marstar 70,000/10,000 SKS, eta aug 20th, price $189 new military.
- Thread starter Curtton
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Most shooters if you asked them what they thought of the commercially made Chinese SKS's would tell you they had poor groupings, poor fitting, poor workmanship, basic quality wood, etc. The ones you see in the country now (like the ones we sell) were better made, higher tolerances, more solid, etc. Russia made their SKS's better than almost everyone. (maybe excluding Yugoslavia) Lots of people when they got their orangey colored stock SKS quickly tossed the stock and put a tactical one on it, or scrounged for a Russian one.
What would be nice is to see SKS's come into the country from other arsenals to compare production.
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- London, Ontario
Not a bad price......but I only paid $199.99 for my Russian 53' Tula.
not all the "commercial" guns were hurriedly assembled from spare parts for the commercial market. Many "commercial" guns were jsut military made guns with the receiver markings milled off and a commercial stamp applied. This kills any value for a collector, but could still make a good shooter.
In order to determine what type you have, detailed pics would be needed.
Of further note, ALL SKS parts are military surplus. The difference is the commercial guns are quickly thrown together from surplus or reject spare parts and typically don't have proper military characteristics or markings. The fit and finish is also usually inferrior.
In order to determine what type you have, detailed pics would be needed.
Of further note, ALL SKS parts are military surplus. The difference is the commercial guns are quickly thrown together from surplus or reject spare parts and typically don't have proper military characteristics or markings. The fit and finish is also usually inferrior.
CLAVEN2;
PLEASE, PLEASE get your facts together before issuing statements....
"In other words, Marstar is not going to be a game-changer on this new Chinese military SKS import"
You do not have the details of the contract, yes a very small lot was sold to a Canadian importer.... Once the Chinese approached us I sent Frank over to do an inspection, we purchased the entire lot on the spot.... As well as contracted for other goods.
" Other dealers are already at the $189 price point - some are even lower - with the Factory 625 and 306 guns."
You have no idea as to what our markering plan is, do you ?
"Frankly, I'm a bit surprised. With Marstar's relationship with the Chinese Norinco group, I'd have thought John would ensure they'd at least get guns from a different depot or arsenal so that they are selling a somewhat different product than everyone else"
What has the Norinco group got to do with this contract ??
I was not aware that you checked out all the guns, was that before or after we were there ??
This posting is a perfect example of why we are hesitant to talk about something before it get here....
JOHN
PLEASE, PLEASE get your facts together before issuing statements....
"In other words, Marstar is not going to be a game-changer on this new Chinese military SKS import"
You do not have the details of the contract, yes a very small lot was sold to a Canadian importer.... Once the Chinese approached us I sent Frank over to do an inspection, we purchased the entire lot on the spot.... As well as contracted for other goods.
" Other dealers are already at the $189 price point - some are even lower - with the Factory 625 and 306 guns."
You have no idea as to what our markering plan is, do you ?
"Frankly, I'm a bit surprised. With Marstar's relationship with the Chinese Norinco group, I'd have thought John would ensure they'd at least get guns from a different depot or arsenal so that they are selling a somewhat different product than everyone else"
What has the Norinco group got to do with this contract ??
I was not aware that you checked out all the guns, was that before or after we were there ??
This posting is a perfect example of why we are hesitant to talk about something before it get here....
JOHN
ROB350;
"Those pics may be 20 years old, so probably different shipment of guns"
Not certain I understand what your point/question is ?? Yes the pictures I posted are 20 yrs old, but what shipment are we discussing here ? I have gone through many shipments in the past 20 yrs.
John
"Those pics may be 20 years old, so probably different shipment of guns"
Not certain I understand what your point/question is ?? Yes the pictures I posted are 20 yrs old, but what shipment are we discussing here ? I have gone through many shipments in the past 20 yrs.
John
Think he was referring to the factory the rifles came from.
As we've already seen factory 306, like the one pictured.
He was just saying that just cause you have factory 306 in one picture, it does not mean all the rifles you're bringing in will be factory 306
Ar180shooter
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- Ottawa, ON
I hope I can get my hands on a North Korean SKS. 
browning nb
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- Riverview nb canada
Hi John,
I've known you for a few years now and you know I'm not typically in the business of trying to slag Marstar or you personally. Speculation is what the internet is all about and until you publicly say otherwise, it's all we poor internet folks have!
The observations I made are based on what your staff posted on the Marstar Facebook page. They showed pics of what is a "typical" gun coming form the new shipment. It's a factory 306 pinned barrel rifle. It's identical to the hundreds of them North Sylva recently imported. Maybe you have lots of other factory codes coming in, and if so, that's great! So far we, as an internet community have only been shown a 306 which is status quo for hte Canadian market at present.
I don't have any insider info on your marketing strategy, but another poster here claims to have called and was told over the phone they would be $189ea. All speculation on here has been centered around that figure for the last couple of days.
As for Norinco, they are typically the state agency the PLA uses to sell these guns, presumably even to you
The PLA has access to all the dozens of factory codes out there and if you are bringing in a big variety of codes, that's fantastic and really good news. I hope you do!Was pointing out that you said the pics are 20 years old, so I doubt that shipment is the same shipment that is actually coming in. As Claven was basing his info on the pics from my understanding.
I'll just wait until I get the official word from John/Marstar. There is always soo much blah blah blah.
The price isn't blah blah blah. I just checked, John posted it on twitter and Facebook.
The question in my mind is whether there will be a variety of Factory codes or only 306 and 625 guns. I'll buy more if there is variety. If not, I already have those factories
2400 SKS in one container. Yes it is not to many. Goes really fast another one on the way.
A 40 inch container couldnt hold to many guns .
