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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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. :-)

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.

Yeah - I know you used to could get them SUPER cheap :-) But I missed
the boat on that years ago! LOL The one our son has was given to my
wife by her uncle several years ago. He had had it a long time, so it
was probably one of the 'cheap' ones. :-)

Thx for the input - read about Empire Arms as well, but still thinking
the Gander deal might be the best one for one that will be 'mine' and
not someone else's for the last 20+ years...





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