Pawn shop find question now with pics

[Marshall-law]

I ran across a factory rectangle 0136 or 8, 24millon with the spike bayonet, blonde stock and good bluing. The problem is someone replaced the dust cover with one that has the scope mount built on it. All the other parts match including stock. It has a small monarch scope mounted on it. Asking 319.00. Should I rescue it or walk away. Thanks, Robert

[armedhippie]

well.... I have a pile ( yes a pile) of those various scope mounts I have chucked. Unless its something fairly rare I'm more inclined to walk these days, so I can have ALL matching. But...

Point out you'll have to get a replacement cover to get 'er original and you can allways sell the scope and mount to cover cost ( $10-20 for a replacement chinese receiver cover) and get it down to $300 or less OTD. In my area any SKS at that is good to go.

I've rescued some nice ones, where that's the only thing that's been changed.

[running-man]

Bummer about the mismatch receiver cover.

$319 isn't bad, but like AH says, you can probably do better.  Toss out a $250 number at them, let them know it's simply never going to appreciate like a collectors piece because of the mismatch, and see what they say.  Maybe you & the shop can meet in the middle at $285 OTD or something.  Maybe you can negotiate for them to toss in 100 rounds of ammo or a 20 round Chinese star magazine or something else they have laying around. 

Pawn shops will most certainly negotiate, they probably acquired that gun for under $200 and it's not doing them any good sitting there unsold, especially during the slow weeks at the beginning of the year when people realize they spent too much during Christmas and they tighten their belts due to new years resolutions.

[Justin Hell]

Pretty much everything ^ they said...plus...

You can find blank receiver covers from time to time, although with the new imports they do go for a premium.  If the scope mount sucks, you could live with a mismatch until you locate one.  If it is that nice...in my area at least, you could add another hundred to the asking price.

I recently saw a blonde fully matching for $429 here. 

[Marshall-law]

I got it for 300. It's more of a strawberry blonde stock. I'll post pic tonite. Cleaning kit was in the buttstock also.

[Marshall-law]

here are some pic's.

[armedhippie]

Nice. Seems to have been well cared for. Congrats 

[Marshall-law]

Thanks for they replies. I just could not pass it up.  Thanks Hippie, it is very clean.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Yup...  lookin great.  You going to shoot it as-is or find a replacement cover?

[Justin Hell]

I gotta say, that is one of the nicest looking cleaning kits I have ever seen.  Are you sure Monk didn't own this? 

Jokes aside, you scored a nice one there....good price too!

I also have one of those mounts, and of all of the ones I have used, it is the nicest to fit properly...and provides decent irons use as well.  If it fits, and the scope holds zero, hold out until you can find a blank cover.

(Really though, that is a nice cleaning kit!)

[running-man]

Yup Marshall, I definitely agree with everybody's sentiments. You did well, very well.  Nice score!

[Marshall-law]

Yup...  lookin great.  You going to shoot it as-is or find a replacement cover?

I'll most likely shoot it with the scope some and try to find a blank cover.  Justin, the cleaning kit looks like its never been out of the stock. Any ideas on if this carbine is a pre-ban import or recent?

[Stoned_Oli]

Yup...  lookin great.  You going to shoot it as-is or find a replacement cover?

I'll most likely shoot it with the scope some and try to find a blank cover.  Justin, the cleaning kit looks like its never been out of the stock. Any ideas on if this carbine is a pre-ban import or recent?

Yes, get that receiver cover scope mount thingy out of the way up front. Take it out a few times, cleaning in between trips, and then start your own pile.
Very nice, clean gun; I'd shoot the WHEEEEEEEEE out of it! 

[running-man]

Definitely a pre '94 import with the poly import stamp. Likely a pre '89 with the intact bayo lug and the bayo installed, though that may have been replaced later. Someone took good care of that carbine. Too bad they didn't keep the original receiver cover with it.

[Justin Hell]

It should be a requirement of Pawn Shop/Gun Shop sales that the shop be a mediator between private parties for situations such as this....you gotta think its probably pretty frequent that someone pawns/sells a gun with a scope mount/aftermarket mag and the original parts are sitting in a drawer somewhere at the PO's house. 

[armedhippie]

It should be a requirement of Pawn Shop/Gun Shop sales that the shop be a mediator between private parties for situations such as this....you gotta think its probably pretty frequent that someone pawns/sells a gun with a scope mount/aftermarket mag and the original parts are sitting in a drawer somewhere at the PO's house. 

^^^^^^This right here.  Problem is though...Most just don't share the same Love that we do and don't care. But...wouldn't hurt if they just started asking if there was any thing else that had come with the rifle.

I'd be willing to bet, that a few original covers for some of mine are within miles of my house...

[Justin Hell]

It should be a requirement of Pawn Shop/Gun Shop sales that the shop be a mediator between private parties for situations such as this....you gotta think its probably pretty frequent that someone pawns/sells a gun with a scope mount/aftermarket mag and the original parts are sitting in a drawer somewhere at the PO's house. 

^^^^^^This right here.  Problem is though...Most just don't share the same Love that we do and don't care. But...wouldn't hurt if they just started asking if there was any thing else that had come with the rifle.

I'd be willing to bet, that a few original covers for some of mine are within miles of my house...

That is the thing that keeps me going to local gun shows, just hoping that someone will have a bucket full of parts to my guns.  Last year I passed on a factory mag that very well could have been matching...$20 no less. I was looking for something else that day.... Wouldn't you know, that was the LAST SKS part I have seen in the last four shows.

[Dannyboy53]

That's a real good looker Marshall-law, a beautiful ol girl in remarkable condition! I couldn't have passed that one up either.