Farmer's Friend missing scope and mount, value? **PICS**

[jjjxlr8]

I came a cross a pretty uncommon Navy Arms import SKS "Farmer's Friend" but unfortunately it is missing it's scope and mount.  The rifle is brand new, still in the preservative and all of the pieces and paperwork are still in the crate.  The eyepiece for the scope is still wrapped up in the Navy Arms logo paper.  It's a pretty neat package but without the scope and mount what's a fair price?

Anyone have an extra Chinese 4x32 scope and/or mount for one of these? 

Some pics for your enjoyment!  The paper work is interesting.  Besides the Scope instructions in both English and Chinese, there is a two page letter from what appears to be one of the Navy Arms employees (owner?) who visited the exporter to investigate these rifles.

[echo1]

That's a cool find. I have no idea what it would fetch, but looks valuable. PAX

[carls sks]

just beautiful, loving the box and everything.  a shame about the missing scope and mount. 

[jjjxlr8]

It's pretty neat.  The box and paperwork are what sold me on it.  I really don't collect commercial stuff like this but it needed to be rescued.  I also didn't realize that the mounts are numbered to the rifles so this one will likely never be quite complete even if I manage to find a substitute scope and mount.  I suppose it will make good trade material if nothing else!

[firstchoice]

I always thought that the Farmer's Friend was a cool package. Is the receiver scrubbed, or does it still have the arsenal code on it? If so, arsenal /106\? Is it within the abt. 800 gun SN list as listed on the SKS Guide? It looks like it has the phosphate-looking finish on the bolt carrier like the /416\ PS guns use.

Very nice acquisition! The original mount is out there. Hopefully you'll get lucky and reunite them or at least find another mount to use.

firstchoice

[running-man]

That's a great pickup jjx!  I bet the missing optic and mount pull a couple hundred off the price, but the transit case and paperwork are great to have.  I bet that eye piece is a $50+ item by itself though, those things always get lost.  It may be this incomplete set is worth more parted out (transit case, paperwork, eyepiece, bipod, + rifle) than it is together as sad as that makes me.

Power Surge is the one to ask about value, I haven't tracked the commercial guns in a good while.  I'd guess $700 as is, $900 with the scope and mount.

[jjjxlr8]

A complete one sold for $1370 last month on Gunbroker but without the scope and mount I'm sure it cuts the value quite a bit.  I'm going to see if a G43 mount will fit.  If so, a reproduction G43 mount might be worth getting.

[jjjxlr8]

I always thought that the Farmer's Friend was a cool package. Is the receiver scrubbed, or does it still have the arsenal code on it? If so, arsenal /106\? Is it within the abt. 800 gun SN list as listed on the SKS Guide? It looks like it has the phosphate-looking finish on the bolt carrier like the /416\ PS guns use.

Very nice acquisition! The original mount is out there. Hopefully you'll get lucky and reunite them or at least find another mount to use.

firstchoice

Receiver is marked with /106\.  Serial number is 111309.

[Direct Connection]

Thats a cool friend indeed to have : )  Good Luck on the search for the scope .. Grease Monkey probably has 1 or 10 extra mounts and scopes for that thing so dont give up hope yet : )  Thanks for sharing.

[jjjxlr8]

Does the mount for the Sharpshooter model fit the Farmers Friend rail?

[Power Surge]

That's a truly awesome score. Especially with all the paperwork. That's usually long gone.

It is a shame about the missing scope and mount. The mount is the big deal. Navy Arms models were modified stateside, and like with other NA models, the parts were custom fit as the rifles were built. That's why the mounts were serialized to the gun. Because you can take two Farmer's Friends, and the mounts won't swap.

The Type 86 scopes are pretty hard to find as well, and the FF eyepiece is also very rare. It's actually better that you have the eyepiece and are missing the scope, than the other way around.

As far as value.... it really depends on the collector looking. Complete FFs have been bringing over $1200 for about a year. Incomplete rifles, bring more in the $800 range.

[jjjxlr8]

Thanks for all the feedback!

[Justin Hell]

If you hear some kind of strange sound coming from the general direction of Montana....that is me coveting your eyepiece....pay it no mind.

Very nice pick up there...jelly.

[jjjxlr8]

Actually since I have very little chance of getting the correct scope and mount, I may end up selling the eyepiece.  Doesn't do any good without a scope! 

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Does anyone have or knows someone that may have the scope lens cap for a Farmers Friend  4x32 scope? Thanks in advance.