???? Where are all the sks-d's ???

polskiogorki said:
Think a numbers matching k98 would entice a someone for a straight trade on an sks-d?
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The K98 mostly appeals to collectors, while the SKS-D would appeal to a prepper who's expecting some kind of a SHTF scenario.
There is deffinitelly some overlap between the two, but in my opinion this is not a very likely transaction to take place.
 
I would not do this trade, the SKS-D is more valuable especially unfired, i am pretty sure they were never issue to no one.
 
caramel said:
In the 80th, i bought 2 SKS-D from Checkmate Sports on St-Hubert street in Montreal with consecutive serial numbers. I gave one to my brother and i kept one, we still have them, awesome rifles. I shot mine once, my brother kept is unfired and BNIB. I paid 99.00 each... WOW AND RE-WOW.
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Checkmate sport is the place were Lepine bought is mini-14 for the massacre at Polytechnic.
 
caramel said:
I would not do this trade, the SKS-D is more valuable especially unfired, i am pretty sure they were never issue to no one.
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I see alot of k98's selling for 1500-2500
Any sks-d I've seen were under 1000.
I don't believe they surpassed the k98's value.
But I could be mistaken
 
polskiogorki said:
I see alot of k98's selling for 1500-2500
Any sks-d I've seen were under 1000.
I don't believe they surpassed the k98's value.
But I could be mistaken
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Last time I had seen an actual SKS-D (not the KD) for sale was roughly 3 years ago....at that time the price was $800 and it sold fast.
If I were to see one today, I would expect the price to be on par with Type 81.

While the Type 81 is poping up sporadically here and there, I do believe that seeing an SKS-D for sale at this point would be the equivalent of spotting a flying unicorn, as nobody in their right mind would sell one...especially post the ill concieved OIC.
 
CZ Shooter said:
Last time I had seen an actual SKS-D (not the KD) for sale was roughly 3 years ago....at that time the price was $800 and it sold fast.
If I were to see one today, I would expect the price to be on par with Type 81.

While the Type 81 is poping up sporadically here and there, I do believe that seeing an SKS-D for sale at this point would be the equivalent of spotting a flying unicorn, as nobody in their right mind would sell one...especially post the ill concieved OIC.
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Right on.
 
jaroslav said:
IF it were legal to use 30 rnd mag not pinned to 5 rounds, then I would rather machine $150 Chinese SKS to SKS-D then paying $1500 for a real one.
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From what I can gather, this conversion is not an easy job.
Anything could be done with the right skill set and the right equipment of course, but i think this one is above and beyond to what most average people should attempt.
 
CZ Shooter said:
Made to take AK mags straight from the factory and reliable as ####.
Hard to beat combination.
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SKS-D is just a group name, there were several variants, also with different takes on mag release. While it's indeed factory mag conversion - it's not military design and brief look at the mechanism would tell you it's a hack job to satisfy commercial market, no military would accept such mechanism as it was implemented, one small change would make it reliable, but they never bothered. Our Canadian version of Type 81 on another hand has no changes in mag release since its original design. But it has its own issues, such as poor QC. SO as for mags handling T81 wins hands down. SKS-D is winner in different area, it doesn't require special mag and there is compatibility with many SKS parts and aftermarket accessories.
 
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I doubt many people would bother paying more than let's say $800 for a SKS-D with one mag. I have owned a few and there is nothing special about them. Comparing it to a type 81? Haha, wishful thinking.
 
scianna54 said:
I doubt many people would bother paying more than let's say $800 for a SKS-D with one mag. I have owned a few and there is nothing special about them. Comparing it to a type 81? Haha, wishful thinking.
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So you are saying a type 81 is more reliable and a better gun than an sks-d?
Let's throw the m10x in there as well, if you had all 3 in front of you and had to make the decision which to trust the most which would would it be ??
 
I bought mine from P and D at the AACCA Easter gun show in the very early '90's I believe it was, for $160. Accuracy was terrible. Mags were difficult to remove, especially the short 5 rounder it came with. The Chinese coffin wood stock fit terribly. I sold it several years ago with four mags for $650. No regrets.

Auggie D.
 
polskiogorki said:
So you are saying a type 81 is more reliable and a better gun than an sks-d?
Let's throw the m10x in there as well, if you had all 3 in front of you and had to make the decision which to trust the most which would would it be ??
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having owned and shot the 3 only will remain if i had to keep only one the t81 and way above the other ones.
 
Horilka said:
SKS-D is just a group name, there were several variants, also with different takes on mag release. While it's indeed factory mag conversion - it's not military design and brief look at the mechanism would tell you it's a hack job to satisfy commercial market, no military would accept such mechanism as it was implemented, one small change would make it reliable, but they never bothered. Our Canadian version of Type 81 on another hand has no changes in mag release since its original design. But it has its own issues, such as poor QC. SO as for mags handling T81 wins hands down. SKS-D is winner in different area, it doesn't require special mag and there is compatibility with many SKS parts and aftermarket accessories.
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there is only one SKS-D . It features an AK47 type magazine release and was made as such from the factory..... for whatever reason.
Changing mags on an sks-d is no different or problematic than changing mags on an AK47 and yet the AK gets praise but the sks-d does not?
Then there is the SKS M that came in a fatter stock with a rubber buttpad and came with 5 round mags. Back when these rifles were cheap and plentiful and full capacity mags were not prohibitted, we got to shoot a lot of these rifles side by side and the SKS-M , which is just a factory modified fixed mag, does not function with full capacity mags, they fall out of the rifle as it recoils due to thier weight. The sliding mag catch just doesn't hold the weight of a loaded full cap mag.
When the SHTF and the rifle you reach for can't accept and function with full cap mags it is a useless rifle.

I dunno about these T81 rifles as I'm not in the mood to pay those kind of prices for another rifle made in China. But if I did have an SKS-D i sure as heck wouldn't be trading it for a t81
 
polskiogorki said:
So you are saying a type 81 is more reliable and a better gun than an sks-d?
Let's throw the m10x in there as well, if you had all 3 in front of you and had to make the decision which to trust the most which would would it be ??
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ofcos the T81 is more reliable, its battle proven so was the SKS till it was commercialized. it was never intended to have a removable mag but it was a marketing ploy, invented by the americans. yes, sks-d was an american invention, they taught the chinese how to convert it.
 
I was late to the game and never saw one cheaper than $850 for a used one. There were other similar priced options back then.
 
Curtton said:
ofcos the T81 is more reliable, its battle proven so was the SKS till it was commercialized. it was never intended to have a removable mag but it was a marketing ploy, invented by the americans. yes, sks-d was an american invention, they taught the chinese how to convert it.
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The SKS-D was not a conversion, it employs a proprietory trigger group with an AK type mag release.
Any other SKS that accepts a detacheable magazine but doesn't have an AK type mag release is a Modified conversion..... such as the SKS-M
But i figured you knew that already

all arguments aside (t81 vs sks-d) I suppose it boils down to personal preference.
 
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