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I wish I can travel back to 1992 when I first got my F.A.C... my locker would be full of interesting paperweights.
SKS's flying off the Equipment Exchange
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LOL so true man
At one point right before Kim Cambell ruined everything...... I had so many SKS rifles and crates of ammo from lever arms along with a steyr aug, Inglis Bren MKII and a trw M14 , all converted autos that I stupidly sold to a collector just before the deadline...... silly me.
The good ol days of walking into lowermainland gunstores, passing row of crates of .303 brit, 7.62 Nato and chinese silver box x39..... and more M1 Garands and full stocked Enfields and Mausers for prices that would make todays new garand enthusiast cry hehehe
History is repeating itself and thank goodness we have the internet to allow everyone to communicate and organize a defense against this further abrogation of our rights as canadians.
The Sks rifle is one every home should not be without..... one for each adult as far as I'm concerned.... at the minimum LOL
Brutus
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Need some help here folks. When the government firstly proposed the FAC back in 1977(?) there was an option for a lifetime issue of an FAC if the individual desired nothing but non-restricted firearms in thier future.
I think the bait was this was a free offer as long as one volunteered for this program.
I am sure I worked under one AERE officer from Gaspe peninsula who had this at CFB Moose Jaw.
She and her father took up this offer.
Edit: this was a one year pilot program that ceased in about one calendar year.
A low dollar =/- $.70, a relatively small market spread over the third largest country in the world, with an anti-gun gov't, virtually no domestic production and an expensive distribution system and you get higher pricing. New guns go up, used and milsurps follow. Add the gun grab OIC which will likely be overturned in court or rescinded by the next Conservative Gov't and SKS's start selling for $350 - $800 retail. It will get worse IF the deficit continues to rocket through the roof. Stay tuned.
Take Care
Bob
ps Just paid $375 for an all matching Russian. I stole it LOL or paid to much. I am happy, and the gun will be here on Thursday. I probably still can;t see the Fnnnn rear sight notch but hey Trudeau might be dumb enough to give me a grand for it....when he attempts the 2nd waive of seizures. If not I'll put a scope on it and shoot tin cans with it at 100 yards.
Take Care
Bob
ps Just paid $375 for an all matching Russian. I stole it LOL or paid to much. I am happy, and the gun will be here on Thursday. I probably still can;t see the Fnnnn rear sight notch but hey Trudeau might be dumb enough to give me a grand for it....when he attempts the 2nd waive of seizures. If not I'll put a scope on it and shoot tin cans with it at 100 yards.
Yep he did indeed sell me a D for $650 last week, just waiting for it to show up.
DarkStalker
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did you buy your sks at a store or ee ?
we re the 2nd largest country in the world not the 3rd ...
This is only slightly related to this thread but because there's always some interest in the D models I thought I would re post this again;
Back in the last days before magazine capacity limits, in 1991 at the Le Baron's Yonge St location I looked at this rifle new in the box. I had never seen an sks before and I was going to buy it but for some reason the bayonet turned me off, what was I thinking?
From the 1991 Le Baron's catalog:
Wow thanks for sharing that! Do you have the whole catalog? Incredible how things have changed in 30 years...
Curious to hear any thoughts on D overall build quality and reliability? Compared to Russian? Is it worth the premium?
Yes I do still have the 1991 catalog, and a 1996 catalog. Unfortunately I lost the rest of my old Le Barons catalogs in a basement flood. Here's a sample of some of the rifles Le Barons listed and their prices.
From the 1991 Le Barons catalog:
Norinco SKS-D - 7.62x39, new condition, $272.94
Chinese SKS Type 56, 7.62x39, - 10 round mag capacity, new condition, $210.94
Russian Simonov Carabine - 7.62x39, laminated stock, very good condition, $154.94
Russian M91/30 - 7.62x54R, very good condition, $36.94
Russian 1938 Carabine - 7.62x54R, very good condion, $53.00
Egyptian Rashid semi-auto - 7.62x39mm, very good condition, $234.94
FN Model 49 semi-auto 7.92x57 (8mm) Mauser - new military stock, excellent condition, $296.94
Czech Model 52 semi-auto - 7.62x45, very good condition, $96.94
Czech Model 52/57 semi-auto - 7.62x39, like new condition, $203.94
Mas Model 1936/51 - 7.5x54 French, like new condition, $106.94
Argentine Mauser Model 1909 - 7.65x53 Arg., very good condition, $162.45
Austrian Mannlincher M95 Carabine - 8x56R, excellent condition, $44.94
Brazilian Mauser Model 1908 - 7x57, good condition, $129.94
Russian and Hungarian Model 44 Carbines - 7.62x54R, good condition, $45.94
Russian M91/30 Sniper rifle with scope - 7.62x54R, good condition, $399.94
From the 1996 Lebarons catalog:
Chinese SKS 56 - 7.62x39, Military issue fiberglass stock, new condition, $107.94
Chinese SKS 56 - 7.62x39, Monte Carlo wood stock, new condition, $142.63
Lee Enfield No.4 MK 1 sporter - .303 Brit, very good condition, $113.63
Lee Enfield No.1 MK 111 - .303 Brit, very good condition, $96.94
Enfield P17 - 30-06, very good condition, $122.63
Polish M-44 carbine - 762x54R, new condition, $96.63
Swedish M96 - 6.5x55 Swede, very good condition, $87.94
Swedish Mauser M38 short rifle - 6.5x55 Swede, very good condition, $114.94
U.S. M-1 Garand - 30-06, Springfield Armory, very good condition, $259.63
Beretta M-1 Garand - 30-06, very good condition, $259.63
If a time machine is ever invented one day I know that unfortunately I won't be one of the lucky people who get to use it.
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Yes I do still have the 1991 catalog, and a 1996 catalog. Unfortunately I lost the rest of my old Le Barons catalogs in a basement flood. Here's a sample of some of the rifles Le Barons listed and their prices.
From the 1991 Le Barons catalog:
Norinco SKS-D - 7.62x39, new condition, $272.94
Chinese SKS Type 56, 7.62x39, - 10 round mag capacity, new condition, $210.94
Russian M91/30 - 7.62x54R, very good condition, $36.94
Russian 1938 Carabine - 7.62x54R, very good condion, $53.00
Egyptian Rashid semi-auto - 7.62x39mm, very good condition, $234.94
FN Model 49 semi-auto 7.92 (8mm) Mauser - new military stock, excellent condition, $296.94
Czech Model 52 semi-auto - 7.62x45, very good condition, $96.94
Czech Model 52/57 semi-auto - 7.62x39, like new condition, $203.94
Mas Model 1936/51 - 7.5mm, like new condition, $106.94
Argetine Mauser Model 1909 - 7.62mm Arg., very good condition, $162.45
Austrian Mannlincher M95 Carabine - 8x56R, excellent condition, $44.94
Brazilian Mauser Model 1908 - 7x57, good condition, $129.94
Russian and Hungarian Model 44 Carbines - 7.62x54R, good condition, $45.94
Russian M91/30 Sniper rifle with scope - 7.62x54R, good condition, $399.94
From the 1996 Lebarons catalog:
Chinese SKS 56 - 7.62x39, Military issue fiberglass stock, new condition, $107.94
Chinese SKS 56 - 7.62x39, Monte Carlo wood stock, new condition, $142.63
Lee Enfield No. 4 MK 1, sporter - .303 Brit, very good condition, $113.63
Lee Enfield No.1 MK 111 - .303 Brit, very good condition, $96.94
Enfield P17 - 30-06, very good condition, $122.63
Polish M-44 carbine - 762x54R, new condition, $96.63
Swedish M96 - 6.5x55 Swede, very good condition, $87.94
Swedish Mauser M38 short rifle - 6.5x55 Swede, very good condition, $114.94
U.S. M-1 Garand - 30-06, Springfield Armory, very good condition, $259.63
Beretta M-1 Garand - 30-06, very good condition, $259.63
If a time machine is ever invented one day I know that unfortunately I won't be one of the lucky people who get to use it.
Note no SVT-40 back then?...
Note no SVT-40 back then?...
I don't recall if I saw any SVT-40's listed in the old LeBarons catalogs I used to own. I just checked the 1991 and the 1996 catalogs and I don't see the SVT-40 listed. I'm going to guess that they used to sell them but I don't know when the first SVT-40's entered the country.
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very good ...
they are many western countries that may be impacted the same as us. i will repeat my thought on it: we re far from what happened there noting that doesnt mean it may not happen as well but the cocktail that created those wars is not here.
Some interesting points:
Chinese SKS more $$ than now (well 6 months ago).
Russian SKS less $$ than Chinese SKS.
Garand for $260
Man, I wish I had been 18 then, and knew what I know now.
