Sadly, they are not stupid.
They talked about to give 1000$ per gun so, they made the banned list in consequence.
There are not a lot of gun on their list that worth less than 1000$...
And they know that only a bunch of us will take the $ and majority will keep it.
Imagine, they even banned 60-81-120 mm mortar , boys .55 , ptrs/ptrd... is there ammo for it on market lol ?!?
Government will have a ban at very low cost...and they knew it.
Why to pay 1000$ for a sks...
It will be on the next list ...and they will adjust price for...
Sorry, just my 2 cents
I suspect you are correct in that assumption. Though with ar platforms out of the picture as well as the mini 14, the sky ma well increase in price as there are few other options