they were brought in as Norinco Model 59. * One person noted that his gun was marked 'AP' and '62,' so there appear to be inconsistencies. ![]() Note that this table is not complete and there appears to be a sequential pattern, so don't panic if yours doesn't fit into the ones listed.ġ961 AP*,AR, AS, AQ, AT, AU, AV, AW, AX, AY, AZġ963 DA, DB, DE, DF, DH, DK, DL, DP, BO, BP ![]() Ran across this info from some notes from -IIRC there is also an example of an EG with a "DD" prefix not listed, probably others (dated list).
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