New guy here and my 1st post. Someone on Gunboards recommended this site so here I am as well. I have the same screen name over there. So, long story short, I was walking around a gunshow last weekend carrying an SVT 40 and looking for a bayonet, when an old timer said I have a bunch of those. Do you want to buy them? I said yes. Then he went on to saying he had a bunch of SKS's and mosins and he wanted to sell the whole lot. After some discussion we agreed on the sum of $7050 for all of it. So in the middle of the week I drove two hours to his place in the mountains to see them. He did stress that it was an all or nothing deal and that it revolved around a SVT sniper that turned out to be fake but being somewhat of a newbie, I bought not all. I honestly had no real interest in the SKS's and figured I'd just sell them as I was more interested in the SVT'S and the 3 Mosins. So after getting home and a little more thought later, I realized I must've bought them all at the 1991 prices that he must've originally paid! I guess he just wanted to get his money back? Anyway, I learned that many of them are quite collectable! I am a history nut and love collecting too. It would appear that I stumbled on a little gold mine. What I got in total was:
8 Russian sks's
4 SVT 40's- one being a fake sniper with a PU scope and mount installed by the importer
1 1914 Izhevsk Imperial M91 with all matching numbers
1 1943 Izhevsk M91/59 matching #'s and mirror bore
1 1945 Izhevsk M44 matching #'s mirror bore.
Of the Sks's all are Tula's
The Russian dates
NON Refurbed All matching numbers and unissued bore condition
Tula 1953 number Op over an On 3569 The n looks like a pie symbol
Tula 1955 OL over a On 212 The 'n' looks like a pie symbol
Laminate stocks -all matching numbers and unissued bore condition. Not been Painted.
Tula 1950 Later '50 model
Tula 1951
Refurbs -all matching numbers except on butt stocks where they XXXXX out the old numbers and stamped new numbers in, and unissued bore condition. Receiver and bolts painted black
Tula 1950 Earlier model Hand etched 1950r 90* gas block hole in receiver lever
Tula 1951
Tula 1953
One with nothing but a box with a diagonal line on the receiver and Cyrillic writing and serial numbers stamped elsewhere but all matching.
This takes a lot to upload pix so please be patient with me. I already started a thread on GB called My SKS COLLECTION. THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING. I'm here to learn everything about these rifles. So please be patient with me, Thanks, Dan