How do you know this as fact ? Source ?Also, US and non-russian manufacturers are more than ready to upgrade and expand capacity as the contracts expire.
How do you know this as fact ? Source ?
So just speculation on your part . More opinion than fact .Capitalism 101 and good old American entrepreneurial agency
There is no handle on an SKS bayonet. The bayonet you show looks to be correct for a Tula. It requires a lug on the barrel and a swivel with a spring to mount. I don't know, maybe they're still mounted and the last owner just took off the bayonet. The Russkies zeroed the rifle with bayonet, as it affects barrel harmonics, so I don't know, it might not shoot worth a darn without it installed unless the last owner boogered the sights to compensate. All in all, with the detached mag and all, I think it's a rifle that needs someone who knows what they're looking at to come up with its real market value.. No handle on the bayonet.
I definitely wouldn't pay $750 for an SKS. Think you did well to sell high on it.