I just purchased a .308 Saiga 'woody' from a local shop as NIB. It has a 21 inch barrel and came with a Lynx-6 scope, mount, and 2x8-rnd magazines. The strange thing is the 'owners manual' has a 'certificate' signed and dated July, 1999.
The receiver is marked as follows:
left side:
Kalashnikov-USA, Pt St. Lucie Ft. USA
Made in Russia by IZHMASH
SA 02
99
Serial# 99XXXX
right side:
SAIGA-308-1
The rifle appears to be in new condition and at most, test fired.
I'm hoping it sat around in a store who's inventory was bought-out and ended-up here. I'm also hoping the