SKS prices

[30BulletHoles]

With the prices of AKs and ARs through the roof, I am thinking of at least buying an SKS. I wish I had bought one years ago when they were $100, but even the SKS is pricey now. What would you say is a realistic non-gouging price on an SKS with detachable mags and a composite stock with an AR style shoulder thingy that slides in and out?

Free, because you will have to find the wood furniture to put back on it and a factory magazine.

Have you bought one since December? Expect to pay at least $400-450 for a beat up Chinese.

^^^^This. When they has the type 56 chinese that were imported from Albania available I bought 3 of em. Wondered if I should hang on to the other Norinco SKSs that I had or sell em off to fund other projects. Decided to take one to a gunshow in early January and sold it for $450 within half hour, wasn't even numbers matching. Since then I have sold the other two Norincos for $450 each within 48 hours of listing them. I've seen them sell for a hell of a lot more than that at the fun shows. I'm going to keep the 3 that I got with my C&R and my sweet Russian that I got from Milsurp.

Is this gouging? I don't think so since nice examples were selling on this board for $350-$375 before December. Supply and demand.

 

[Mykah]

Have you bought one since December? Expect to pay at least $400-450 for a beat up Chinese.

Supply and Demand. Prices will fall back down.

 

[ronny]

DeerAssassin is correct. I was at a good gun show in Durant over the weekend and saw a lot of SKSs, the cheapest of which was $450.

I would recommend trying to find a bread and butter Chinese in good shape. Then, if you're happy with it, you can add a Tapco or other stock and whatever. Here are some fancy SKS stocks - http://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&...pw.r_qf.&fp=a2243397dc2002ce&biw=1055&bih=591

If you really want one with a detachable mag, I recommend you spend the money and get a D or M. You could have gotten a good one for $500, or so, a few months ago. Good luck on that now.

 

[cktad]

Those would be the SKS-M and the SKS-D. They both take AK-47 mags. They are a little touchy though and typically usually only feed well from Chinese mags.

You can read about them here http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=440.0

And you couldn't buy one for $350 even before the panic.

 

[Cowboy2000]

I never thought I would see a 600 dollar sks but I do now daily. For a stock sks.

 

[Kyle78]

I bougth a Narinco and Russian Tula SkS for 325 each at the Durant gun show. Gotta wait till last 30 mintues of closing to make good deals.

 

[cjjtulsa]

And you couldn't buy one for $350 even before the panic.

Nope. Been looking for a reasonably priced M-model for a while. Am still kicking myself for not buying the one a guy was carrying around last fall's Wannenmacher show for around $300. He didn't know what he had, either. Didn't buy it because it was covered with surface rust - what a dumba** I am. I started kicking myself as soon as I got home - don't know what I was thinking.

 

[dieseltech09]

Supply and Demand. Prices will fall back down.

No they wont. demand may drop off but the supply is just going to keep drying up keeping the prices going up

 

[wildcat04]

Yeah...I missed the sks boat as well. Cabelas had new condition yugos for 199 a year ago. I shoulda bought one.

 

[Quick_Draw_McGraw]

And you couldn't buy one for $350 even before the panic.

Yeah, the M and D usually always ran about $100 over whatever the street price of a standard SKS was. I got mine for $350 back when a regular SKS was going for $200 to $250.

I love mine, it's one of my favorite guns to shoot.

Just to clarify, that was about 3 years ago.