Subj : Re: SKS
To : GREASE
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sat May 16 2020 03:57 am
-=> GREASE wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
JA> I've decided I'm in the market for an SKS...
Hey - thx Grease for the reply! Havne't been able to
get back into the BBS to read/reply til now...
JA> Two people local to me have them for sale - one wants
JA> $450 FIRM - the other $450 OBO - and has already said
JA> he'd take $400 cash.
GR> Wow! I bought two in the early 90's for about $85 each. Nice rifles.
Yeah - LOL - even a few years ago I think you could buy them
for aobut $200...
JA> Right now Classic Firearms has them on sale for $299.
JA> Shipping and tax is another $60, roughly, plus I'd have
JA> to pay a local FFL and the TICS fee, so it would be
JA> pushing $400 anyway.
GR> Would have to see what condition. Sometimes the "previos owner" ones
GR> are sometimes in better shape than the import ones.
No doubt, but I love the idea of getting a surplus one that no
one has shot in twenty years and having some 'character' to it...
JA> The ones from Classic are Chi-Com surplus, with
JA> bayonets, and are COATED in - oh me the name is
JA> escaping me - the 'line' stuff that they protect
JA> that stuff with. They are also true surplus, so
JA> they will have 'wear and tear,' which actually
JA> intrigues me!
GR> Cosmoline. Cleaning that stuff off of a rifle will teach you excellent
GR> gun cleaning skills. But once it's gone, you'll know it's clean.
Yes! That's it! LOL I watched a couple of videos on cleaning it and
thought that's a great little exercise to break it down and learn the
ins and outs (no pun intended) of the rifle. I haven't broken down my
S&W M&P Shield .40 all the way to 'parts,' but other guns I've owned I
have just to learn how they tick...
JA> So - any thoughts on this? Any advice?
GR> Are you wanting to update stocks? Add-ons? Or just keep it stock and
GR> just shoot?
I love the idea of having a late 60's Chi-Com surplus gun (whether I get
it packed in cosmoline or not - LOL) with original wooden stocks, etc. My
wife had an SKS and gave it to our youngest son, and he's been modding
it. That's one of the things that made me get interested in having one again...
She has an AR-15 rifle and now an AR-15 pistol, and they are fun, but I like
the 'historical' side of the SKS...
GR> They are very accurate to about 200 meters with standard
GR> sights once you get it locked in. Watched a pro in a youtube vid pick
GR> one up and hit at 400. And that was 1 out of 5. It was a good grouping
GR> though, just to the left of the target.
Yeah this one our son has now, when we had it, was very fun to shoot!
