Subj : Re: SKS
To   : MOONDOG
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sat May 16 2020 04:00 am

-=> MOONDOG wrote to GREASE <=-

 MO> A couple of years ago some real rough grade SKS' came on the market.
 MO> They looked well worn and the stocks had minor cracks while others
 MO> looked horrible.  Whatever type of bluing/ parkerizing was also worn to
 MO> bare metal. IIRC they were selling for $299.

Could be this same batch...

I'm not as concernrd about the looks - I like the idea of the history
and the character.

 MO>    i would've spent a little
 MO> more for a Yugo - Zastava SKS with the gas cutoff and grenade sight.  I
 MO> have a Russian SKS made in the early 1950's and a Chinese "paratrooper"
 MO> model that takes AK mags. The 1990's AWB compliant "thumbole" stocks.
 MO> Looked like a 5th grade woodshop project made from recycled plywood.
 MO> The cosmoline it was packed in made the finish soft and tacky until it
 MO> finally cured by laying it in the sun for a day to cook out the
 MO> cosmoline.




.... Velcro -  what a rip off!!!
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