Which SKS do i sell??? Chinese or russian both New!!

A refurb non matching non-transitional 1950 sks is relatively easy to come by. If you are really stuck on selling one, that's the one to chop. As has been mentioned, a new military chinese is harder to find and prices are rising based on the supply/demand. In a few years, folks might be saying "I remember a time when they were only $300".

You don't sound like a collector, so I suggest keep and shoot them both, put a peep sight on one and a scope on the other, so they have different purposes. What if you want to go shoot your sks with a friend and end up having to watch each other? Then you may be thinking "I should have kept the other one, this sucks". Plus, if you shoot and take good care of them, you'll get the best value from them and its likely their value won't change a bunch in the process.

People buy a military chinese sks to shoot it, so it stands to reason the fired/unfired condition won't affect the value to those people.
 
05RAV said:
No. Marstar was selling the Type 56 for $350+shipping+tax. I bought one from them in October this year. Mine is factory /306\ all matching.
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And everyone lets not forget why they stopped selling them... Was it because the supply dried up? No! It was because under their impressions, at the rate the source wanted to increase the price, the end user here would not pay to have them. Funny, they seemed to sell ok when a few "turned up". After the most recent fiasco with the company, I would bet anyone here that the "Rare" Chinese type 56 turns up again on the Canadian market when the company needs to make some money.

Back on topic... Keep the guaranteed unfired Chinese.
 
North of 7 said:
Funny, they seemed to sell ok when a few "turned up"..
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Yeah but an importer can base his pricing on a few that "turned up" bcos he is bringing in min of 500 by air (higher cost) or 2000 by sea . he wants a quick turn over, it would take too many years to get rid of them at the higher price.
 
Curtton said:
Yeah but an importer can base his pricing on a few that "turned up" bcos he is bringing in min of 500 by air (higher cost) or 2000 by sea . he wants a quick turn over, it would take too many years to get rid of them at the higher price.
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Perhaps at this very moment... But in the end, with the supply running short in other areas of the world, this Chinese type 56 will make a reappearance one way or another.
 
Suther said:
The chinese is probably worth more, although that kinda depends. The 1950 Russian ones had some changes that happened over the course of their production, and if you have one of the earlier ones that has the less-common features it could be worth more.

If the stock doesn't match your Russian, its probably a refurb. Have you checked the serial numbers on the gas tube, piston, and under the rear sight leaf? (Those are the most common items to be switched out during a refurb, along with the stock) Or have you checked if the barrel is counterbored?

Chinese will probably get you an easy $300 on EE, possibly more. Marstar was selling 'em for like $600 and they all sold at that price.

But unless you were strapped for cash or just didn't really care for the SKS, I'd keep both. They wont go down in value...
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It has a spring in the bolt to return the firing pin into the bolt. I also noticed the saftey isn't sprung and moves rather stiffly. What other features should i be looking for.

In reality tho, i just wanna hold onto one for a loner for hunting deer. For plinking i just take my cz858. And i also have a vz 58. I at one time had 2 chinese and the one russian. I shot over 3 surplus crates out of my first chinese, still functioned like new. Barrel was still in fantastic shape. I shot one group under an inch at 100m on bags with that rifle. But after sitting in the safe for 2 years, a friend needed it more then me and i sold it off...

Iv never shot a russian tho, my chinese did shoot like a hot damn. Both my Chinese are from the same lot, bought them 5-6 years ago from milarm. They were soo cheap i actually picked up 5 at the time, 2 for me and 3 for my buddies.
 
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It's more worth it to keep em than to sell them unless it's financial emergency man. That is a nice Russian, I wouldn't sell that if I could help it. Nice Chinese too, I wouldn't sell that either. It's a shame it seems theyre not being used though seeing how they'll last no matter what.
 
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They will both still go up in price, so both are worth keeping. In the long run (15 or 20 years?) they will both plateau at around $700-$800. The Chinese has already gone up to around $350 ish, so the Russian has more appreciation potential.
It all depends on your horizon and when do you need some cash.
 
brapjack said:
Ok soo i have a couple pictures of the russian here and i will get some of the chinese right after..







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This rifle , that you consider as Russian , is not Russian i think , Because the Russians do no use close hooded sights (Or atleast i dont know Russians using the closed hooded sights ) rather Russians use open bunny ears sights . May be its original sights are replaced with Chinese hooded ones , but that too , reduces its price

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This looks to be a charming rifle . In The region i live in , people prefer Chinese rifles over Russians and those people include who possess the experience of days and day living under the rain of lead . They opine that the chrome lined barrels of Chinese rifles are more reliable then Russians (The rifles include full auto AKs) and the barrels of Chinese guns last more in terms of heating and reducing the range in hot moments

I would have kept the Chinese and let go the russian
 
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