Non refurb SKS?
Non refurb SKS?
Hello, I bought this Russian SKS "letter series" D about 12-13 years ago. I'm a Mosin guy, so I don't have much knowledge about them. There are no line outs and it's all matching, so I figure it is not refurbished as the seller advertised. It's in very good condition. At the time, I paid $600 , what would be a fair price today? I'm thinking $900-$1000. There is a guy interested and I would like to price it fairly. Thanks.
Re: Non refurb SKS?
There is an Izhevesk sks like yours on GunBroker with a buy it now price of $1600. That seems high, butTula ones are far more common than Izhevesk, so idk.
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C. S. Lewis
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Re: Non refurb SKS?
You may have paid a little more than the average that long ago, but not by much. I bought my '52 Tula a couple of years after you, at a gunshow, and paid $500.00 for it. (Mine is refurbished) I think that was about the going price at that time. One thing for certain, you could turn a profit on it today. The average over the past few months is about $750.00 (If you don't mind risking prison with the new BATF rulings.) ;)
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Not looking for top $, just a deal that's fair to both of us.
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I had this one confused with an sks that was posted the other day. SA1911a1 has the correct take on the pricing, I'd say.
“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, and critic, 1903-1950
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
Re: Non refurb SKS?
Check the bayonette screw stakes. If it's been restaked it's a refurb.
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I honestly don't know what a restake would look like. Here's mine...
Re: Non refurb SKS?
It has not been refurbished
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This is what a restake looks like.
Re: Non refurb SKS?
So, would $900-950 be a fair price?
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I don't know what it's worth in the US, but I do know that $ 600 in 2011 is worth $838 today.