SOON THEY WILL BE MORE THAN $300.00....LOL..,,,that will be the day,,,there are still millions of these out there for the taking,,and no shortage of importers apparently,,,so cheap SKS will be here for a while,,,and like a few have said,,they aren't exactly a great investment,,,sorry,but the SKS will NEVER be rare,,and like a lot have mentioned,,they are pretty much all the same,,,my ####ty $100.00 one shoots just as nice as my nice serial #11 Russian laminate,,,even my friend's bbq painted one with unmatching numbers works great,,so i dont really see the big deal,,about those who say these are collectible,,collectibility usually has rarety associated to it,,something the SKS will NEVER be,,,,they are the cheapest semi-auto on the market and that's why there's so many out there,,,you can beat the value,,,$300.00 is kinda high,,but if you want a chinese one,,,up to you to over pay,,,but i wonder how popular these would be WITHOUT the cheap surplus ammo,,,