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Chinese Sks $350-400 todays market???Leave it in the original stock. I recommend Chinese over Yugo due to the weight and the chrome bore, which is easier to clean and has increased wear resistance. I haven't seen any real accuracy difference in threaded vs. pinned barrels on the Chinese rifles, but the threaded are more collectible FWIW. The pinned are later production and probably in better shape cosmetically.. If you can keep the price under $340-$360 out the door I'd call that a win.
The Russian SKS are beautiful but way too expensive.
There is a guy out of Texas that goes by Kivaari and he does trigger work on the SKS for $60-ish? Turnaround is usually 30 days. Highly worth it.
I've owned several SKS, including some that were covered in cosmoline. They are easy to work on, cheap to feed, and a lot of fun. The front post is too thick for precision shooting. I would not mount optics on it.. there is a special place in hell for people that drill the receivers of old rifles. Still, you should be able to hit the 2-300 yards with irons no problem.
I recommend Yooper John's SKS website as a wealth of information.
Good luck!
Yes i would not trust the add either. I just linked it for a quick price reference is allNobody asked why are you getting a SKS? Cheap shooter, historical value, something else? Have you shot one? Have you shot a few different versions? Yugos may be heavier than others, but does it matter to you if all you do is sit on a bench at the range ? There are people that see Yugos as having higher build quality than Chinese ones.
Finally, that Armslist link is most likely a scam, so don't get your hopes up. Unregistered user and bad grammar. It may be the best SKS sold by a Nigerian prince out there, but proceed with caution.
My plans for the SKS are a truck, camping, plinking fun gun I plan on putting a good peep sight that goes on the rear of the dust cover and a better front post sight that's it
Figures....before the bubblegum storm of 2020 those prices were real...... now i really really regret selling mineYea, as expected. Armslist. Do an image search on Google. That picture is from a Gunbroker listing from March. Sold for $745. Item 859410446.