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

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That is a nice looking conversion and appears in excelent shape. Is it worth $1,000 that will be up to you and not the jerks that tell you otherwise. I don't hear them offering to sell you their's for a lower price. And no mine is not for sale.

Will there be some restrictions on semi-auto rifles, could be. What you are paying for is "opportunity cost" to own it now. Will they be cheaper in the future, not likely unless you find one in poor condition. Will the prices go down, maybe in two or more years, but that too is unlikely. Is $1,000 a bit too much, yes. But again how many have you seen for sale??

If you can afford the price, then go for it, else just wait for something else to present itself.

Jim
 
I know reliability won't be an issue with this particular SKS. He said he's never had a issue with it after the conversion and that we could meet at the range and send some rounds down range. If it had issues he wouldn't be offering for me to shoot it before I buy it.

By he way, if I purchased a stock SKS for $300, how much money would it cost me to do the same exact thing this guy has done?

Magazine Conversion ?
Stock?
Red Dot?
20 round mag?
 
How much? Just the cost of the parts. Those are all just "drop in" parts. None of what he's done looks like permanent mods, fortunately.

You could certainly ask him what he would take for the gun if he strips all that dross off of it. SKSs are pretty neat rifles and if he puts it back in original form it would probably tickle me $300-400 worth these days. Crazy prices compared to the old days, but the market is what it is.
 
ObsceneJesster said:
I know reliability won't be an issue with this particular SKS. He said he's never had a issue with it after the conversion and that we could meet at the range and send some rounds down range. If it had issues he wouldn't be offering for me to shoot it before I buy it.

By he way, if I purchased a stock SKS for $300, how much money would it cost me to do the same exact thing this guy has done?

Magazine Conversion ?
Stock?
Red Dot?
20 round mag?
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Stock ~ $100 (google Tapco SKS stocks)
Mag ~ $50 (if you can find one, no recommended though. Use strippers)
Red dot ~ $40-who knows. Like all glass it depends on what kind and how much you want to spend.

The mag conversion is a matter of removing factory fixed mag and inserting the aftermarket one. Takes about as long to do and about as complex as typing this.

*there are some AK mag conversions but again, reliability usually suffers.
 
I just purchased an sks m in near mint condition for 700 off of gun broker. To give you an idea of cost. Check gunbroker you can get a regular sks norino or yugo for about 400 bucks

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So there really is no conversion for the magazine? You just remove the stock one and pop a AK mag in? I was under the impression that some kind of conversion was done to this to make it reliable. Is this a lie?
 
No. That's not an AK mag. That is an SKS conversion "duckbill" mag.

You remove the trigger assembly and separate the stock from the receiver. Remove the original magazine. Reassemble the gun, without the mag. The 'duckbill' mags then insert and latch in where the original magazine fit, but can be removed without disassembling the gun.

They look like this: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnl9uDTqsZfPzy1pxSSQFSRz6WdyZGk3u_s5ObT93OOUOQ5NE8.jpg
 
IMO it's worth less with all that garbage on it. Most of the time and untouched SKS is a more reliable SKS. If you want an AK buy an AK.
 
If you buy the right magazines you CAN make a converted SKS work with detachable mags. Mine has worked perfectly for over 20 years. I converted it the first day I owned it. Took every bit of two minutes to do it. And that was just because it was the first time I had did it and no one had showed me how. I could do it in 30 seconds now.

But "USA brand" mags will work with that Norinco. Mine has worked perfectly through many thousands of rounds. The mags have never caused me one single problem in all that time.

That said there are literally hundreds of mags out there that will not work. They weren't built right. They were built cheap and fast. They are jam-o-matic.

The thing is USA (the company - not the country) quit making mags in the 1990's. There are still some around if you know where to look. I had about 10 of them at one time but I decided no one needed 10 so I sold all but 4 or 5. I wish I had kept them to sell now. But no one believes they work now. In the old days everyone converted them and they always worked because there was only the one brand. Clinton put them out of business though and now we have a bunch of junk mags with one or two that work sometimes.
 
I guess it's also a regional thing. SKSs like this one are selling for northward of $500 here as soon as they are listed. Un-altered Norincos are $400+(I just sold a plain Jane Norinco in original configuration for $475 and the buyer said he would have paid $525 for it). Short barrelled "sporters" as well as M and D models begin at $700 and ascend quickly. SKSs are a hot item right now regardless of what some folks think. Even Tapco 20 detachable magazines are selling for $45-$60 and sometimes more.
 
In this state, $500 SKS's aren't moving at all - or at least, none I saw at the last show.

Considering I bought a USGI Federal Ordnance M14a last week for less than that with two magazines that actually will work, there is nothing about that deal that is appealing - not even remotely.
 
Offer him $800.00 for it and see how he reacts. This is not a buyer's market today but a seller's market. How bad do you want a second SKS? A russian SKS before this ran in the $700 range, if it is a stamped receiver it would not be worth the $1,000 but if it a machined one it would in todays market. Remember once it's gone, it's gone. Don't let others do your thinking for you, do your own.

Jim
 
Too much you can get a yugo ak or bushmaster ar brandnew for less
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Maybe,if you want to get on the waiting list. Still,a "new" AK is easily more than that. Mak-90s,if you can find one,are about $1200.
 
I don't think that most here understand that the landscape has changed and the days of inexpensive semi-autos is over. Just be thankful that you got yours before the prices have gone through the roof. And understand that they will not be coming down for quite a while. If you don't believe that, then just go to your local gun store and look around. Cabela's has even STOPPED taking orders on ANY future deliveries.

Jim
 
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would it cost me to do the same exact thing this guy has done?
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The Tapco stock is $100 tops, it drops in, but it is a bit of a PITA to replace the gas tube cover with the railed one in the Tapco kit.

I put one on one of my SKS but I left the original mag and use stripper clips, fits me better than the original stock, and a red dot (Primary Arms, or Bushnell TRS, about $80) on the gas tube works way better for my old eyes that any irons these days :(

So find a decent deal on a SKS and order the Tapco stock & red dot and you'll be money ahead.

Short barrelled "sporters" as well as M and D models begin at $700 and ascend quickly.
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Really? I may need to bring my spares down form the attic and see what they bring at a gun show before any new laws kick in. I need to bone up, what differentiates the M and D models from the standard or "paratrooper" cut downs?
 
what differentiates the M and D models from the standard or "paratrooper" cut downs?
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The D model is full length but uses AK magazines while the M model is the short barrel and uses AK magazines.
 
Were I to be considering it:

Chinese - OK but not Russian $250+
Stock - I like it at exactly the value to buy one.
Red Dot - could be 20 bucks could be 300, who's is it?
Mags - depends upon the manufacturer and quality - added $35+
40 rounds of ammunition - inconsequential.
bayonet - $15.
Sling+case - I dunno, $45?

Not seeing $1000 over here.

Look at it this way too, what else can you get for a grand, even at todays prices?
 
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