I have a bit of a conundrum: I have a really cool project in mind for an sks that would involve (probably irreversibly) altering it so I went an bought an sks from WSS during their black friday sale for $179 ($203 taxes in) and its an all matching, 1950 russian, however, it is refurbed. Is there any collector value to this rifle as is?
To Bubba, or not to Bubba
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It depends on the rifle for me but I'd have no problems modifying an sks, in fact I have done so to the 50 Tula I last bought. Everything I've done to it so far or will do to it will easily be put back to stock if I choose to, I like the sks in stock trim but there are a ton of them out there. That's why I picked up a second one, one bone stock and the other tweaked a bit.
Would I bubba either of my svt40's or my Enfield? Hell no!
Would I bubba either of my svt40's or my Enfield? Hell no!
Just make sure you have a spare all original in the cabinet before you start, or sometime down the road you'll wish you did have one in the cabinet.
Maybe post a WTB on the EE and see if someone has already started (and abandoned) a project on an SKS. If you're going to Bubba, sometimes it's best to start with something that's already started down that road.
Maybe post a WTB on the EE and see if someone has already started (and abandoned) a project on an SKS. If you're going to Bubba, sometimes it's best to start with something that's already started down that road.
Mumbles Marble Mouth
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That 15 million is not the number you're suppose to be looking at. The number you're suppose to be looking at is the number that's in the country.
And, if owners keep rationalizing their modding of these rifles based on that assumed high number of existing rifles, then what will become of the unaltered supply of them after 20 years? Kind of like over fishing a species, only the SKS is not renewable...
Ya, I say go for it, but a later model (chromed) would be better if you want to shoot surplus ammo. If your going to shoot non corrosive, then some people would say that '50 barrel might actually be marginally better. Of course there are too many variables with barrels to say anything definate.
SKS's are about as collectable as a Canadian dime minted in 1997. There are millions of them - some are just shinier than others but worth exactly the same. Go ahead. Personaize it. Whack it up...strap the lastest tupperware accesory to it. Have fun.
What hakx said!
Just do it up! You will definitely not regret it. You can always purchase a really nice SKS later on if you're looking to have something pure. I bought a cheap one that I bubba'd, then purchased a beauty from westrifle that I will keep vanilla.
Mumbles Marble Mouth
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The SKS is the next Lee Enfield. Most SKS on the secondary market come already in a Tapco garbage stock and the person what's to sell the piece of garbage with the SKS for $500 when all you want is the SKS.
This.
I can get a beautifully sporterized - full commercial walnut stock, excellent bore, overall low mileage - Enfield for $100-$150 any day of the week.
A full stock, original military trim, Enfield, even with a somewhat worn bore and a bit rough around the edges, will run me $600 on a good day.
There was a time in the 80's when Princess Auto sold full trim Enfields in barrels, and by the pound, because, you know "millions were made and we'll never run out."
If you want to Bubba, fine, that's your choice. Best bet is to take one off the EE that someone has already started messing with.
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This may be more accurate than you intended. In 1997 such a coin was made of 2g of pure nickel. When the Royal Canadian Mint switched to chrome-plated steel in 2001 it was as a cost-saving measure. Further, due to the rising cost of all metals, the Mint has been running their Alloy Recovery Program, where all previous denominations of pure Ni, Cu, and even older Ag, are culled at banks and melted for profit, to be replaced with new coins of no real value.
Also, 1997 is the lowest mintage of Canadian circulating ten cent pieces since '71. Probably a quarter as many on average as any other modern year. This makes it by definition a ‘key date’ needed to complete a collection.
So that dime, or that SKS, of which there were millions made, by all appearances common? It has value both intrinsic and potential for future collectibility beyond what most even suspect!
It can't be all that cool of an idea if you have to ask the forums if it's worth it. Come on, pitch me your idea, even in broad strokes if you're afraid of patent liability, and I promise I will give it every consideration. I can't vouch for all the "next Lee Enfield" people.
