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Posted: 12/29/2009 4:56:10 AM EDT
My sister called me and said she had some old guns that she wanted to know more about. I went over and looked them over and snapped some photos.        A Norinco SKS sans bayonet.              |
I'll give you $300 for that $250 rifle. 
BTW, that's no $250 rifle. There are too many varibles associated with collecting old Winchester 94s. And I sure don't keep up on any of it. But the finish looks good in the first pic. (got dialup and didn't wait for the others to load) Plus it's a rifle length barrel (24"?) and a half length magazine. I believe these bring more than full length mags. And a curved buttplate with I'll assume a period Lyman peep sight. I think the flat "shotgun" buttplate came about in the '20s or maybe '30s so this should predate that. I have no idea what the value is but I'm going to be surprised if it isn't in the middle to higher ranges. After loading all the pictures I see the finish is more worn then I first thought. Still it is worn rather evenly with a nice patina. And then there's the damage to the barrel by the front sight. ugh..  . Still if I were walking thru a gunshow and saw this lying on a table I would expect the price tag to read somewhere in the $850 - $1000 range. But like I said, with the vagarities of these guns it could be worth more, or maybe even less but I doubt too much less. Again, this is no $250 gun. But I"ll still give you $300 for it. 
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