Heard about it. Got all excited. Went and seen it. Shone a bore light down the barrel. Got out the cleaning kit. Scrubbed the barrel for a while with a brass brush. Ran a couple patches through . Left it there. Oh well . It was a really nice drive !
Passed on a $200 SVT-40 yesterday
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There's almost nothing I'll buy with a poor bore and it's only possible that you'd break even at best with the nuisance of selling it for parts bit-by-bit.
I always walk from deals employing the common: "bore is dirty, but rifling appears good. Might clean up with some work.". The owner knows it's crap, but wants an alibi for his claim that it might be good.
I always walk from deals employing the common: "bore is dirty, but rifling appears good. Might clean up with some work.". The owner knows it's crap, but wants an alibi for his claim that it might be good.
gewehr76
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
As long as it had continuous rifling and grooves, it will still shoot ok or even good for some. Majority of SVT's have dark bores. 200$ is probably a bargain if rifle is complete, OP you should have bought it.
Sounds like a victim of corrosive ammo & neglect for sure!
A Good bore definitely reflects on the price ( pun intended)
Not my cup of tea ---but if I had a ton of corrosive ammo that I wanted to spray & pray downrange , It'd be a good gun to shoot it with .
A Good bore definitely reflects on the price ( pun intended)
Not my cup of tea ---but if I had a ton of corrosive ammo that I wanted to spray & pray downrange , It'd be a good gun to shoot it with .
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Travis Bickle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Upper Lower Middle Alberta
Yeah,
I would have lowballed him to $160, sold the magazine for $160 and parted the old b*tch out!
Yeah , it had definitely been shot a lot with corrosive, which isn't a bad thing. That's what they were made for. But if you don't clean them and maintain them this is what happens. The rifling was almost nonexistent . It was barely visible , rounded , real rough looking ,"pitted badly" on both the grooves and remnants of the lands. The guy had the " it should clean up some " line.
I said I brought cleaning supplies with me , lets see.
It may have been toast when he bought it , and perhaps he thought he'd try it to see if it would shoot. I wouldn't take that chance.
People get way too caught up at auctions in the bidding wars sometimes, and regret it later.
Or they impulse buy and regret it later.
Or they buy a certain gun because it's the only one they have seen in that model for a while , and regret it later.
I have lots of other guns to shoot , and I didn't need to regret anything later. LOL
I was suspicious of the price before I even got there. The bore is the first thing I look at closely . It was not for me.
I'm sure somebody will buy it real soon. And they might be happy with it. At that price it might be gone already.
To each their own.
I said I brought cleaning supplies with me , lets see.
It may have been toast when he bought it , and perhaps he thought he'd try it to see if it would shoot. I wouldn't take that chance.
People get way too caught up at auctions in the bidding wars sometimes, and regret it later.
Or they impulse buy and regret it later.
Or they buy a certain gun because it's the only one they have seen in that model for a while , and regret it later.
I have lots of other guns to shoot , and I didn't need to regret anything later. LOL
I was suspicious of the price before I even got there. The bore is the first thing I look at closely . It was not for me.
I'm sure somebody will buy it real soon. And they might be happy with it. At that price it might be gone already.
To each their own.
Walking away was a good thing on what would just be a parts gun.
I always check the bore on a surplus rifle... last Mauser I checked had been partially cleaned but still had a small layer of cosmo in it but I could see strong rifling. Took it home, ran a couple patches and the bore was like new!
I always check the bore on a surplus rifle... last Mauser I checked had been partially cleaned but still had a small layer of cosmo in it but I could see strong rifling. Took it home, ran a couple patches and the bore was like new!
BeaverMeat
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nanaimo, B.C.
Yeah,
I would have lowballed him to $160, sold the magazine for $160 and parted the old b*tch out!
Done that with a few rotten SKSes. Kept the parts for my self the were still good. Stripped it down completely and sold the rest on eBay to the US.
Yeah,
I would have lowballed him to $160, sold the magazine for $160 and parted the old b*tch out!
I forgot how expensive these mags are...
bigjohndatsun
Regular
- Location
- Coquitlam, BC
Good pass, we ain't in America where that would be considered "shooter grade"
Hey Beaver , off topic but is it painless selling SKS parts on eBay to US buyers? Any permits needed or red tape involved? Obviously no receivers but everything else I'm assuming. Thxs
