Subj : Re: SKS
To : MOONDOG
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sat May 16 2020 04:00 am
-=> MOONDOG wrote to GREASE <=-
MO> A couple of years ago some real rough grade SKS' came on the market.
MO> They looked well worn and the stocks had minor cracks while others
MO> looked horrible. Whatever type of bluing/ parkerizing was also worn to
MO> bare metal. IIRC they were selling for $299.
Could be this same batch...
I'm not as concernrd about the looks - I like the idea of the history
and the character.
MO> i would've spent a little
MO> more for a Yugo - Zastava SKS with the gas cutoff and grenade sight. I
MO> have a Russian SKS made in the early 1950's and a Chinese "paratrooper"
MO> model that takes AK mags. The 1990's AWB compliant "thumbole" stocks.
MO> Looked like a 5th grade woodshop project made from recycled plywood.
MO> The cosmoline it was packed in made the finish soft and tacky until it
MO> finally cured by laying it in the sun for a day to cook out the
MO> cosmoline.
