To clean or not?

HJP said:
I have a crate of early import matched sks, all drowned in cosmo, I hate the stuff, stinks , and would love to clean them, however, they are collectors not shooters and i dont know if I should or not.
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If you are young enough now, you may see a good return on them in another 40 or 50 years. Either way you wont lose on them.
 
silverfoxdj said:
I don't understand the reason to NOT clean
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The reason for me not cleaning them is that I give them away sometimes as Xmas gifts. I'd rather have the new owner have to clean and learn how the rifle is stripped down. I have also paid for PAL course for people as well to get them into shooting. The usual gift is the PAL course and once completed, with PAL in hand, they get an SKS and half a crate of ammo.
 
FreedomIsn'tFree said:
The reason for me not cleaning them is that I give them away sometimes as Xmas gifts. I'd rather have the new owner have to clean and learn how the rifle is stripped down. I have also paid for PAL course for people as well to get them into shooting. The usual gift is the PAL course and once completed, with PAL in hand, they get an SKS and half a crate of ammo.
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Great idea! I've managed to get at least a dozen people motivated to get licensed by taking them to the range, but that is a great way if someone is cash strapped/sitting on fence. Pal gifts next xmas for a few people.
 
ice2152 said:
Great idea! I've managed to get at least a dozen people motivated to get licensed by taking them to the range, but that is a great way if someone is cash strapped/sitting on fence. Pal gifts next xmas for a few people.
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I have mentioned gifting a PAL course here a few time over the years. If we want to grow our numbers it's a good way to go rather than giving someone some Walmart crap as a gift. You don't even have to pay for the course up front, just make the offer and pay for the course if they take you up on it.
 
FreedomIsn'tFree said:
The reason for me not cleaning them is that I give them away sometimes as Xmas gifts. I'd rather have the new owner have to clean and learn how the rifle is stripped down. I have also paid for PAL course for people as well to get them into shooting. The usual gift is the PAL course and once completed, with PAL in hand, they get an SKS and half a crate of ammo.
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Good on you sir, you are very generous.
 
Buddy if you bought it as a Collector than that's exactly what it is . I would just wipe the grease off the outside of the wood so you can handle it if you want to in the future . and if you feel so inclined in the future you can clean the grease off it and shoot it . I have a feeling it's a Military one . that's most of the unused ones that have come up for sale. the choice is yours. enjoy. and as for the other people that say the sks is a non accurate rifle well you don't belong on this page. there not a tack driver but the will do the job .PERIOD. and they are a part of History.
 
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