collectible sks

mkrnel said:
As for the black paint on the butt plates, this was liberally applied and done at the arsenal just before storage to cover any bare metal from rack wear. It normally only covers the ends and butt screws, and is easy to remove and most times shows it was covering very little bluing loss underneath.
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You make an excellent point. Half of my non-refurbs have a dab of black paint on the very edges of the buttplates, and some on the screws. Comes off with your fingernails or acetone.
 
Evil_Edie said:
gotta...catch'em all?

@op: the fact that SKS were quickly replaced in front line service by the AK wasn't due to the fact that the SKS was crap, but simply due to timing. The AK, which was obviously superior in the fact that it was select fire and shorter and less cumbersome, simply came too soon after the SKS was brought into service. the SKS was built for a different philosophy of use which was quickly replaced by one which favoured a carbine length rifle with select fire capability and detachable box magazines. a two year difference in the beginning of the SKS vs the AK simply means that the SKS probably never even had the chance to be fully fielded by the soviets troops before they saw the AK as a more suitable option. It is also fact that during the time which the SKS was tasked for service prior to the AK there was little conflict for it to be involved in.

in short SKSs are not shi* they simply arrived at an interim stage of military philosophy. just prior to a paradigm shift if you will.
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In short. The SKS was a very good deign replaced by an even better design. At the time of it's design, it was head over heals superior to most convetional military firearms of the time.
 
mkrnel said:
Just wondering why this poster thought he was getting a non re-furbished SKS from Trade-Ex when he bought a select SKS? Trade-Ex does not list/advertise their select SKS as not re-furb! only as select.

Like others have said before, all the SKS's coming into Canada are re-furbished, some more than others, I have seen them unpacked from the military storage crates and they are a mix of laminated, ###X'ed stocks, rebuilt and matching like new ones.

Now some of the persons re-selling them as non re-furbished are in fact getting them from the same source and just cherry picking the best ones so they can charge a premium for them. They are by no means selling all the best ones themselves.

As for the black paint on the butt plates, this was liberally applied and done at the arsenal just before storage to cover any bare metal from rack wear. It normally only covers the ends and butt screws, and is easy to remove and most times shows it was covering very little bluing loss underneath.
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Yes I know that now, didn't then. But what is "Select". What are you getting for "Select" so that they charge more. It is too ambiguous. If they are not claiming unrefurb, why charge more? Refurb is refurb. Why did I pay $30 plus tax more for it when my supposed cheaper gun didn't have any paint on the butt plate?... that was my point.
 
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