Why Would ANYONE Want an SKS Rifle in 2025?

[Hitzy]

Tradex was probably the most recent Russian SKS deals, quite a few years ago, $189 if I remember right.
Wild times, Russian SKS were not around, then we were flooded with them.
Current prices for any of them... Chinese or Russian, are pretty offensive and predatory

 

[johnny the boy]

Agreed. Just seen a dealer on this site selling a chin lee SKS for more than $ 900.00 big ones.You can't make this #### up.Waiting for the REAL Black Friday sale ( the last Friday of the month ) You know buy a case of ammo get SKS for $99.00. but even I know I am pissing into the wind.

 

[.22LRGUY]

...and weren't there French Ticklers for $499 about a year or so ago?

 

[Bigvern]

F$@K no!!!! Pure junk

 

[HuskyDude]

Few days left if it's worth more to ya...

 

[I Dont Care About You]

Current prices for any of them... Chinese or Russian, are pretty offensive and predatory

They may be offensive but predatory pricing requires buyers to have no choice and buyers have a choice here. If the price is above what the market will bear. nobody will buy.

...and weren't there French Ticklers for $499 about a year or so ago?

A friend got a regular Chinese from Cabelas for $450 about 18 months ago.

 

[jjabramstank]

Could never bring myself to buy one. Now I’m kinda thinking I should.

What breed is considered the best? European or Chinese?

The good old days huh

Everyone should have one or more... of each.

- East German Karabiner S
- Soviet
- Finnish M39
- Type 56
- Romanian
- Ukrainian -D/-M
- Yugo M59/6

F$@K no!!!! Pure junk

Why Is that? Doesn't seem to be a lot of options left in Canada now a days

 

[mmcintyre1220]

F$@K no!!!! Pure junk

In what sense is the sks junk?

 

[GreenEnsign]

F$@K no!!!! Pure junk

My 1953 Tula is pretty damn accurate at 100-150 yards. I did some work on the stock for a snug fit to prevent the reciever from bouncing around but its far from "Pure junk" lol.

 

[olefrt63]

Man.

Think the first gun I ever bought was a $189.99 Chinese SKS from SIR mailorder

Oh geez, we must be from the same Era, not too many people have heard of SIR mail orders.

 

[Joel]

Oh geez, we must be from the same Era, not too many people have heard of SIR mail orders.

We are...carbon dating myself here haha. I turned of age riiight before they closed

 

[olefrt63]

We are...carbon dating myself here haha. I turned of age riiight before they closed

Ya, I remember shopping online and in the Winnipeg store before they closed. That was a sad day.

 

[jimbo45]

It was like christmas everytime the new sir flyers showed up in the mail at my house bought lots of stuff from them

 

[jimbo45]

Never really had a thing for the sks even though they could be had at kenogami gun shop for i think 120.00 with a case of ammo i always went for the 250.00 converted auto ak-47 rifles they had oh the good old days

 

[Ironballsmahoney]

These can still be had for 450-500 with little search. I hate to say it but if you ever thought about having one, now is the time to buy!

And also buy as much 7.62x39 as you can, the prices have been relatively stable with a semi long plateau if you don't give a hoot about shooting corrosive ammo. Non-corrosive is another ball game though.

Don't see why corrosive hasn't come down... people are so darn picky about not shooting it through an SKS like it's literally hydrochloric acid that it should be leas than $200 per crate.

 

[Wally]

Few days left if it's worth more to ya...

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I am f#cking gob smacked..... unbelieveable.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

My 1953 Tula is pretty damn accurate at 100-150 yards. I did some work on the stock for a snug fit to prevent the reciever from bouncing around

What do you mean by "pretty darn accurate"? 4 MOA? Minute of pie plate?

 

[GrandpaC]

Could never bring myself to buy one. Now I’m kinda thinking I should.

What breed is considered the best? European or Chinese?

Get the Russian model. I had one that I could hit a steel Ram at 500 meters with iron sights. Fun to plink with.... but otherwise I didn't find much value in owning one. Sold mine a few years ago. Don't miss it. But then I have a few pieces that I love to shoot and don't get enough time to take them out of the safe

 

[Max Owner]

Thanx GrandpaC.

 

[GreenEnsign]

What do you mean by "pretty darn accurate"? 4 MOA? Minute of pie plate?

Yea that was a lazy answer on my part. Its about 3 moa using PMC Bronze.