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Bulgarian RGO-78?

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Grenadier - do you have the gren yourself or is it just a pic you have found?

The RGO-78 is defensive with a thick steel body which I didn't think would squash/dent like that as would the RGD-5 with thin body??
 
It looks the size of the old RGO/RGN but the crimp appears different.
 
Hi,
Thanks for the replies; I could be wrong but I remember seeing this type presented here. Yes it is offered in BG
 
Hi,
It turned out to be a very early (probably test) variety of RGN-86, a bit squashed with the time. Thanks for your replies.
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Hi,
Yes, it's Bulgarian and it transformed eventually to this:
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Almost the same was the situation with RGO-78 - following is its prototype (RG-100), which again is more "bulbous" than its successor.
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