NIB/Cosmo Chinese Military SKS?

[41 Colt]

I understand these went "extinct" about a year ago, but are there any dealers that have a few of these left?

 

[RSK]

There is one on EE.

 

[tswancoat]

Weimajack has one on EE.

 

[caramel]

Bought a couples expensive ones 3 or 4 month ago, my grandboys call them their precious... Lol. JP.

 

[Outwest1213]

How can one tell a military one apart from a civilian one?

 

[Unagi604]

How can one tell a military one apart from a civilian one?

Later civilian models were made with stamped receivers I believe (I hear crappier wood too). Not sure what the difference with the early ones were.

 

[Airborn_69]

They are not rare as you think as long you don't mind paying an extra $100.00 compared to other sks's.

Check with marstar, they usually have some

 

[JimDO]

I thought Marstar was all out,, prob your best bet is EE now.
Wish I could predict the future,, would have bought more of these from Marstar when I had the chance

 

[cornelunc]

There is one on EE.

Very hard to sell on EE if you ask more than 250$ for brand new Chinese.

 

[fenceline]

Later civilian models were made with stamped receivers I believe (I hear crappier wood too). Not sure what the difference with the early ones were.

Negative. Stamped receivers are rare and were a test run by the military. They even tried cast receivers.

All the rest had milled receivers, whether military or civilian.

The sticky has tons of info.

 

[Dyspnea]

Why have the Chinese sks dried up? Not exporting any more or have they just run out?

 

[fenceline]

Why have the Chinese sks dried up? Not exporting any more or have they just run out?

China upped the price and the retailers figured the canadian market wasn't ready to pay their price.

 

[Dyspnea]

China upped the price and the retailers figured the canadian market wasn't ready to pay their price.

Ahh, how much of a jump? 20-30%? Cause the Russian can still be found at 225, so I can see why Canadians wouldn't pay a higher price.

 

[fenceline]

Ahh, how much of a jump? 20-30%? Cause the Russian can still be found at 225, so I can see why Canadians wouldn't pay a higher price.

I've heard as much as 50-100% but can't confirm anything. Just that they upped the price.

 

[EL34/6L6]

Bought a greased up never fired Chinese Military recently for $250. I have another one that's a mutt, that ones my shooter .

 

[fenceline]

Bought a greased up never fired Chinese Military recently for $250. I have another one that's a mutt, that ones my shooter .

A year or so ago and people would have said you got ripped off. Now.... Not so much.

And others would say that the Type 56 would never go up in price.

Go figure.

 

[Mumbles Marble Mouth]

How can one tell a military one apart from a civilian one?

It can be hard to tell with some. The Type 56 SKS is the most inconsistent SKS ever. The early commercial Type 56 SKS were identical to late military SKS. They were just old stock parts assembled into SKS to be sold on the commercial market. The later ones are easier to tell. Anyways though, the commercial ones are still a good SKS that could run with military SKS. The popular SKS-D that takes AK mags is commercial and you don't hear people complaining about it.

 

[cornelunc]

A year or so ago and people would have said you got ripped off. Now.... Not so much.

And others would say that the Type 56 would never go up in price.

Go figure.

Some people here said " Chinese SKS are not colectable and will be forever cheap" I said allways that they are wrong. The same dealer that sold them for 159$ in 2014 now is seling for 300$, in 1 year double price. You will see Russian perform even better in the future. Do not believe that "sks are plenty and will be allways cheap".

 

[41 Colt]

Thanks guys.

 

[Suther]

Some people here said " Chinese SKS are not colectable and will be forever cheap" I said allways that they are wrong. The same dealer that sold them for 159$ in 2014 now is seling for 300$, in 1 year double price. You will see Russian perform even better in the future. Do not believe that "sks are plenty and will be allways cheap".

Yupp. I bought my SKS about a year ago for $225+tax, a Ruskie in a laminate stock. Kinda wishing I bought a chinese one from Marstar instead, because the Russians still sell for what I paid, while the chi-com ones are significantly more than they were...