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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:26:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL , no I love the SKS but not at that price. Im not going to back in my day they were 79.99, but at Damn near $400 with shipping and transfer thats a hard pass. Actually for me it was $69 out the door with a free box of ammo  Page 2 is MINE |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:32:07 AM EDT
[#2]
No, buy more ammo for the guns you have
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:34:18 AM EDT
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I bought one in case it's exempt from any near future assault weapons ban here in VA. Still better than a lever or bolt gun for defensive shooting. Faster to load with the stripper clips than the loading gate of a lever gun. I do like lever guns though and would like one in .44mag
Not sure how they can ban these without not also banning the M1 Garand or all semi-auto's. I want an M1 too. I can't comprehend why people hate on the SKS. I wonder how much a US made milled receiver semi-auto rifle with chrome lined bore would cost. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:34:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, buy more ammo for the guns you have But ammo prices are through the roof right now. Arfcom stacked deep while Ammo was cheap. Why buy more now? The future is filled with ammo, and at much cheaper prices, but these surplus SKSs will be gone within a few weeks. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:38:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s not reliable or cheap to shoot... compared to what?! Please, point me in the direction of a cheaper, more reliable firearm. I’ll buy a dozen!! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Particularly if you don't already have a decent stash of 7.62.39 - which is another item that isn't nearly as cheap as it used to be, BTW. The main appeal of SKS's was that they used to be cheap, reliable guns that shot cheap, readily-available ammo. Neither the gun nor the ammo is particularly cheap nowadays. It’s not reliable or cheap to shoot... compared to what?! Please, point me in the direction of a cheaper, more reliable firearm. I’ll buy a dozen!! Reserve $3K on your credit card now https://www.jgsales.com/cz-82-czech-semi-auto-pistol,-9x18,-black,-12rd-mag,-cz-82,-good-condition,-c-r,-used.-p-102911.html |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:39:50 AM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually for me it was $69 out the door with a free box of ammo Page 2 is MINE lol no ownage with an edit...19 years and still a newb 
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:41:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I bought one when they were $299. Spent 2 hours cleaning cosmoline and it probably needs 2 more hours. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/231690/9D3B81C5-DEA2-4B7B-935F-E58C3A62C876_jpe-1520974.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/231690/AC9A2ECA-8E5E-4EDF-90C1-C27EA74F4E44_jpe-1520977.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/231690/66359341-1CB6-4F60-A1C0-69474034A265_jpe-1520978.JPG A friend of mine bought a bunch of milsurps, about 8 or so, that were covered in cosmoline some years ago. He asked about getting it off I said we could disassemble them and put the metal parts in my wood steamer. It's just a 6 foot length of 8" PVC with screw on end caps. The pipe sits in a cradle about 2' tall. I connected an electric wall paper steamer to it for the steam producer buy a rubber hose and it drains the water (ded stem) out another on the bottom and into a bucket. I made a small shelf that slides in and out to place objects on with a screened bottom. It worked great and the cosmoline just liquified and ran out with the water. The stocks we just put in the sun (really hot summer day) and used some citrus cleaner on rags. We'd disassemble one, put it in, and once we pulled the parts, we hosed them down with WD40 a few times for any residue water and blow them out with air from my compressor. Then a good coat of rem oil before reassembling while getting the next one ready to go in. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:43:23 AM EDT
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Bought a couple Albanian ones from AIM in early 2000s for 49$. Might see what they’re going for now.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:45:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They were fun at $89-$99, for $400 I'll build another AR. Yep to all of that. $89 is what I paid for mine in '94 and the guy threw in a free case of ammo to go with it. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 12:49:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: "Here's why you should buy this thing I'm not going to include a link to." Fucking fail, rated troll. If you're not smart enough to find the link yourself You shouldn't be shooting guns...…...
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Posted: 7/27/2020 1:02:54 AM EDT
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I would buy one if they weren't in such beater shape.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 1:05:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: But ammo prices are through the roof right now. Arfcom stacked deep while Ammo was cheap. Why buy more now? The future is filled with ammo, and at much cheaper prices, but these surplus SKSs will be gone within a few weeks. Because ammo I will use and an SKS will collect dust sitting in the back of the safe? |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 1:06:30 AM EDT
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I bought a molot vepr instead. now I have a not china gun.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 1:06:49 AM EDT
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Quoted: Updated with link because AzAgLover is the only person on Arfcom who can't find PSA Here's why: 1. PSA is a site sponsor, and that's the best kind of sponsor. Support PSA. 2. Bored with ARs and AKs? Want a different and interesting gun? 3. Fewer and fewer milsurp rifles hit the market every year and the US may have reached peak gun ownership (at least within the past few generations). Your kids may never get to experience cosmoline! 4. They're Chinese rifles and there's been a moratorium on importing Chinese arms for about 30 years. 5. As China and domestic Marxists continue to attract our attention over the coming years, a quintessential Chicom gun may have some appeal, kind of like K98 after WWII. 6. They're old school fighting carbines! Hard wood, blued steel, and milled parts. They're stout like an M1 Garand but in a small package. 7. Much nicer than an AK47. The trigger housing, dust cover, receiver, and gas tube are all milled steel, not sheet metal. Hammer forged, chrome lined barrel. Chromed bayonet. Unless you mess something up "gunsmithing," the only part that should ever need replacing is the recoil spring. 8. Unlike other milsurp rifles you might find (like the currently available 6.5 Carcano), these use Ammo that's still in production, inexpensive, and widely available. (7.62x39) 9. It's an auto-loader that holds 10 rounds. Stripper clips are fuckin cool. Bolt actions are boring and AK mags and STANAG mags are so overplayed. 10. For under $400 shipped, this is probably the only bargain gun currently available. You won't find a cooler gun for anywhere near this price. 11. You need more bayonets in your life. 12. Even though this is a "cool" and "fun" and "cheap" gun, you could legit war with this gun. 13. Good lord, that spiker bayonet does not fuck around. There is no way that thing isn't going all the way through. 14. It is, in fact, pleasant to shoot. It could easily become one of your "range regulars." 15. Of the 3 I purchased, they were all matching numbers (other than 1 dust cover that didn't match). 16. Albania's loss is your gain. 17. "But I remember when these were $89 when George HW Bush was President.... I'll pass." With inflation, these are cheaper now than they were then. Also, they were much more plentiful then. Also, these will only appreciate in value. 18. Perfect if you live in a shithole state that prohibits things like standard capacity magazines, drinking straws that work, and meritocracy. 19. There is no cheaper, more reliable rifle on the market today. I have plenty of SKS rifles. Not planning on buying any more. Esp for that price, which while it's not bad now is way more than I got into them at. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 1:40:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I bought one in case it's exempt from any near future assault weapons ban here in VA. Still better than a lever or bolt gun for defensive shooting. Faster to load with the stripper clips than the loading gate of a lever gun. I do like lever guns though and would like one in .44mag Not sure how they can ban these without not also banning the M1 Garand or all semi-auto's. I want an M1 too. I can't comprehend why people hate on the SKS. I wonder how much a US made milled receiver semi-auto rifle with chrome lined bore would cost. While I didn't buy my Tula For those reasons, I am glad I have it for that very reason. I hate only having one reliable and capable weapon for HD. This would give me my SKS and M1 Carbine as viable options. My carbine is expensive to feed compared to 7.62x39, but it loads faster. I wouldn't use my Garand for HD. Its a fantastic rifle, its just long and loud indoors. I've run shoot houses with my Carbine and it worked pretty well. Midway has a .30 carbine surplus ammo sale going on. It might be time to buy 1-2k for the cheapest .30 carbine ammo has been in years. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 1:50:51 AM EDT
[#16]
I bought 2 of them when they were something like $79. I shot them but never really cared for them. I ended up selling them for $200 each. I'm not buying them now at $400 when I know I still wouldn't like them any better than I did 10 years ago.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 2:01:41 AM EDT
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I do not like SKS rifles = they all suck.
I have done the buy/sell cycle with SKS rifles and will never buy another. Buy a PSA AK-E instead. AK 47 is a much better rifle. AK-E is an awesome AK 47 and is made in USA by PSA. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 2:03:43 AM EDT
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uh no I won’t support stores while they inflate prices, Gun stores are making a shit load of money right now. And they’ve learned to keep stock and save it for times like this so they can jack up prices to sell at 2x the price. No offense at all that’s just business.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 2:27:28 AM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: But ammo prices are through the roof right now. Arfcom stacked deep while Ammo was cheap. Why buy more now? The future is filled with ammo, and at much cheaper prices, but these surplus SKSs will be gone within a few weeks. They are still being produced and US prices are artificially inflated due to Russian and Chinese import bans. The SKS is a $250 rifle at best and it's a terrible choice in when you can build a decent AR15 for the same price on the same damn website. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 2:38:04 AM EDT
[#20]
Damn I remember when those went for around $60-70 each. I should have stocked up on them back them.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 2:42:04 AM EDT
[#21]
OP is a communist pig who wants us to support China by buying Chinese weapons, get him!
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Posted: 7/27/2020 2:45:33 AM EDT
[#22]
Quoted: Updated with link because AzAgLover is the only person on Arfcom who can’t find PSA Here’s why: 7. Much nicer than an AK47. The trigger housing, dust cover, receiver, and gas tube are all milled steel, not sheet metal. Hammer forged, chrome lined barrel. Chromed bayonet. Unless you mess something up “gunsmithing,” the only part that should ever need replacing is the recoil   |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 2:51:34 AM EDT
[#23]
Nah, last guy who bought a PSA anything got deaded.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 2:53:01 AM EDT
[#24]
Ehh, kinda high for what they are. One of the first guns I ever bought was a KFS import SKS from bills sporting goods circa 2005-ish. I paid $200 for it and that was high then.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 3:03:25 AM EDT
[#25]
Member when the AWB ended and everybody rushed out to buy SKS rifles that inhabited every single FFL instead of AKs, ARs, and FALs? Member guys trading in their MAK-90s, SARs, SLRs, and WASRs for Yugoslavian M59/66s? Member guys lusting over ATI folder stocks and USA brand 30 round SKS magazines instead of USGI, G3 AL, and Kalashnikov magazines
Pepperidge Farm doesn't remember that. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:04:55 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I do not like SKS rifles = they all suck. I have done the buy/sell cycle with SKS rifles and will never buy another. Buy a PSA AK-E instead. AK 47 is a much better rifle. AK-E is an awesome AK 47 and is made in USA by PSA. Good luck buying an AK-E right now. They’ve been out of stock for months and cost more than twice the price of SKS. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:07:31 AM EDT
[#27]
Bought a handful when they were $79.
Bargain then, not now. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:08:12 AM EDT
[#28]
I don't think I've shot my SKS in 15 years.
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:09:22 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They are still being produced and US prices are artificially inflated due to Russian and Chinese import bans. The SKS is a $250 rifle at best and it's a terrible choice in when you can build a decent AR15 for the same price on the same damn website. You can build a PSA AR for $349 right now? Maybe you’re talking about a different PSA. I’m talking about Palmetto State Armory. You know, the most prolific AR manufacturer and seller in the country? The one that’s virtually wiped out of all their inventory? Pretty sure if they had any AR inventory you’d be paying a few hundred dollars more to build that AR right now. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:11:39 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryHaving owned no fewer than a 1/2 dozen milled Bulgarian AKs, I don’t hesitate to suggest that a Chinese SKS is a nicer rifle. They’re just different guns. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:12:52 AM EDT
[#31]
waste of money
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:13:40 AM EDT
[#32]
Thread needs moar pitchers. I had half a dozen Noincos back in the early 90’s when they were going for $69 NIB. Unfortunately I trade them all off over the years. I’ve seen some (not Norincos) with beautiful tiger striped stocks before. Anybody have unusual wood on theirs?
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:14:13 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Good luck buying an AK-E right now. They've been out of stock for months and cost more than twice the price of SKS. Even their PSAK 47 is a much better gun than an SKS at the price today- get it with the ALG trigger for most happiness - and they are available every week. Spend up, it is worth it. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:14:20 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: "Here's why you should buy this thing I'm not going to include a link to." Fucking fail, rated troll. Well truth be told if you are too sorry to go to one of the most popular ARF sites yourself there is not much hope for you. 
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:15:55 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think I've shot my SKS in 15 years. Wanna sell it? |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:19:47 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They were $600 at the fun show this weekend.  Ones on the local gun classified board here are listed from $450-$850. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:20:12 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryI've owned Bulgarian's (Armory USA), MAK90's (stamped and milled), Maadi's, and a Saiga. SKS's are nicer than any AK I've owned or handled. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:21:15 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They were fun at $89-$99, for $400 I'll build another AR. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:22:27 AM EDT
[#39]
They don't accept C&R licenses
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:26:07 AM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: $89 is what I paid for mine in '94 and the guy threw in a free case of ammo to go with it. A case? 
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:26:16 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wanna sell it? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I don't think I've shot my SKS in 15 years. Wanna sell it? Hell no. My yugo is special |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:26:45 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They don't accept C&R licenses We’re living in a renaissance of small arms and people are bitching about dealers not accepting C&R FFL. How many guns do you guys miss out on because you can’t use your C&R to purchase them? Looks at Porsche 911: “but it doesn’t have a trailer hitch.” |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:27:12 AM EDT
[#43]
Compares SKS to K98.
 Calls a $400 SKS a 'bargain.' Suggests that a rifle known for slam-firing is reliable. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:28:53 AM EDT
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Some Vietnam bring-back porn:
 Attached File"Sanitized" Chi-Com M21 SKS. It was found in a cache, you seldom see them in that good of shape. They were sent to client countries (in this case Vietnam) on the sly till they said to hell with it and openly supplied the Factory 26 SKSs. The M21 is one of the "Holy Grail" SKSs for collectors. 1936 Tula TT-33 Refurbed Soviet M44 sent to Vietnam and captured.....One of my personal favorites.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:30:38 AM EDT
[#45]
A SKS has terrible iron sights. Not really suitable for a scope. Unless you have one of the rare variations that accepts AK mags you have a fixed ten round magazine that has to be recharged with stripper clips.
It is a usable battle rifle but there are more that are better. I had a few of them over the decades but got rid of them. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:34:42 AM EDT
[#46]
Pass.
Sold my SKS earlier this year because it just sat in the safe. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:35:54 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Some Vietnam bring-back porn: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/88145/DSCN0280__2__JPG-1521165.JPG "Sanitized" Chi-Com M21 SKS. It was found in a cache, you seldom see them in that good of shape. They were sent to client countries (in this case Vietnam) on the sly till they said to hell with it and openly supplied the Factory 26 SKSs. The M21 is one of the "Holy Grail" SKSs for collectors. 1936 Tula TT-33 Refurbed Soviet M44 sent to Vietnam and captured.....One of my personal favorites. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/88145/tumblr_m36ts1_N5_HE1qg5z8jo1_500_png-1521167.JPG LOL, my uncle had a Vietnam bring back similar to the one in your pic, and it wasn't the rifle!! One of the sweetest people I have ever known, and takes her American citizenship VERY seriously. But after 45 years, I still can't understand half of what she says! |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:40:23 AM EDT
[#48]
Quoted: I don't think I've shot my SKS in 15 years. I know I haven’t shot mine in 23 years. I do miss “that smell” when cracking open a can of the 550 rds on stripper clips. I sure AF don’t miss cleaning them after a shooting session. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:45:51 AM EDT
[#49]
Even if I didn’t buy a 2 pack for $150 way back when, I still wouldn’t be interested.
I have one that has still never been shot or cleaned. Think I bought them around 2002. |
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Posted: 7/27/2020 7:50:16 AM EDT
[#50]
They dont take my C&R for them or I would.
They have $250 carcanos thatbare c&r however. Tempted. |
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