SKS's Looking Rough These Days

Scott Bear said:
Can anyone help in what to look for when buying an SKS? I mainly want a shooter and I've heard the refurbs might be better for shooting since they've been over hauled. Since reading this thread I think I might get another one for collecting and I'm not sure what to look for (the difference between regular markings and refurb markings).
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Get as good a looking refurb as you can for shooting and then wait until Corwin Arms in Kamloops has some nice SKS available for your "keeper"
There is a sticky thread near the top of the Red Rifle section with a title like " Russian SKS45 Id FAQs" that will tell you every thing you need.
 
I was in hical in mission on Sunday. They just brought two crates of matching numbers non issued rifles. My intention was just to look. I walked out with one and so did my bro in law.
 
Big-B said:
I was in hical in mission on Sunday. They just brought two crates of matching numbers non issued rifles. My intention was just to look. I walked out with one and so did my bro in law.
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That's terrible because HiCal are the purveyors of all things SKS Bubba so they will get horribly molested by them.
 
EL34/6L6 said:
That's terrible because HiCal are the purveyors of all things SKS Bubba so they will get horribly molested by them.
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My plans was to original buy a sks and mod it out. But after I cleaned my sks all up it looks beautiful. I don't want to change a thing.
 
Just today I picked up a beautiful '56 from Lever Arms. Most of the earlier hardwood stocked rifles were force matched, so I passed on those. Their price has gone to $229, but the rifle I got today is quite worth it!
 
If prices went up to $400, it's still dirt cheap. I just bought a cheap $137 + shipping Mauser bolt on eBay. I thought I got a good deal! To buy a rock solid and reliable semi-auto for under $250 is just mind boggling... and boy are we the envy of our gun-lov'in friends in the USofA.

My advice: find a few nice SKS's, clean them up, oil them, and store them. The future will be uncertain and supply always dries up. Opinions will change on SKS's, just like they have changed on Enfields, Garands and K98 Mausers.

I only buy from weimajack or Corwin, and currently weimajack has some NICE laminate non-refurbs for a steal. Buy one.
 
I bought a nice 1951 Tula with a hardwood stock and all matching numbers about 6 months ago from Cabelas. I had one of their better counter staff go through around a dozen boxes and bring me the best one they had. Very impressed. They don't advertise the upscale version on their website anymore so I am not sure if they still sell them. I bought one of the laminate stock ones later on because I don't want to rip apart and mod my nice one. Not impressed. Bluing is flaking off of various spots and missing some of the extra goodies that were advertised. Buyer beware. Both shoot flawlessly.
 
May be poorer quality but still fully functional and still a whole lot cheaper than what they are paying south of the border. A little elbow grease and they can clean up nice, just acquired my third one on here.
 
I finally bought an SKS and it came with crude marks all over it, very poor condition stock.

Lucky the rest of the rifle is in very good condition or I'd be posting the business I got it from.
 
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