Subj : Re: SKS
To   : Grease
From : Moondog
Date : Wed Apr 29 2020 02:41 pm

  Re: Re: SKS
  By: Grease to JIMMY ANDERSON on Tue Apr 28 2020 08:42 am

 > On 04-18-20 01:05, JIMMY ANDERSON mumbled to ALL about SKS.
 > 
 > 
 >  JA> I've decided I'm in the market for an SKS...
 > 
 >  JA> Two people local to me have them for sale - one wants
 >  JA> $450 FIRM - the other $450 OBO - and has already said
 >  JA> he'd take $400 cash.
 > 
 > Wow! I bought two in the early 90's for about $85 each. Nice rifles.
 > 
 >  JA> Right now Classic Firearms has them on sale for $299.
 >  JA> Shipping and tax is another $60, roughly, plus I'd have
 >  JA> to pay a local FFL and the TICS fee, so it would be
 >  JA> pushing $400 anyway.
 > 
 > Would have to see what condition. Sometimes the "previos owner" ones
 > are sometimes in better shape than the import ones.
 > 
 > 
 >  JA> The ones from Classic are Chi-Com surplus, with
 >  JA> bayonets, and are COATED in - oh me the name is
 >  JA> escaping me - the 'line' stuff that they protect
 >  JA> that stuff with. They are also true surplus, so
 >  JA> they will have 'wear and tear,' which actually
 >  JA> intrigues me!
 > 
 > Cosmoline. Cleaning that stuff off of a rifle will teach you excellent
 > gun cleaning skills. But once it's gone, you'll know it's clean.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >  JA> So - any thoughts on this? Any advice?
 > 
 > 
 > Are you wanting to update stocks? Add-ons? Or just keep it stock and just
 > shoot? They are very accurate to about 200 meters with standard sights
 > once you get it locked in. Watched a pro in a youtube vid pick one up and
 > hit at 400. And that was 1 out of 5. It was a good grouping though, just
 > to the left of the target.
 > 
 > 
 >                     Grease
 >                 Dark Matter BBS
 > 
 > QWK: DoveNet, fsxNet, SFNet, SciNet
 > FTN: AgoraNet (46:10/135), Fidonet (1:106/101), TQWNet (1337:3/120)

A couple of years ago some real rough grade SKS' came on the market.  They
looked well worn and the stocks had minor cracks while others looked
horrible.  Whatever type of bluing/ parkerizing was also worn to bare metal. 
IIRC they were selling for $299.i would've spent a little more for a Yugo -
Zastava SKS with the gas cutoff and grenade sight.  I have a Russian SKS made
in the early 1950's and a Chinese "paratrooper" model that takes AK mags. 
The 1990's AWB compliant "thumbole" stocks.  Looked like a 5th grade woodshop
project made from recycled plywood.  The cosmoline it was packed in made the
finish soft and tacky until it finally cured by laying it in the sun for a
day to cook out the cosmoline.

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