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What with the Marxists threatening us and the Democrats agreeing with them, what do you expect the price of rifles that can't be made any more to do?

And here I sit with a Russian SKS in the safe. Unfired. Think it's an arsenal rebuild but it's mint. One of the laminated stock models, also. Put it away and never shot it. Got it back in '95 when a guy I knew who had an FFL was buying them by the crate. Gave me a deal on it; I think it was $225. My first SKS was a brand new, right outta the crate Norinco for $100. back in 1992 at a gun show. That one's had almost 500 trouble free rounds through it. Also got a used Chinese SKS in 2013 for my "beater" gun. Paid $450. for that one. Prices keep going up but with 3 of 'em now I'll never need another. I'll never wear out the 2 that I occasionally shoot. Might consider selling the unfired Russian if prices are up. I'm doing some retirement downsizing.

Watch your local armslist.

Find em for less.

Looking at bidding sites or gun shows probably aint the best.


Find a early bucket head 56 with a blade bayo roll pinned is the same difference.
Soviet advisor and techs in the 66 factory .
Before the bucketheads told Ivan to fugg off.

Desperate people influence things.

Yeah I remember that dunhams had them in a locked display case for $100 and sometimes there were sales.
I'd ask, why are you locking THESE up, while you have expensive hunting rifles hanging on a peg board behind the counter? Never bought one but those were a deal!

Now I ask to see a sig pistol and they require a drivers license and they won't remove the big hunk if trigger lock so I can get a grip check the pull and ergonomics.
I told dunhams, tell your general manager that I can get a better deal online. The ONLY reason to go to your brick and mortar store is to check these details and for the service. I get neither.
Buy?...NO Buy....
Just.......Bye bye 🖐️👋

Quite content with what I have.

Fla armlist.
Russian
panama city
545

Listed today

Others on it also in the 550 range.


FTF deal
Public area
State resident to state resident
Cash
Any other way you are taking your chances with private sellers on armlist.
They dont wanna do a deal like that.
They are scammers.

Armlist stores and vendors not too bad to deal with.
Do a nation wide search for those by just typing SKS into search.
Dont select any state towns or catagories.

And I remember when I didn't hurt in so many places.

I never cared for the communist guns.

I'd a bought a pile of 'em if I knew they would go for $600. But then if I had a crystal ball that worked I would have run from evil wife #2 and would be able to buy a nice farm.

Bought my first SKS, and 1000 rounds of ammo with it, back in the late 80's for $100 total. Many different SKS's and AK's since then along with countless rounds of ammo for them. Now, the only thing I have that shoots 7.62x39 is a Ruger American! Who'd a thunk it!

And I remember when I could pee over a Mini Cooper.

Even the cheaper Norincos are bringing war prices these days.

I did not want a SKS,---till now.

Guy in Miami just put this listing up
Literally........


1952 TULA RUSSIAN SKS $370
1950 RUSSIAN SKS BEAUTIFUL$415
SOVIET SKS $265
RUSSIAN TULA 1950R $323
1955 RUSSIAN TULA SKS $365
1953R RUSSIAN TULA SKS $350
70 YEARS OLD RUSSIAN SKS $675
RUSSIAN SKS UNISSUE 1951 $465
BRITISH 2Nd MODEL SHORT LAND PEDERSOLI BROWN BESS.75 CAL $890
SWISS K11 MADE IN 1926 EXC CONDITION$570
LEFT HAND BROWNING A-BOLT MEDALLION $975
FABULOUS JOHN WAYNE COMMEMORABLE WIN 94/32-40. $1990
1893 MARLIN30-30 MADE IN 1902 $1655
HENRY BIG STEEL 30-30 PRISTINE CONDITION $665
1977 WIN MODEL 70.308 $345
SAVAGE MODEL 1899 30-30 $699
FN BROWNING TROMBONE.22 $670
1945 ENFIELD JUNGLE RIFLE#5 $890
RUGER OLD ARMY STAINLESS.45 BLACK POWDER $500
LEE ENFIELD JUNGLE CARBINE 1945/WITH BAYONET $499
LEE ENFIELD.303 $345
SWISS MODEL 1882 ORDINANCE REVOLVER $500
BRING CASH UPON APPOINTMENT TO VIEW NO TRADE CALL OR EMAIL ALL AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT WILL BE AFTER 6:30PM

Mines got the, apparently rare, polished and blued bayonet (not painted, actually blued from the factory). 1952 Tula factory markings.

Put it on your local armslist for 800
"Let em bargin you down" to 750 if so.
State to resident sale only
You have a 50 mile travel radius to meet halfway
Ftf public area deal.
Dude shows you his license and vice versa.
You confirmed residence...
Unless Fla has some commie schitt going on

Nothing to lose
Easy sale.


I can get ya a PMO out tomorow for 500 .....
Provide data for my ffl.
Give ya an extra 25 to help cover shipping

Thanks for the offer.

You do know Im fugging with ya I hope.

Go the armslist route.

Justa suggestion.

Easy sale.

If you own something in 7,62x39, 5,45x39, 7,62x54R, 9x18 better buy some ammo. According to defense-blog.com American Department of Defense is interested in buying large quantities of Russian hardware including small arms ammunition. I can recommend products from Novosibirsk Low Voltage Equipment Plant commonly known as Novosibirsk Cartridge Plant or LVE.

I always thought the Allies would have been better served in WWII with the SKS than the Lee Enfield, Garand not withstanding in an effort not to rile that natives.

The contemporary of Garand was Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva. It was not particularly wide spread in use because it required good maintenance regimen for reliability so it was issued to elite/disciplined units. Today, good sample on American market will bring over $1000.

You see very few of those SVTs here in Canada and most are expensive.