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Sold my 59/66 last year for $750 delivered, as new from marstar with hard case and t-shirt, still in the Cosmo they put on it at the factory!
I basically broke even!
$800 is a reasonable price, Chinese SKS are going for $300 plus, and they are as common as beach rocks and sold for $150 or less!
 
bobdbldr said:
Sold my 59/66 last year for $750 delivered, as new from marstar with hard case and t-shirt, still in the Cosmo they put on it at the factory!
I basically broke even!
$800 is a reasonable price, Chinese SKS are going for $300 plus, and they are as common as beach rocks and sold for $150 or less!
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Thanks for your input. What was your intention when you bought your Yugo, was it part of a collection or was it an investment? I'm trying to understand
how these rifles are being viewed.
 
Robert Nicholson said:
Thanks for your input. What was your intention when you bought your Yugo, was it part of a collection or was it an investment? I'm trying to understand
how these rifles are being viewed.
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Yes it was a loose attempt at collecting some models, but I had a change of heart and except for some antique handguns ( which I do shoot) I decided I would only own firearms that I will shoot, and I wasn't going to shoot that one, they are fairly rare, especially the as new ones. I still have some SKS that I have or will shoot at some time, not for collecting. Also have a 1949 that is all there but not collector grade and unfired since refurb, it will go sooner or later, and a S&W 1911 100th Aniversary .45, that I haven't decided if I will sell or shoot, they only go for the same price as a regular Smith .45!
If you are buying to collect, wait for a nice one and keep it for a very long time, do not expect to make money on selling it, but when the time comes you may profit a bit, I wouldn't bet my retirement on it!
Most of my firearms will be given to my kids when or just before I croak, if they want them!
 
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bobdbldr said:
Yes it was a loose attempt at collecting some models, but I had a change of heart and except for some antique handguns ( which I do shoot) I decided I would only own firearms that I will shoot, and I wasn't going to shoot that one, they are fairly rare, especially the as new ones. I still have some SKS that I have or will shoot at some time, not for collecting. Also have a 1949 that is all there but not collector grade and unfired since refurb, it will go sooner or later, and a S&W 1911 100th Aniversary .45, that I haven't decided if I will sell or shoot, they only go for the same price as a regular Smith .45!
If you are buying to collect, wait for a nice one and keep it for a very long time, do not expect to make money on selling it, but when the time comes you may profit a bit, I wouldn't bet my retirement on it!
Most of my firearms will be given to my kids when or just before I croak, if they want them!
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Thanks for the advice! Give us here on the Red Rifle section a heads up before you sell your '49 please. I think even a refurb '49 may qualify as collectable now.
Funny you should mention your firearms going to your children "if they want them!" I didn't want any of my Dad's guns or stuff until he died a few years ago and
then all of a sudden, I wanted them a lot! That seems to be the way it happens with others as well.
 
Robert Nicholson said:
Way to go! Will you be shooting it? If so, could you give us a range report and maybe a general overview of how it compares to a Russian SKS?
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Hell Ya I'll be shooting it, that's what rifles were made for. I'll give a overview on it compared to my Russians and Chinese once I have a chance to take it out. I'll take it out with my unfired SKS D and put some rounds through it as well. I'll only shoot non corrosive ammo in the rarer SKS's I own.
 
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Robert Nicholson said:
Thanks for the advice! Give us here on the Red Rifle section a heads up before you sell your '49 please. I think even a refurb '49 may qualify as collectable now.
Funny you should mention your firearms going to your children "if they want them!" I didn't want any of my Dad's guns or stuff until he died a few years ago and
then all of a sudden, I wanted them a lot! That seems to be the way it happens with others as well.
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Sorry for your loss, it is good to have some things of you parents and forefathers if possible, the fact you are here, means you are taking an interest in the sport/hobby and perhaps see why he was!!
Cheers.
 
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