I have a chance at a SKS Whats it worth these days ???????????? Anyone by chance an actual licenced gun dealer here??
How do you tell? I wrote the numbers I could find down but I cant tell nothin.... MOD SKSS 7.62 X 39 MM C&A.VA BH VA Thats all I can see
I paid $99 for mine w/bayonet before the liberal weapon ban thing. I heard during the ban that they were going in the $300-400 range. So I'd say 'round $200 would be fair. BTW, it'll shoot a nat off a flies butt at 300 meters! I went shooting one day against my bro with his scoped 30/30. I destroyed him using sights! Also, ocassionally they will go auto on you. Just a burst every once in a while. All in all a great weapon!!!!
yea don't spend to much/ Buddy got one with a scope n plastic light weight body, n some other stuff for $500 and it was over priced about $200.
I don't know. He doesn't shoot anything for real. He lives in the city where most of the guns he has are banned. He has an arsenal as hes ready for the end of the world. He has money and ammo buried in the back yard just in case.
Back in the day when I was into guns, there was three main varieties of SKS, Russian, Egyptian, and Chinese. I believe there may have been a paratrooper variety which was shorter. Some came w/o bayonets. There were some with dagger bayonets and some with spike-like bayonets with "blood grooves". The most desirable type, at least during the Clinton era, was the Russian variety with dagger-like bayonet. I paid about $200.00 for mine years ago. That's all I know.
It seems to me, guns are much like collectible cars. Once it is modified, the best one can hope for is recouping the original cost of the gun. Essentially, the upgrades are nearly free. Then again, if you like it, buy it.
fun SKS is fun and cheap to shoot. You can buy a new Yugoslovian (sp?) SKS all day for less than $150 and they are a nice piece. Unless the SKS in question is a Russian made one I would not pay more than about $100. The folding stock is ok but it's not comfortable to shoot with and it's legal standing is questionable and in my opinion not worth having. A replacement wood stock would run you about $20 and a nice fiberglass stock less than $50. If you go fiberglass go to a gun show and put it up to your shoulder as some of these run long and unless you are 6 foot plus (+++) tall may not be comfortable to shoot. And finaly.. yes the accuracy is pretty good on most of these out to about 300 yards. Power is pretty much the same as a 30-30 but ammo is as cheap as it gets for a centerfire weapon. good luck.
Mike, .17 HMR is the way to go......2550fps and a hole the size af a BB(going in :Brow: ) Hope they make a 10/22 in that caliber soon! Peace WildBill
If your going to use it to plink....buy a Russian made SKS. They hold their accuracy longer... You can buy the ammo cheaper in cases of 1000. The pricing quoted above is about right...Good luck!
