I recently aquired an example of the Yugoslav SKS's. Cleaning it of cosmoline was a lot like opening a christmas present. What I discovered beneath the crap was quite a surprise. 98% blue and a clean, bright bore set into a teak stock. Quite a bit nicer than what I've seen on any chinese examples of this rifle. My initial thought was something like "my God, this is an expensive, high quality rifle". A trip to the range confirmed my suspicions. This rifle is a truely unbelievable value for the money. My question is......how much would it cost to build this rifle to the same quality, using the same materials, in America today?