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SKS Carbines => Unaltered SKS Rifles => The Trinity Rifles => Topic started by: running-man on April 04, 2018, 11:45:56 AM

Title: GB listings for January, 2018 - Special
Post by: running-man on April 04, 2018, 11:45:56 AM

1 LB Yugo, 1 NK, & 2 Chinese w/Papers this month.  thumb1

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

• 741831193 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=741831193) | SKS RUSSIAN WAR TROPHY FIREARM | 54 | $0.01 | $2,525.10  | North Korean | Refurbished | Fair | ㄹㅊ0125_ㅋ | Nice NK here.  Relatively decent price, though in a bit of rough shape.
• 741622067 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=741622067) | SKS Yugo M59 Rare Long Barrel S/N 048 Rifle | 7 | $500.00  | $1,000.00 | Long Barrel Yugoslavian | Refurbished | Good | 048 | This one turns up again.   Hate that you didn't get it SKhiSm; next time!
• 738672045 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=738672045) | Vietnam SKS | 14 | $1.00  | $735.00  | Chinese w/Papers | As-Issued | Poor | 11447239 | That's quite the rough specimen!!
• 733904082 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=733904082) | Chi Com Red China SKS | 15 | $1,000.00  | $2,000.00 | Chinese w/Papers | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | I'm praying this bidder got additional photos before dropping $2k on this one.  All 15 bids from one bidder - that guy was desparate.  "Hope those papers are legit!" is all I can say because the rest of this auction, from the description of replaced parts to the single 40000 foot away photo just plain sucks.

(http://sks-files.com/Pictures/GB_listings/2018/201801_Special.jpg)

Title: Re: GB listings for January, 2018 - Special
Post by: Chase the fizz on April 04, 2018, 12:30:05 PM

 :o

Being new to the board and new to sks info in general, im dumbfounded as to how expensive some of these rifles really are.

Ive had several sks over the years, just never really did any research on them. Bought my first one in the mid 80’s for $59 at a local dealer and just never thought they were really worth much. Just knew i loved how they function.

Title: Re: GB listings for January, 2018 - Special
Post by: running-man on April 04, 2018, 02:23:26 PM

The rare variants get pricey.  Papers with VN bringbacks get pricey.  Excellent condition specimens get pricey.  That's the norm in all collectibles. 

SKSs in general don't have the following that say an M1 Garand or M1 Carbine has.  They do have a following however, and there are enough variants out there that collections can be greatly different depending on what exactly the collector chooses to prioritize.   thumb1