GB listings for October, 2016 - Russian

[running-man]

A really nice 50 Russians on Gunbroker this month.  Only 4 shy of the yearly high back in February.

Lowest Sale Price: $300.00
Avg. Sale Price: $578.00
Highest Sale Price: $993.00
Tula Avg. Price: $568.82
Izhevsk Avg. Price: $847.67
As-Issued Avg. Price: $690.56

Please let me know any feedback (good or bad) to these.

If you have an objection or observation to add to anything I've listed, by all means call it out.  Let's look at it long and hard (I only look at each listing for a minute or two at most) and maybe everyone can learn a thing or two! 

-RM

Item Link   Description   # Bids   Final Price   Year   Arsenal   Arsenal Condition   Current Condition   S/N   RM's Notes

588886953   1954 Russian Tula SKS mint No Reserve Rare, Collectors grade, AK-47, Kalishnikov, AK47   34   $957.00    1954   Izhevsk   As-Issued   Very Good   P774_H   Excellent specimen!
589872782   As-Issued Unissued Russian SKS Beautiful 1952   46   $875.00    1952   Tula   As-Issued   Good   ЗM4403   I'm calling this one "as-issued" even though I think it's pretty clear that the stock has been refinished (likely at the refurb shop & not bubba, but nonetheless a refinish)  It's quite a nice gun though.
591063206   RUSSIAN SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-TULA 1954-ALL MATCHING W/ BOX & ACCESSORIES-EXCELLENT CONDITION   37   $754.98    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Very Good   ЗM3359   This seller's guns always give me the heebie-jeebies.  Why is that acceptance stamp on the right side of the buttstock so deep?  Most that I've ever seen are barely readable, not deep enough that they displace ridges of wood on either side like this one.  Definitely an oddity.
588222220   Russian SKS Rifle 7.62x39 1951r Matching Nice!   1   $645.00    1951   Tula   As-Issued   Good   ГP1352   That stock color and the dark patches underneath the finish give me the heebie-jeebies, but I can't ding a rifle that is seemingly as nice as this one is.
590029136   RUSSIAN SKS MATCHING/ WITH ACCESSORIES   1   $551.00    1952   Tula   As-Issued   Good   MГ1884   Beautiful gun.
594441949   RUSSIAN SKS RIFLE with ACCESSORIES   1   $551.00    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Very Good   ЛB7029   Dang that's a sweet looking carbine.
589749607   Russian KBI Inc SKS 7.62x39 20" 64696   1   $499.95    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Good   ГE765   Another "as-issued" that likely has some stock refinishing done to it.  Can't say I've seen that color shellac on a gun straight from Tula.
592085802   Russian SKS Tula 1954   1   $500.00    1954   Tula   Bubba   Fair   ЗM2079   
593327385   Russian Tula SKS 1951 Synthetic Stock 7.62x39 Matc   1   $489.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Uncertain   Horsetrash listing - I guess it's a Russian...
585466329   Tula arms 1954 Russian SKS   1   $475.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Uncertain   Meh.
592543231   RUSSIAN SKS TULA WITH BAYONET (POSSIBLE 1956)   29   $470.00    Uncertain   Tula   Bubba   Good   ДH1315   No, definitely not a '56, look at the receiver and gas block.  '50 - early '52 for certain.  Add in the straight ear solid bayo lug and you're looking at a '50 or '51.
584543895   Russian Import SKS   1   $425.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
590656622   Russian SKS Matching Tula Arsenal Refurb Nice!   18   $385.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   HЮ1773   I really like the auction listing.  Nice high res photos showing every nook and cranny you need to see to make a determination.  The gun itself is meh, but kudos to the seller for the listing!
589964976   Russian SKS 7.62x39 Numbers WE HAVE LAYAWAY   3   $375.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   ЛП286   Bubba supreme.
589356797   Russian SKS 762x39 Rifle w/ Scope   1   $358.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   AB314   Bubba supreme.
588905618   Russian SKS with Bayonet and Scope NO RESERVE   18   $320.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Uncertain   Not surprised at the final price on this one.  Terrible listing.  C'mon man, you're putting 27 photos up, show some detail!!!
587080827   Russian SKS dated 1950 modified   1   $300.00    1950   Tula   Bubba   Fair   Uncertain   C'mon bubba, at least make the handguard match the stock.
588878256   NOS Russian SKS NIB C&R   1   $800.00    1956   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   HP3650_Д   Interesting mismatch on the gas tube, you don't see that too often on a heavy furb like this.
588182651   Russian SKS Izhevsk 1953 Soviet Simonov SKS-45   1   $699.99    1953   Izhevsk   Heavy Refurbished   Good   AP574   Even though it's a heavy furb, I'd have to say that I think his one is indeed a '53 Izhevsk.  Pretty good buy here IMO.
588690015   Original Russian Tula SKS Rifle   47   $665.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ШO2219   Neat little carbine, I was about to give this one a "horsetrash" listing, but then I scrolled down to the bottom of the page and voilla, loads of good photos.
590339081   Russian SKS Tula 1954 Honor Gaurd Beautiful Must C   10   $649.99    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   AЛ6152   No idea where this seller gets honor guard from.  Bizarro land with claims like that…
588077197   Russian SKS Simonov 7.62x39 Bayonet No Reserve   7   $625.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
590116307   Russian SKS 7.62x39 Matching very nice   1   $625.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   Surprised that a heavy furb like this one sells for $625 with so little detailed in the auction.  Not quite horsetrash, but man I'd want tons more photos before spending that kind of $$. 
588548615   Russian SKS Tula 7.62x39 1954 Matching Unissued   23   $605.99    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   AT7494   Crazy amount of bidding on this one!
590302045   1951 Russian SKS, all matching   14   $590.00    1951   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   HA3028   Not a fan of the stripped/flaking paint on this one.
590548163   Tula Russian SKS 1951r 7.62x39 C&R CR ALL # MATCH   7   $580.00    1951   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   HЛ3502   Really nice laminate stock.
588042786   Russian SKS Tula 1950 7.62x39 Rifle MATCHING. NICE   37   $577.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   ФH1408   Lots of scratching on the bolt carrier.
592563523   Russian SKS Tula factory.Numbers match! SVT,polish,yugo,chinese,romanian,albanian,CCCP   1   $549.00    1957   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   УP4970_И   Nice and clean.
591856826   Russian SKS 7.62X39   5   $525.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ДO1722   I've seen this one before…
592107003   Russian SKS Tula 1950 All Numbers Matching 7.62x39   18   $505.09    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ИB450   Transitional '50 with the hoop receiver cover latch.  Cover may be a replacement though as it's a later style Tula star & arrow.
592423307   Russian SKS, 1955 Tula Arsenal. Last year of mfg.   1   $500.00    1955   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   CA27   I buy the '55 date though I wish he would have shown the top of the receiver cover.
594104747   Russian SKS Tula like new unfired condition 1951   1   $500.00    1951   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Uncertain   Uncertain   Not a great auction.  Don't show the scratched up receiver cover and no other part of the gun, that's a surefire way to lowball yourself in an auction!
589566397   Russian SKS Tula 1953 7.62x39 Matching KBI Import   8   $491.00    1953   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   KT138   
588505268   Russian 1950 transitional SKS. Tula Factory.   8   $451.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   EЯ1541   Very nice transitional '50 from padams!  The price is a slap in the face though, ridiculous to anyone who knows what they are looking at.
587761327   Soviet Russian SKS CCCP 7.62x39 $.01 Start NR   28   $450.00    Uncertain   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   PЛ2054   Solid cheap little 'furb.
592011894   Russian SKS 1950 Tula matching numbers   2   $450.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ШГ169   I've always liked the Ш prefixed '50's.  This one 'sold' for $600 earlier in the month but was relisted.  I wonder if the buyer had buyer's remorse?
592908104   RARE Russian Izhevsk Factory SKS 1953 Must See !   11   $886.01    1953   Izhevsk   Light Refurbished   Good   PГ229   Most certainly an Izhevsk with that font.  Nice enough gun here.
593899076   Russian SKS, Matching SN, Beautiful Hardwood Stock   1   $800.00    1951   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   Surprising that this one pulled in 8 Benjamins with those photos...
594202199   Russian SKS-45 1953 TULA AK AR 100% Matching!   5   $680.00    1953   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   HT2031   Not my cup of tea, but it's an honest to goodness Russian.
592008946   Russian Tula SKS-45 with Box   1   $650.00    1957   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   AH4792_И   Not a great set of photos, but the seller describes it pretty well in the description portion of the listing.
588491518   Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39 all Matching, Original   4   $639.00    1952   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   MT533   I don't understand why two of the 10 pics are of the cleaning kit and there isn't a single good pic of the left side or the receiver S/N...
593123650   RUSSIAN TULA SKS Matching numbers   1   $600.00    1953   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ФИ5327   Decent enough little gun here.
592681610   RUSSIAN SKS TULA   8   $491.00    1953   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   TИ334   Font on the receiver indicates this one is an Izhevsk in Tula clothing.  Does that make this one more desirable in general?  Likely not...
587118075   Russian SKS not import marked   10   $470.00    1953   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   OE5925   Interesting stock repair on the laminate replacement stock here.
592277258   Russian SKS 7.62x39 Tula Izhevsk Soviet   2   $405.00    1953   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ЗM2118   Nice enough gun, decent price.
587529413   1954 TULA ARSENAL SKS UNISSUED NEW   27   $993.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
590317658   1954 Russian SKS New In The Box   2   $810.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Man these are some terrible auctions, and still they sell for $800+!!
590919820   1953 Tula Arsenal SKS UNISSUED NEW   9   $705.88    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
594372731   Russian SKS/45   1   $500.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Horsetrash, Horsetrash, Horsetrash.
587530667   1955 RUSSIAN sks TULA ARMORY   1   $499.99    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!