Sks unissued/unfired
- Thread starter r.fallon
- Start date
May/June? I thought it was last advertised as April? 
Any idea when the African rifles will be available?
As for the OP's question, the rifle is, I assume, pinned on the follower. Some of these did come in unissued with gold colored preservative still on the bayonet. Someone offered me one the other day for $450. If this is market price (?) then they've gone up about $200 in price since the franken-pinned guns came in and made the non-frankens rare. Personally, I think the price should be more like $300 or so for a run of the mill example.
No Chinese SKS are franken-pinned that I know of. they have a post riveted into the bottom of the mag, fairly discretely by way of comparison.
Any idea when the African rifles will be available?
As for the OP's question, the rifle is, I assume, pinned on the follower. Some of these did come in unissued with gold colored preservative still on the bayonet. Someone offered me one the other day for $450. If this is market price (?) then they've gone up about $200 in price since the franken-pinned guns came in and made the non-frankens rare. Personally, I think the price should be more like $300 or so for a run of the mill example.
No Chinese SKS are franken-pinned that I know of. they have a post riveted into the bottom of the mag, fairly discretely by way of comparison.
Except when assembled eh ? Or does Norinco have an automated system ? There is so much FDI in that country, you can walk to China and back on it.
Aren't unpinned magazines against the law by the way ?
Not possible, as in my research I have learned that it is standard practice for Russian and Chinese to test fire the rifles for sight in and general function before they are cleaned and preserved for storage/transport. Personally I would not want a rifle that has not been tested.
Having said this I look forward to seeing what is coming in.
Coyote Ugly
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
$99.00 or less was the price of the SKS's at the Calgary Gun Show, about 10yrs ago.
Came in big wood boxes, like 10 or more packed in like sardines!
I hope when the Norinco Boats come in to our shores this time and flood the market, the price will be very attractive. The "Boat" will cause a shift in the Supply-Demand Curve thus lowering the price, and stimulating the Canadian Economy, making our dollar go to 1.35 US, gasoline to 0.31 cents/liter, is my prediction. Can hardly wait!
Came in big wood boxes, like 10 or more packed in like sardines!
I hope when the Norinco Boats come in to our shores this time and flood the market, the price will be very attractive. The "Boat" will cause a shift in the Supply-Demand Curve thus lowering the price, and stimulating the Canadian Economy, making our dollar go to 1.35 US, gasoline to 0.31 cents/liter, is my prediction. Can hardly wait!
I paid $321 from Frontier for my 54 Izhvesk in Jan 09 with the non franken pinning. It is unfired/unissued condition and has the gold bayonet. I keep taking it out of the safe to go shoot it because I sold my refurb Tula and my SKS-D was stolen. But just as I am about to take it to the car, common sense prevails and I put it back. Begrudgingly of course.
I already own several rifles/hang guns I don't fire because of collector value and it sucks.
I already own several rifles/hang guns I don't fire because of collector value and it sucks.
r.fallon isnt talking about un-pin mag , he was talking about non-franken pinned mag of the russian SKS.
non-franken pin mag: bolcked by a rod welded to the follower, no change in the exterior of mag.
franken pinned mag: mag bottom butchered by drilling, welding, sanding and covered up with black paint.
heavyBullet
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just off the island of MTL
I bought mine a few years ago with a spare mag and both are pinned with an epoxyed lego block, so it must be pretty evil.
Not possible, as in my research I have learned that it is standard practice for Russian and Chinese to test fire the rifles for sight in and general function before they are cleaned and preserved for storage/transport. Personally I would not want a rifle that has not been tested.
Having said this I look forward to seeing what is coming in.
Yeah, good point. Reminds me of that gun from 'The Mexican'.
- Location
- In the Badlands of Alberta
Pricing on Russian SKSs from the first IZH-Impex import is roughly I would say:
Refurbed $300
As-issued unrefurbed $350
Non-refurbed $400
Un-issued $450
Izhevsk,and Letter series laminates are worth $50 or more above the prices of the nonrefurbs.
Refurbed $300
As-issued unrefurbed $350
Non-refurbed $400
Un-issued $450
Izhevsk,and Letter series laminates are worth $50 or more above the prices of the nonrefurbs.
Hey Sean,
As a dealer I like those prices. Do you think people would pay for non-frankpinned ones?
As a dealer I like those prices. Do you think people would pay for non-frankpinned ones?
Deltasilver
Regular
- Location
- Right behind you...
I own two of your rifles. One was purchased purely because I liked the grain of the laminate, the other as trading fodder for another collector who had something I wanted.
Both surpassed my expectations, both had that horrible hack-job mag limitation.
The battle rifle guys like to joke about the inebriated Chinese shop students who crank out the Norinco M14 rifles, but this is worse. Seriously, short of using a drill and a big friggin' bolt, could these mag mode possibly be any uglier?
Yah I'd pay more. Not a hundred bucks more, but more.
I explained it in another posts and I will explain it again. It is not us who decided to do this kind of pinning. Law allowing exportation in Russia or any other former USSR country is the same. I am working on the changing this pinning, but it is not as easy as you think.
Understood, but there has to be more than one kind of pinning acceptable to them.
Go look at any chinese SKS. They discretly put a hard steel rivet in the mag casing where the serial number doesn't get obliterated. That would be FAR preferable to the ugly weld job we are getting.
Go look at any chinese SKS. They discretly put a hard steel rivet in the mag casing where the serial number doesn't get obliterated. That would be FAR preferable to the ugly weld job we are getting.
