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Posted: 4/12/2009 12:47:39 PM EDT
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There are some In Utah.
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Posted: 4/12/2009 5:13:43 PM EDT
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I never thought I'd see the day where it was almost impossible to find a sks on the shelf. Are they really getting that hard to find? Just about any type of semi auto rifle is almost impossible to find down here in South Texas. That $600 SKS you saw was pretty close to what you would pay for one down here if you find one. |
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Posted: 4/13/2009 1:44:07 PM EDT
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I never thought I'd see the day where it was almost impossible to find a sks on the shelf. I went to Targetmaster and the last one they had was a yugo 6 months ago! I went to another store which had a Norinco Para and they wanted almost 600! Are they really getting that hard to find? Really? |
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Posted: 4/15/2009 7:03:17 PM EDT
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I still see plenty locally, though fewer and fewer full military ones every year because of Tapco.
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Posted: 4/19/2009 5:11:45 PM EDT
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I used to see Yugos everywhere for $250 retail norm and some as low as $175 last year. Now I don't see them listed at all.
I'm also not seeing as many Albanian or Romanians these days. I'm seeing more Russian than either of those. LOL Used to be Russian SKS sold for about $400 to $450 and Chinese $300 to $350 new but I have a feeling a combination of the panic buying, inflation and the lack of imports will drive the price up to $600 between now and 2012. Between 7.62x39 prices going up and the SKS prices, the days of cheap plinking appear to be over for me 
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Posted: 4/24/2009 1:17:17 PM EDT
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I have 4 left, when I sold off a bunch I could not believe what they went for, yea they are getting scarce.
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Posted: 4/24/2009 7:53:42 PM EDT
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I just found (and bought) a sks-m at a local pawn shop for $300.
They also had a romanian in a black monte carlo stock for $315 (I think). |
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Posted: 4/24/2009 8:09:32 PM EDT
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ask the people who bought 20 at a time, because they "need" them.
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Posted: 4/24/2009 8:17:26 PM EDT
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Plenty of them around here within a 150 mile radius.
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Posted: 4/24/2009 8:41:54 PM EDT
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A couple weeks ago, I found a Russian SKS at a local shop. They were asking $700 for it. Later that night, I found someone selling the same type rifle on an Internet gunboard for $250.
If I'd had the cash I'd have snapped it up.
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Posted: 4/25/2009 11:32:06 AM EDT
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I still see plenty locally, though fewer and fewer full military ones every year because of Tapco. That sums up my experience nicely. Of every twenty SKSs I come across, 10 are bubbafied, 9 are Yugo 59/66 models (good guns, just not for me) and 1 will be an original configuration weapon from China or Russia. |
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Posted: 4/25/2009 7:04:10 PM EDT
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Pawn shop had Russian good condition $499 and a ran over looking one for $399.
Bought my Norinco 6 months ago for $200 and it came with 150 rounds ammo. |
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Posted: 4/26/2009 2:08:29 PM EDT
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I never thought I'd see the day where it was almost impossible to find a sks on the shelf. Are they really getting that hard to find? Just about any type of semi auto rifle is almost impossible to find down here in South Texas. That $600 SKS you saw was pretty close to what you would pay for one down here if you find one. Well that makes me feel a bit less ripped off when I paid 400 for a yugo a year ago...... |
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Posted: 4/27/2009 12:16:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: oh you bastige. i've been looking for an m or d for a long time, they move quickly and are getting pricey.I just found (and bought) a sks-m at a local pawn shop for $300. They also had a romanian in a black monte carlo stock for $315 (I think). there are plenty of sks' around here, i just can't stomach paying what they are asking. |
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Posted: 5/3/2009 6:09:14 AM EDT
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What an investment. I bought a couple of unfired (cosmoline packed) Chinese SKS w/ bayonet for ~$120 years ago when they were common.
Looks like they have quadrupled in value. |
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