Why do I keep reading about how the russian sks are almost done.
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ghostntheshell
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Marketing.
There are plenty.
There are plenty.
burnt_servo
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kind of like a few months ago there was a rumour that the 7.62x39 surplus ammo was drying up ...... about a month later a whole new supply showed up ......
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- Eastern part of Western Canada
Probably, a whole lot still kicking around but it is a surplus item.
But, the first rule of surplus is that it's surplus.
My boss has a Enfield that he by got kicking open the crate and paying the princely sum of $15 for.
It was surplus then and readily available. So you pay your money and take your chances.
But, the first rule of surplus is that it's surplus.
My boss has a Enfield that he by got kicking open the crate and paying the princely sum of $15 for.
It was surplus then and readily available. So you pay your money and take your chances.
Like all things surplus, depletion is imminent. And because of its affordability, redneck bubba/trailer trash neglect will be done to most of them if not already. Eventually, finding a matching mint specimen will be harder down the road.
Good news for the folks who takes good care of their rifles. Ask the guys who collect surplus.
Good news for the folks who takes good care of their rifles. Ask the guys who collect surplus.
There are a gazillion of them made, but it is surplus and will deplete at some point. Buy what you want and what you can when it becomes available. In the short term, it take time and manpower to load up and ship containers to Canada. Sometimes we're in between shipments and it looks like there are few being sold.
A truer statement you will not find....it's always very imminent but just unpredictable of when. Don't wait for tomorrow.
All us older fellows can tell you stories of how cheap some stuff was at some point and we wish we had bought more. Usually home budgetary constraints don't allow most of us to hoard and take advantage of some very attractive pricing - but we sure would hoard if it was possible.
boltonscouter
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I remember when Enfields & 303 British were easy to find & buy cheaply. We thought the supply was bottomless. Fast forward to today and you know different. I tell my son the SKS is the Enfield of his generation so buy it when you can and pile the crates high & dry if you can afford it! Prices aren't likely to go down but availability will (eventually).
boltonscouter
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It's like the World ran out of $0.50/l gasoline but there's tons for $2/l gas!!!
shotgun-bob
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- vancouver island, b.c.
beg yer pardon...some rednecks clean their guns, & trailer trash may not wreck guns, they may even treat them as you would a $10,000 gun, being they don't have much surplus cash...??
50 cent/l gas ,,thats funny,,I worked at a gas station for a couple years and we had a price competition going on so the price dropped from .59 cents to .54 cents,,,,, a GALLON!. But then I am older than dirt! ;0)
Not fun hung over on a sat. morning pumping gas into a chrysler new yorker while it is still running and blowing leaded smoke in your face!
back when
It wasnt that long ago that you could buy FN"s for $120 bucks and there was tons of them, and tons of" Steel point" ammo for next to nothing. Webly and Enfield 38,s were $30 to $35. bucks and you could buy the ammo for $20 a bag "100 rounds S/W. I can also remember buying Cooey 22 rifles at an auction for $5.00 to $15.00bucks as well, no PAL needed.
It wasnt that long ago that you could buy FN"s for $120 bucks and there was tons of them, and tons of" Steel point" ammo for next to nothing. Webly and Enfield 38,s were $30 to $35. bucks and you could buy the ammo for $20 a bag "100 rounds S/W. I can also remember buying Cooey 22 rifles at an auction for $5.00 to $15.00bucks as well, no PAL needed.
the LE was so cheap that owners couldnt bubba them fast enuff to a hunting rifle , they were so plentiful that they were overflowing into the pawn shops on hastings street vancouver , as a boy in the early seventies looking thru the display window and wishing that some day i could afford to buy one at $25 . i remember across the street the army and navy department store had 22s in the basement sporting goods for $16 , you can imagine that used 22 today wouldnt be worth very much while the LE has shot up .
