Subj : SKS
To   : JIMMY ANDERSON
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Jun 02 2020 11:35 am

  Re: SKS
  By: JIMMY ANDERSON to ALL on Mon Jun 01 2020 11:39 am

 > 
 > I've decided I'm in the market for an SKS - any thoughts
 > here?
 > 
 > Classic Firearms tempted me when they showed the big
 > batch of Chi Com units that have been packed in Cosmoline
 > for 20+ years! I watched the video where they tore one
 > down and cleaned it and reassembled it. I loved the
 > "character marks" on the stocks and such!!!
 > 
 > Anyway, I'd like to get one, but locally when they are
 > sold they go for abour $400. That's about what I can
 > get one for from Classic, after paying shipping, a local
 > FFL to handle it, tax and the $10 TICS fee. If I'm going
 > to pay that, I'd rather have one no one has done anything
 > with or to for 20+ years! :-)
 > 
 > I was checking Acadamy and Gander and other site for deals
 > on ammo and Gander had a 'used guns' section, so I clicked
 > on it. SKS - Cosmoline - 20+ years - all that, basically
 > the same thing - $342, plus a $15 'shipping charge' to the
 > local store. No FFL transfer fee, just tax and the $10
 > TICS (Tennessee Instant Check System) fee.
 > 
 > Hmm... I really wanted to click it and purchase, but
 > I didn't... yet... :-) We are in Indy visiting for a few
 > days, so I thought no need in it just sitting at the local
 > store, and I might just get lucky and find something
 > somewhere. :-)
 > 
 > So - any thoughts?
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

The Gander Mt deal sounds good.  Back in the 90's I bought a Russian SKS for
$125 and my brother bought a Chinese SKS for $89.  A year or two later I
picked up an SKS "paratrooper" model that used AK mags fo $139.

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