Noticed on EE a flood of SKS last weeks.

I dont think you will find any rime or reason on sks pricing till things cool off after the shootings in canada and the chance of the sks possibly going prohib.
still people buying and some unloading. vary wide price range.
 
rajczak_kashka said:
And who would buy an SKS when you can buy an AK? That’s why price stagnant in USA
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Prices are stagnant in the US because Trump is the president. Clinton, Obama and Biden are some of the biggest firearms movers in history.
Whenever there is a gun friendly president at the helm, everyone takes a deep breath and relaxes, firearm sales slow down.

2017 was one of the absolute best years for buying guns in Canada. Trump was at the helm and manufacturers were dumping guns up here for peanuts. I still have old booking catalogs from back them. Any new guy would drool at what was available, and the price it was selling at.
 
wrangler4867 said:
Prices are stagnant in the US because Trump is the president. Clinton, Obama and Biden are some of the biggest firearms movers in history.
Whenever there is a gun friendly president at the helm, everyone takes a deep breath and relaxes, firearm sales slow down.

2017 was one of the absolute best years for buying guns in Canada. Trump was at the helm and manufacturers were dumping guns up here for peanuts. I still have old booking catalogs from back them. Any new guy would drool at what was available, and the price it was selling at.
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Yes this is true …
 
Lever Arms in Vancouver was the importer and distributor for SKS and other Chi-Com guns and ammo back in the day. I recall in the early 2000’s an SKS and 1200 rounds of surplus 7.63x39 could be had for $299…
 
jjohnwm said:
This ^ certainly...although I think that if a few crates of SKS hit our shores now, and we didn't have a history of buying them dirt cheap...you know, if there really were only 14 in Canada :rolleyes: ...then they'd likely be priced at about twice what the current going rate is for them...and that they'd sell out very quickly.

And in that imaginary Canada, nobody would know or suspect or believe that these strange new rifles called SKS were as stone-axe reliable and durable as we now know they are. They'd be an unknown quantity, just like all these goofy new Carmels and Makasis and Alcors and all the other weird-ass rifles that nobody ever heard of last year, but which everybody is paying exhorbitant prices for because they have no other choice.

I'm not a huge SKS fan...but it's impossible not to admire them for what they are. They're bulletproof, last forever, are still fairly cheap to shoot (compared to most other rifles in most other chamberings) and still relatively cheap to buy. People who sit around whining about how cheap they once were...will be whining even more next year, or ten years down the road, when they still haven't bought one because then they will be even more expensive...if they're available at all.
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Just like the grossly overpriced Valmet Hunter. The only AK platform rifle allowed to be owned in non restricted form in Canada . People paying upwards of $10k for a rifle that is barely worth one tenth of that amount …I’ve just seen one in pristine condition in the semi auto “LMG” config for a whopping $15k …crazy ..but this country is certainly crazy
 
bisonviril said:
Also buying used is often a risk. I gambled on a used remington 1100 because it was under 400. It ran well for a while, now it's been in the shop for 6 months because spare parts are not being made anymore. At least when you buy a new gun you get some warranty and peace of mind that spare parts will likely be available for some years.
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It’s like buying a used car . When you compare prices of used 30-30 levers for example and than check out brand new at the gun store, it seems more reasonable to add 100-200$ and get a new gun with the warranty.
 
kaskad said:
It’s like buying a used car . When you compare prices of used 30-30 levers for example and than check out brand new at the gun store, it seems more reasonable to add 100-200$ and get a new gun with the warranty.
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Yeah the used gun market is a little absurd, and completely closed to anyone under 40.

Edit: Ok, mostly closed. Outside of a few shotguns and .22s, everyone treats their discontinued rifle as some kind of collectible worthy of a Fabergé egg.
 
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canuck said:
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House prices are ####ed. Food prices are ####ed. Public services are kinda ####ed

Unless you already paid your house and raised your kids (which places you, hopefully, over 40), your safe is likely sparsely populated. Most likely a single digit number of utilitarian game-getters.

Hence why you may not want to gamble on a used firearm with limited parts support. I did exactly that, and my 1100 has been in the shop for 8 months now.
 
bisonviril said:
House prices are ####ed. Food prices are ####ed. Public services are kinda ####ed

Unless you already paid your house and raised your kids (which places you, hopefully, over 40), your safe is likely sparsely populated. Most likely a single digit number of utilitarian game-getters.

Hence why you may not want to gamble on a used firearm with limited parts support. I did exactly that, and my 1100 has been in the shop for 8 months now.
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The trick is betting on the right used firearms.

Then again I don't really want a bunch anymore anyway. Being pared down to a few solid dependables and one or two that are just cool is fine by me. But where your budget/idea of whats dependable and cool places you is gonna be a thing.

Oh, and whats still legal, heh.

What would be a non utilitarian game-getter you'd be interested in?
 
Joel said:
The trick is betting on the right used firearms.

Then again I don't really want a bunch anymore anyway. Being pared down to a few solid dependables and one or two that are just cool is fine by me. But where your budget/idea of whats dependable and cool places you is gonna be a thing.

Oh, and whats still legal, heh.

What would be a non utilitarian game-getter you'd be interested in?
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You make a good point.

After 15 years around guns and many bought and sold, I now know what I like. The problem is that what I like is older lever guns, fine SxS and double rifles. So yeah, highly sought after items.

For a fun gun, a nice, classic marlin in .44 magnum. 0 use case for me, I just think they look neat.

What would you like to add if money was no object?
 
bisonviril said:
You make a good point.

After 15 years around guns and many bought and sold, I now know what I like. The problem is that what I like is older lever guns, fine SxS and double rifles. So yeah, highly sought after items.

For a fun gun, a nice, classic marlin in .44 magnum. 0 use case for me, I just think they look neat.

What would you like to add if money was no object?
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Oh yeah okay thats tough. Definitely not guns that come cheap. And yeah those Marlins are sweet!

Honestly if we are talking all the money in the world, never feel a dent, etc...I would feel tempted for some African style pieces. A double, and something like a stalking rifle in 6.5x54 MS or something like that. Or at least a pre 64 in 375 H&H. Honestly not much else. Blame reading too much Ruark and Capstick haha.
 
Joel said:
Oh yeah okay thats tough. Definitely not guns that come cheap. And yeah those Marlins are sweet!

Honestly if we are talking all the money in the world, never feel a dent, etc...I would feel tempted for some African style pieces. A double, and something like a stalking rifle in 6.5x54 MS or something like that. Or at least a pre 64 in 375 H&H. Honestly not much else. Blame reading too much Ruark and Capstick haha.
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If I win big in the lottery the first item on the list is a french or belgian double rifle Something outrageously decorated. Satyres running around in vines on the stock and a full baccus head on the toe. Deep relief carvings of sea monsters fighting on the reciever mated to deep blued barrels.

Not sure of the caliber.
 
bisonviril said:
House prices are ####ed. Food prices are ####ed. Public services are kinda ####ed

Unless you already paid your house and raised your kids (which places you, hopefully, over 40), your safe is likely sparsely populated. Most likely a single digit number of utilitarian game-getters.

Hence why you may not want to gamble on a used firearm with limited parts support. I did exactly that, and my 1100 has been in the shop for 8 months now.
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Public services are kinda ####ed? I spent 4.5 hours on hold on the phone trying to speak to someone at Canadian Food Inspection Agency. When I finally got someone on the line, they gave me wrong information that I had to correct them on. Our public services are a JOKE …not sure where the 94,000 new federal civil servants Trudeau hired for votes are working …but they sure as heck ain’t at the CFIA
 
wrangler4867 said:
Prices are stagnant in the US because Trump is the president. Clinton, Obama and Biden are some of the biggest firearms movers in history.
Whenever there is a gun friendly president at the helm, everyone takes a deep breath and relaxes, firearm sales slow down.

2017 was one of the absolute best years for buying guns in Canada. Trump was at the helm and manufacturers were dumping guns up here for peanuts. I still have old booking catalogs from back them. Any new guy would drool at what was available, and the price it was selling
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The STAGNENT deal is comrade-CANADA..

$8 billion and $10 billion USD annually
vs
$450 million to $550 million CAD annually

When touring and living in the SOUTH in the Land of DJT...
US gun sales are far from stagnant; the market is currently experiencing renewed month-over-year growth, with over 1.1 million retail firearms sold every single month.

When Every Gun store has a vatiety of pistols and Autos,
or Walmart, Rk Tractor and Farm supply, Flea Markets, pawnshop, antique store have guns for sale ....and they not corked like the BOLT action and shot sales we have here.

Try CC in canada and see what happens or brazenly have one in a holster and walk down a street.

Compared to Canada....Stagnent is here not there.
 
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