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i m interested in adding one of these to my collection. Where do you find these? Im in the orillia area, dies epps have these guns? Are they labelled as something else like the norc m14s? Any help is apreciated
 
These are in the red rifle section of the forum. I believe frontier should have these as well as many other places.
 
Don't be surprised to also find them for sale at a good price at your local ammo and fishing stores.
They are all over the place. :)
 
Buy one from Westrifle - they pin the mag inside the mag well, attached to the follower and besdies, they have beautiful, non-refurbished, non-issued stock right now. Just call and chat with Al there, he'll hook you up
 
Do you mean a collectable SKS or just add one to the closet? Non-fired, non-issued SKS's can be found in the classifieds here at gunutz and Yugoslavian units do come up for sale once in a while. There are a number of other SKS variants that are worth money. If its just fun you want than make sure you buy a Russian unit as they tend to be of better quality. Also, buy only non-corrosive ammo as the corrosive stuff will leave your gun rusty if not cleaned immediatly and thoroughly. Norinco M14's ARE NOT SKS's but a Chinese made knock off of the American M14.
 
Boulevard said:
If its just fun you want than make sure you buy a Russian unit as they tend to be of better quality. Also, buy only non-corrosive ammo as the corrosive stuff will leave your gun rusty if not cleaned immediatly and thoroughly.
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Chinese Military issue SKS are made from the same machines that the Russians sold off to China, and by the same Russian Engineers, Can you support your comment of how the quality has degraded?




Above corrosive ammunition comments notwithstanding, They all need to be cleaned after use, they have chrome bores, the cleaning process is virtually the same, and these rifles were properly cared for by illiterate and uneducated conscripts in the field, yet they didn't rust apart and we still use them today. Just buy the cheapest surplus ammunition on the market. Non-corrosive ammunition is double the cost of surplus, and is no way, shape, or form going to guarantee that your rifle will not rust if you neglect it. This entire Non-corrosive thing is a myth supported by people who cannot clean a rifle properly. If you don't clean your rifle, it can still rust up without ever having fired a corrosive round.
 
I see them now at Canadian Tire and even Home Hardware (if you have ones in your area that sell guns as not all do)... it's pretty common now, seems almost everyone is selling them.
 
The ones with the blade bayonets have barrels that are screwed into the receiver .The spiked ones are pinned in place.It's a matter of preference...........Harold
 
fiddler said:
Chinese Military issue SKS are made from the same machines that the Russians sold off to China, and by the same Russian Engineers, Can you support your comment of how the quality has degraded?




Above corrosive ammunition comments notwithstanding, They all need to be cleaned after use, they have chrome bores, the cleaning process is virtually the same, and these rifles were properly cared for by illiterate and uneducated conscripts in the field, yet they didn't rust apart and we still use them today. Just buy the cheapest surplus ammunition on the market. Non-corrosive ammunition is double the cost of surplus, and is no way, shape, or form going to guarantee that your rifle will not rust if you neglect it. This entire Non-corrosive thing is a myth supported by people who cannot clean a rifle properly. If you don't clean your rifle, it can still rust up without ever having fired a corrosive round.
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agreed, im willing to bet half of the "non corrosive" stuff sold out there is still corrosive. they survived alot of field use from 60-70 years ago, shooting the very same cheap ammo you can buy today. if you want to waste your money on non corrosive on a cheap gun thats not very accurate in the first place go ahead, personally only my nice guns get nice ammo. clean your gear and feed it the cheap ammo.
 
BrotherRockeye said:
Machines wear making acceptable tolerances...unacceptable...so they sell them to China and replace them with new ones.
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A guy had a brand new Chinese one at the range the other day. Shot about 2moa or less(100m) with surplus out of the box using irons.

As far as I can tell they are likely better than the russian ones strictly due to better steel being used and not being war time manufacture.
 
fiddler said:
Just buy the cheapest surplus ammunition on the market. Non-corrosive ammunition is double the cost of surplus,
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How do you figure that? Marstar is selling corrosive rounds for $285 (plus tax) per case of 1400 rounds. Which is 21.4 cents per round (we won't include shipping here, too controversial) and CanAm is selling non-corrosive for $299 (plus tax) for 1200 rounds. Which is 26.2 cents per round. Trade Ex is selling for 19.7 cents per round. Westrifle is selling corrosive? ammo for 22.5 cents per round
No one is selling corrosive ammo for 13cents per round, ANYWHERE! So how do y ou figure that non-corrosive is DOUBLE??
Perhaps math has changed since I took it in school, but Double means twice as much. Sorry, anyone with stock is not selling it cheap.
 
Well I just went through the Dilemma of choosing between the Russian, and Chinese, and ended up choosing the Non Refurb/Unissued Russian SKS from Tradex.

Marstars deal on the Chinese SKS is a good price, but after taxes and the expensive shipping the price difference is not that bad, and my personal opinion is that the Russian SKS's are nicer. Also helped that I was made an offer to split a crate of ammo locally for a good price so it just made more sense.

The Chinese SKS's I have seen looked pretty rough, and they were new in plastic and grease.

That and who knows how long these unissued Russian SKS's will be around.

Just means that when I am ready to buy another crate, I will likely order the crate + SKS deal from Marstar, and leave the Chinese in grease, or bury it somewhere. ;)
 
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