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Posted: 10/31/2021 5:31:46 PM EDT
I already had a 79$ Chinese SKS from a few years before… but this was the first Russian one I had seen.
239$ seemed steep - but I jumped anyway.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/31/2021 8:57:24 PM EDT
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I remember when dunhams had display cases of sks's from $59 and up.
If only I'd known then what i know now. |
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Posted: 11/1/2021 9:53:44 AM EDT
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I would’ve paid that much back then but I was 7 years old.
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Posted: 11/2/2021 12:43:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember when dunhams had display cases of sks's from $59 and up. If only I'd known then what i know now. Remember ads from Roses department stores. All kinds of Milsurps and cheap. |
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Posted: 11/2/2021 1:48:26 AM EDT
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I remember them for 139.99 at guns shows.
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Posted: 11/2/2021 1:55:14 AM EDT
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 Good investment |
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Posted: 11/2/2021 4:01:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryNot really. Taking inflation into account, he about doubled his money over 27 years. The S&P 500 through the same time would have been $4,118 from his investment. Could have 5 Russian SKS for that. |
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Posted: 11/2/2021 4:22:36 AM EDT
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I bought two of the Russians when they cam in
$136.00 each |
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Posted: 11/2/2021 6:04:44 AM EDT
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I bought a beautiful Ruski for $125, which was double the Chinese. I sold it two years later for $350 and thought I made bank.
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Posted: 2/21/2022 1:24:56 PM EDT
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I know that I paid $99 for my NIB Norinco, but I seem to recall Russian sks's for the same price at one point.
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Posted: 2/21/2022 1:43:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Remember ads from Roses department stores. All kinds of Milsurps and cheap. |
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Posted: 3/9/2022 6:11:14 AM EDT
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I remember when Roses had Norinco sks's for $89 and ak's for $149 . Those were the good old days .
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Posted: 3/9/2022 6:38:47 AM EDT
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That’s $453.40 in todays money, if anyone is curious.
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