Want an SKS for under $400??? Last chance...

[Joe13]

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[BoringCruffler]

Classic Firearms has them for the same price (and they'll ship to C&R)

$350? I didn't spend over $100 for any of mine

 

[Dinglenutz]

Not for a Norinco

 

[03A3Sporter]

I have my last one of many I owned in years past sits still new new and unfired in the box ( original purchase price was $100) . With those beat to H@ll rifles bringing that kind of money , mine can only be edging closer to the $1000 mark at which time I will part company with it. I have had some offer $500 but now that I know what the current offerings look like there is no way I would take that kind of money for mine.

 

[cookie]

I remember when they sold for $69.00 to $99.00 In all honesty I don't see them worth much more. I would rather have a $600.. AR.

 

[Dinglenutz]

I remember when they sold for $69.00 to $99.00 In all honesty I don't see them worth much more.

I remember when the local gun store had a literal barrel of Norinco SKS rifles for $69 each. I should have bought one then. Now, I'm not interested in a Norinco, but I would buy a decent priced Yugo SKS if they ever come available again. Last time they were available I was still in Los Angeles (work, don't ask) so I couldn't avail myself.

I wouldn't normally talk trash in the classified section but it's not a private sale as such ....

 

[RVTECH]

In all honesty I don't see them worth much more

Neither do I.
I mean heck, stocks that look like they were hand carved out of a 4 x 4, barrels that look like they were shaped with an angle grinder, the oh so fine metal fitment and finish and the 20 lb triggers! And this was the one and only I owned at one time in my life!
I came to my senses not long after and traded it (and some other stuff) for a Ruger Blackhawk .357.

 

[Stomper]

I don't know why, but the SKS's have never done anything for me....

 

[Joe13]

Sale still seems to be going

 

[03A3Sporter]

Neither do I.
I mean heck, stocks that look like they were hand carved out of a 4 x 4, barrels that look like they were shaped with an angle grinder, the oh so fine metal fitment and finish and the 20 lb triggers! And this was the one and only I owned at one time in my life!
I came to my senses not long after and traded it (and some other stuff) for a Ruger Blackhawk .357.

While I can find fault with things concerning the SKS , having a heavy trigger was not one of them, a long trigger with creep yes, but heavy no and I have owned my share of them along with a few other folks as well.

 

[Joe13]

Love the Yugo and Norinco I used to have.

Haven't shot the Norinco I have now.

Always found them to be gentle on the recoil being they are heavier.

People are always bubba'ing them out so if you want a mint stock they are out there or there are Tapco's and the like.

Idk, imo some of that trench art would look pretty cool with a little sanding and a new coat of stain but to each their own.

I just saw them advertised and I see stuff that's not that much nicer being advertised on here for $500+ so it seemed worth posting about. Little elbow grease and you might end up with better then you thought.

 

[03A3Sporter]

I don't know why, but the SKS's have never done anything for me....

I feel the same way about AK rifles and I honestly tried to like them, for what its worth I have a similar sentiment about the SKS but it came after owning several. Typically communist design philosophy with durability and simplicity first and foremost , they are rather agricultural in their design and finish.

I had more affinity for them when they were $60 to $100 as they do make for a decent truck gun or ranch rifle. At current prices they bring nothing to the party at all. in the $500 to $700 range I can think of any number of guns I would rather own.

From an inexpensive plinker price perspective, they were at one point the M1 Carbine of the late 80's to mid 90's .

 

[Stomper]

I've always been drawn to the AK (and own several)... probably because those were the primary guns I faced while in the Army.

You're right though, my go-to PDW are AR's these days.

 

[Dinglenutz]

in the $500 to $700 range I can think of any number of guns I would rather own.

This precisely.

 

[chipotle]

Thanks for posting! Got one of the last ones! Always wanted a commie trash pipe.

 

[Dinglenutz]

I already have a Russian and a Bulgarian. I like Asians, but not in this context.

 

[CountryGent]

Four c-notes for a Simonov? Hard pass. Honk-honk.

 

[Tarawa86]

If you want to be mildly entertained, read the Q&A section for those rifles, it's hilarious.