daniel craig
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So, full disclosure, when it comes to gun selling I’m usually they type to get a bit of buyers remorse. Most likely I get caught up in the “have to own them all” mind set. Maybe it’s an image thing? I don’t know.
With that out of the way, the question is this: I’ve had a Yugo M57 with 4 mags, a carry holster (plus original leather) and 180 rounds of Czech ball ammo up for sale/trade for a while. The logic is, that while I enjoy shooting and carrying it, ammo isn’t as cheap or as plentiful as it once was, and carry ammo is even less so.
The idea was to sell the pistol and get a Norinco type 56 (sks). Recently I was offered $400 for the pistol and my LGS sells type56 rifles for 399 (with potential to pricematch classic and palmetto who sell for 349).
One side of my brain says “dude, don’t be an idiot, take the deal, but the SKS” and the other side says “yeah but the pistol is fun too.”
What would you do and why?
Anticipating some replies:
- Keeping the pistol and buying the sks isn’t really a good choice financially for me.
- x25 ammo isn’t easy to find in my state and with few domestic manufacturers and the increasing difficulty in importing from certain overseas countries I don’t anticipate it’ll get any easier to be able to shoot.
- I’ll still have another pistol when/if I sell this one and the other guy is much easier to feed (9mm)
- I don’t already own an SKS
Update as of 28Jun20: sold the M57 and don’t regret it. I paid the transfer fee so I got paid $375 instead of 400, which is fine by me. Now to order an SKS.... I have to deposit the cash first which is an endeavor unto itself (yay USAA) but I should have an SKS within the month!
thanks for the advice y’all!
With that out of the way, the question is this: I’ve had a Yugo M57 with 4 mags, a carry holster (plus original leather) and 180 rounds of Czech ball ammo up for sale/trade for a while. The logic is, that while I enjoy shooting and carrying it, ammo isn’t as cheap or as plentiful as it once was, and carry ammo is even less so.
The idea was to sell the pistol and get a Norinco type 56 (sks). Recently I was offered $400 for the pistol and my LGS sells type56 rifles for 399 (with potential to pricematch classic and palmetto who sell for 349).
One side of my brain says “dude, don’t be an idiot, take the deal, but the SKS” and the other side says “yeah but the pistol is fun too.”
What would you do and why?
Anticipating some replies:
- Keeping the pistol and buying the sks isn’t really a good choice financially for me.
- x25 ammo isn’t easy to find in my state and with few domestic manufacturers and the increasing difficulty in importing from certain overseas countries I don’t anticipate it’ll get any easier to be able to shoot.
- I’ll still have another pistol when/if I sell this one and the other guy is much easier to feed (9mm)
- I don’t already own an SKS
Update as of 28Jun20: sold the M57 and don’t regret it. I paid the transfer fee so I got paid $375 instead of 400, which is fine by me. Now to order an SKS.... I have to deposit the cash first which is an endeavor unto itself (yay USAA) but I should have an SKS within the month!
thanks for the advice y’all!
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