If they were to make a good $250 SKS, I think they would sell well. The SKS is 50-state legal. And they are great rifles. An ultralight 5.56 SKS with a peep sight would be the bee's knees. Or bees' knees.
It's an interesting potential market once you think about it. Regardless my issues with Communism in general and those we may have been in conflict with and may yet be, I should think taking the Communism out of the equation and overlaying WWII Axis nations would be a good template.
Imagine if - once true surplus had run out or been outlawed - we were able to buy German, Italian, etc... produced firearms true to the conflict's parameters.
To be able to amass a *collection* of opposing firearms *at a cost* well below current collectors numbers would be intriguing.
Though not directly applicable, I think of the Walther/S&W collaboration to build a legal Walther PP to side-step importation bans on authentic versions. Or, My own previously noted Norinco 213 to dodge Tokarev bans.
Note, NOT a political post but one highlighting the value of allowing market drive to actually *capitalize* on the past politics. Yup - I know - the irony there is hilarious.
I don't feel that owning OpFor firearms is in any way an homage to the source nor a diminishment of sacrifices paid in a conflict. Were that the case, we'd have to apply the same to Lugers, Mausers, Carcanos and the like.
Todd.