Do you guys think the price is right for this converted SKS?

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I just wanted to check with a few guys here to make sure I'm paying the right price and not letting my love for the Rifle get the best of me. There is a local guy selling a converted Chinese SKS with a few extras. The picture is below. It comes with a Red Dot, 20 round mag, 10 round mag, sling, carry case, bayonet and 40 rounds of ammo. Is $1000 a decent price in this crazy time?

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No way it is worth more than 500, even with all the extras. If no gun legislation passes, you will be able to pick up an AR15 for that price in a years or so.
 
I'd say... no way. Don't buy it. The guns are (most likely) not going to be banned. If that was a good AK, maybe, but to pay $1000 for an SKS, and FYI we have an SKS (and 2 AKs) would just be... no. 2 mags? Meh. 40 rounds of ammo?:what: Good luck getting any more. I say NO WAY.

I'm sure you really want to "have" a semi auto rifle due to possible legislation, but this would be a foolish waste of your money. $600 for rifle? Maybe if you couldn't help yourself. But $1000 and almost impossible to get even enough ammo for practice? Just no.

Save your money, and buy an AK/AR (preferably AK :D ) in a few months to a year when (hopefully) all the ban craziness dies down and all the people who panic bought rifles but aren't really shooters will be selling their Black Rifles like hotcakes. :)

For now, handguns and shotguns will have to do for home defense.

What? If worst comes to worst, I won't have a rifle! No.. but A) What are the chances? and B) if "worst comes to worst", someone with numerous rifles would hand you one when you show up with your handgun/shotgun/rimfire and will to fight. My opinion/experience.


EDIT: This was all assuming you don't already have a semi auto centerfire rifle. If you already have an SKS/AK/AR/Mini/M1A/M1/M1 Carbine/Sub2k/Su16/Saiga carbine/Etc/Etc/Etc... it goes from a "you certainly shouldn't" to "No way!!!"
 
no way, unless it comes with 10, 000 rounds of ammo.


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Love my SKS, but that is an absolutely stupid price. It's a $200 rifle with some gadgets, and most of the magazine conversions are not reliable enough for a self defense weapon.

For that price you can buy a very high quality shotgun and all the buckshot you can carry. Of a high quality 1911 pistol, or just about anything.
 
$250 before the scare and these cheap "tacticool" accessories dosnt help with the value at all, if not detracts them!
 
All that bling really makes the rifle worth "less" money friend. People won't pay for tacticool SKS rifles because too many of the parts actually interfere with the operation of the rifle. It's possible to get detachable mags to work. I have one that works perfectly. But the stripper clips are a better deal every day of the week. You only have to carry the weight of the ammo plus those tiny clips. The mags are heavy when they are empty.

Personally I prefer an SKS over an AK big time. If the AK was a true AK (meaning a full auto AK) then yeah but that isn't what we can buy without spending a fortune. But as a semi-auto the SKS is a considerably better rifle. Stripper clips load very fast. You don't have to carry a lot of extra weight. I've owned both. The SKS is almost always going to be a more accurate rifle than an AK. And they are every bit as reliable if not more so. I'll never buy another AK unless it's full auto.

I love SKS rifles. They are the best bang for the buck period and yes I know what a Mosin Nagant is. The SKS is a semi-auto which means you can shoot a lot more rounds in a hurry.

But $1000 for that rifle is almost criminal. Heck I could sell you one for half that price and still come out like a fat rat. Forget the stocks and the pistol grips and all the bling. Concentrate on a rifle that works. Your best bet these days is a fresh out of the box Yugo. I'm talking milsurp still packed in cosmoline. i bought one of those for $250 about 18 months ago. It was pristine. It still is in fact. I also bought up ammo for years so I'm not going to run out.

An AK-74 would be an excellent choice if you can find one. The SKS is a great choice if you can find the ammo. To be honest I could sell you a practically new Yugo SKS with 1000 rounds of ammo for $1000. I'd feel bad about making so much money on it though. But I'd have to look at being able to replace my stuff if I ever really needed it.
 
Ugh! No way! Tell ya what, if you find you a decently priced SKS with regular stock I'll sell ya that exact same Tapco stock for $50. ;)
 
sound advice in this thread, I love the sks. I used to not like the looks of it now I just love em.
 
Even if the current ban passed to, the SKS was exempted. Such as, there will still be SKS rifles in the future. $1000 is a fool's price.
 
Thank you for all of the responses. I'm just not thinking in my right state of mind these days living in Maryland. I am afraid they are going to issue a ban and I'll never be able to own anything tacticool looking. If anyone knows of someone around MD selling a SKS can you let me know. I shot one for the first time last week and liked it more than any AK I've fired. Hell, if I were in a survival type situation, I may even prefer the SKS over an AR. I don't know why I liked it so much.

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There's a lot of good reasons to like an SKS. I got into them when they were $100 each and AR's were $1500 each plus the ammo was as cheap as water almost. I've really never found a good reason to switch over even though an AR is clearly more accurate especially past 250 yards. But the 7.62 x 39 is more powerful. I've thought about getting an AR too but I mainly bought guns to fill a role and the SKS always filled the role of battle carbine for me. And yes there are reasons to own one especially where I live. But that's another story.

An AR is a good choice because they are more versatile but I still prefer the SKS myself. It's more reliable IMO and that's the whole name of the game IMO. I've seen a lot of so called goo AR's jammed up at the range. I have never had an SKS jam on me that way. I've had some mis-fires but they were ammo related. I did have a problem with my firing pin when I changed it out at one point. I was looking to protect against any slam firing issues. As soon as I put the original firing pin back the problem stopped.

There are always pros and cons with every firearm. Having a backup plan is a really good thing IMO.
 
Hit the gun shows, browse the pawn shops, local stores, classified adds. One can expect to pay a little more right now, i would think ~ $400 is what I have been seeing. Forget the goodies though. Stick with a sock rifle an learn to use the srippers. About the only that you can change is the stock if you must an m4 style.
 
ObseneJesster:
Have you looked at the huge number of SKS on Gunbroker since the madness began? There was Never any shortage. Guys could be selling a much larger number, hoping to capitalize on irrational thinking, or to acquire cash for a 'cool' AR when the price bubble deflates.

There are now at least ten pages of them, and numerous prices are listed or bid up to about $300-400. Think about it: many prices were already $300 in early '08, several months before the previous panic even began....Many of those which Are listed at today's over-bloated scalper prices probably won't sell.

Based on many reports at 'SKSboards', the SKS rifle is often unreliable with aftermarket magazines.
My Norinco is very reliable with its original magazine, and has no plastic junk stuck on it-just a fully adjust. metal Tech Sight: much better accuracy:).
 
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Even if the current ban passed to, the SKS was exempted. Such as, there will still be SKS rifles in the future. $1000 is a fool's price.

Where did you get this info?
 
Hokkmike said:
ID-shooting

Even if the current ban passed to, the SKS was exempted. Such as, there will still be SKS rifles in the future. $1000 is a fool's price.

Where did you get this info?
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In the text of the bill and several threads here. Specifically, the SKS is named on Feinstein's list of "good guns" Now that isn't to say the stock on the above rifle and mags wouldn't be banned, the rifle itself would be safe...for now.
 
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Jeez, Louise, you mean all I have to do is buy a tacticool stock and a fancy magazine and my $75 Norinco is worth a grand now days? Christ, I shoulda bought a shipping container full of them things. They would have been immune to the tech bubble and the housing bubble and the value seems to only go up with a Democrat in the white house.

Actually, I do have a tacticooled 16" paratrooper carbine. I put a 20 round chicom fixed mag on it, though, after I got it to feed right. Just a range toy, pretty worthless for anything practical, but my 75 dollar sportered SKS has taken a couple of deer for me. It's a good truck gun for around the place, I guess, but I can buy a real rifle for a grand. Hell, my stainless M7 Remington retails for less. It's kinda worthless for hunting, though, really, when ya got a collection of real hunting rifles in your safe. To think it might be worth a grand, WOW. :D

The rail, I bet it's the rail that makes it worth all that cash. :rolleyes:
 
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