SKS D - who used to sell these

[MapleSugar]

Pop got one in pieces. He dropped by last week, since he cannot use his VZ anymore, and we got talking about maybe assembling it again, but missing a stock.

He might try fitting it into a Choate stock if he can find one.

Although, it won't be as snug as the original with the crossbolt and the mag flare.

I don't know how hard those stocks are to find now.

 

[OkayShooter]

He might try fitting it into a Choate stock if he can find one.

Although, it won't be as snug as the original with the crossbolt and the mag flare.

I don't know how hard those stocks are to find now.

I think he cut it to try and make like a AK SKS or something.

I haven't seen the gun in like a decade.

 

[MapleSugar]

I think he cut it to try and make like a AK SKS or something.

I haven't seen the gun in like a decade.

Well, good luck with that.

Hopefully you two can make it functional again.

 

[Chuckbuster]

Back in the 90s, there was a place just outside of Barrie that was selling them. Willow Creek Outfitters.

 

[Gatehouse]

What years were you buying them at those prices?

I would have grabbed a bunch of them for $78 each if they were BNIB.

I remember the ChiCom military SKS's from the 60's going for $149 at Levers in 2006.

I was going to buy a crate of 10 of them, but I didn't get the tax return that I thought I would. I only bought three instead.

FWIW, an 1120 round crate of Czech 7.62x39mm on stripper clips was $159 back then.

Funny, the older I get, the more I can relate to this song.

It would have been early 1990's. For comparison, I also bought a Mossberg Maverick 12 g 18' barrel from Lever at that time that was $150. Now the same shotgun is about $350.

 

[MapleSugar]

It would have been early 1990's. For comparison, I also bought a Mossberg Maverick 12 g 18' barrel from Lever at that time that was $150. Now the same shotgun is about $350.

Thanks! I missed the glory days of Lever Arms.

I've gotten a few good deals there over the years, but none of them were when Alan Lever owned the store.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

Maybe Kodiak will start doing the conversion again now that they banned everything else.

As long as people keep obeying the bans and all the other corrupt laws, be assured that more bans are coming.
From a business standpoint, why would anyone in today's Kanada invest anything in any gun project anymore?
I absolutely would not.

 

[45ACPKING]

I was buying them when Allan Lever was still sitting in his favorite spot at the counter. 4 of us ended up buying a whole pallet of D models. I can't remember the exact price we paid after all this time but Lever had a deal where I think if you bought 3 rifles or 5 maybe? you got a free case of spamm canned norinco silver box. So we had I think 25 rifles and a stack of ammo crates LOL . The pallet was a mix of mostly SKS-D with the AK style mag release, and lesser numbers of the MC5=D with the monte carlo stock and standard sliding mag release and standard SKS-D models with sliding mag release. The SKS-D with the ak style release could function with fully loaded 30 round magazines and full cap drum mags whereas the other 2 "D" models saw those mags dropping out of the rifles on recoil. I don't recall seeing blade bayonets till a few years later when the big suppliers like Bell sporting goods were sending out wholesale adds to retailers and all the ones we got back then had spike bayonets if i remember right. Early 90's though.... exact year escapes me but before magazine restrictions and the gun registry came along.

 

[Karnage]

I bought mine new from International Shooting Supplies, or at least I think that was still their name back in the 90's.

I remember it was $50 more than all the $99 SKS's and since I already bought a shwack off of Lever like others here I only bought one. Impulse buy. Still have it, and the mag still falls out lol.