Welcome to the board
Armyrn33! I'm a bit late to this thread and missed all your
SKS-30 pics, except for the pic of the 3 mags. Any way you could repost those pics? I always like to ogle a nice Beta Arms
SKS-30! Nice blond wood and smooth as silk. Is the wood still unblemished? Any "handling marks", as they say? Usually dings from sticking them in a gun safe without a gun sock. I never take mine out of the box. (except to fondle and take an occasional pic, of course)
Neither of my NIB (Beta Arms) SKS-30's came with a Beta Arms marked Owners Manual. I've looked high and low, but nyet! I can't imagine Beta Arms shipping out those kits w/o a manual. Possibly just used a generic with no company name? Maybe? May never know, for sure.
My two cents on worth? First, try to sell to a true believer.
And don't take anything less than a $1000.00, preferably into the 1200-1300 range. I believe
padams8888 holds the current record on SKS-30 auction sale price! Thing is, Mark, they're becoming fewer in this condition by the day. We see so many that have been Bubba'd and just sad to look at. I literally play taps many times while cruising the auctions. Hold onto it until you get what you want, unless you're needing to turn it fast.
And, please let us,(
ME) know when and where you decide to sell that "old piece of Chinese junk"!
You'll entice a bid, or two , from me.
Of course, this is all conjecture until I can see pics of your fine Chinese work of art! I could be a bit more precise about value if I could see the condition and pics.
Have you looked at the end of your cardboard carton that holds the styofoam divider? On one end should be a white tag/sticker with Beta Arms inventory info, and the
SKS-30 designation is there on that tag. If the tag's there, please try to ensure it's survival. Most boxes apparently didn't survive and the ones that did sometimes lost the inventory tag. It's a definite credit to
Power Surge and
XXXSKS in sorting out al those corrected model names, dates, and order of import by year.
Looking forward to seeing your pics of the
SKS-30, hopefully.
firstchoice