It seems in the USA some SKS models are collectable. How about here , if you have an unfired ealry 60's norinco should you put it away or just go ahead and shoot it. I just want to clean it up and shoot the hell out of it. Is that a mistake 
Collectable SKS ??
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Anything NIB and that old is "collectible" to someone, especially with original packaging. The first time you shoot it, its value will decrease a bunch, even with one shot.
I'd sell it and buy a new Norinco. You'll likely pocket $100.
I'd sell it and buy a new Norinco. You'll likely pocket $100.
In the USA the Norincos are hard to come by do to the ban on Norinco products in the USA, so it's kind'a the forbidden fruit for them, while here the Russian SKS's are in demand.
I say keep it clean, well maintained, and enjoy it.
I say keep it clean, well maintained, and enjoy it.
Calum said:
2x, gun prices in general are usually lower in the US than up here, except for norinco/chinese rifles due to the clinton ban, they are slightly higher there.
unless your norinco was made in 1956 (i believe that would be the rarest) , i would just enjoy it.
Hey for $160 (average cost) have one for shooting and one for collectable .
Curtton, i find guns cheaper up here than in the US. Like in Seattle they were selling SKS for $180 US, after factoring exchange rates its still cheaper here.
.Curtton, i find guns cheaper up here than in the US. Like in Seattle they were selling SKS for $180 US, after factoring exchange rates its still cheaper here.
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curtton said:
You got that right Curton...once in a while I take a drive over the border, and end up at Gander Mountain just to get jealous of their pricing. You have to love a store where ALL their rifles and shotguns are on the wall for everyone to handle, and not locked up in cabinets like here. Even ammo is on shelves in the open just like its a grocery store. My stainless Ruger I bought here for $800 a few years back was only $550 there.
heavyBullet said:
nothing like that here , i guess by law the guns have to behind the counter, incased in glass or chained to the rack, all the guns/sporting good stores here are pretty small, under a 1200 Sq feet and i live in the 3rd largest city in canada, go figure!!!
i did hear that there a big gun/sporting goods store opened in kelowna last year but that is 8 hour and $100 gas round trip, aint worth it.
I recall years ago in Surrey where a guy walked into a gun shop to look at a handgun, loaded it up when the clerk handed it to him. Clerk was quicker with his 12 guage than the guy was loading the pistol. So maybe thats why things are tighter now ... LIABILITY
lcpaintballer said:Hey for $160 (average cost) have one for shooting and one for collectable
Curtton, i find guns cheaper up here than in the US. Like in Seattle they were selling SKS for $180 US, after factoring exchange rates its still cheaper here.
Also I doubt you will ever be able to get an SKS through the US border these days... speaking legally of course.
throback said:
and i recall years ago (maybe 15 years) in burnaby on kingsway , a man rob a gun store, he got as far as his parked car outside, he and the owner exchange a volley of gunfire on the sidewalk . if i remember correctly, the robber was killed and the owner was wounded, soon after either the store was moved or it shut down all together.
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I should have mentioned that the rifles and shotguns are all on the wall to handle, but do have cables attatched to them so you can only leave the shelf with them for about 3 feet, so you could not just grab one and walk around with it, But, you can handle the weapon without having wait in line at the gun counter like here.
