GB listings for May, 2016 - Russian

[running-man]

We had 47 Russians change hands this month. 

Lowest Sale Price: $250.00
Avg. Sale Price: $547.67
Highest Sale Price: $1445.00
Tula Avg. Price: $549.66
Izhevsk Avg. Price: $1445.00
As-Issued Avg. Price: $886.72

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

557967120   .01 Start NR 1954 Russian SKS as issued w/case NOT a rework near mint AK 47 74 TT33 stv 40 38 44 nice   23   $765.00    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Very Good   KA5772   Absolutely awesome looking specimen!

557018639   1954 Tula Un-issued, non refurb Russian SKS.   46   $990.00    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Very Good   AO5252   Very nice gun here by padams8888!  They don't come nicer than this!  If I was to nitpick, I'd call him out on his use of unissued, unfired, and non-refurbed.  That's more a splitting hairs pet peeve of mine than anything else.  I do know that this place ain't going to turn into a "It's a type 56, not a NORINCO!" ****fest!

560167438   D Letter Series Un-issued Non Refurb Russian SKS Tula undated Blued Finish New in Box Matching #s   13   $905.00    1956   Tula   As-Issued   Very Good   TO7847_Д   This is a really nice one!  Gorgeous HW stock on this one.

556005051   1953 Izhevsk Izzy Russian SKS Orig # Match 98%cond NT Tula Arsenal Yugo Romainian Chinese Norinco   17   $1,445.00    1953   Izhevsk   As-Issued   Good   OП392   Discussed extensively at http://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=2322.0

559496442   1954 TULA ARSENAL SKS RUSSIAN KBI IMPORT   6   $580.00    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Good   AП1047   This one's a nice one at a good price!

550310312   Russian SKS 1954 "Non-Refurbished" Tula   1   $950.00    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Good   ГE4755   Very nice gun here.

559147022   Tula Arsenal 1954 Russian SKS numbers match   21   $572.07    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Good   KA2444   Not a bad Tula here.  Stock has a bit of wear, but it's an original 54.

556695941   Used Russian SKS 7.62x39 w/Tapco Folding Stock   1   $250.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Uncertain   Horsetrash.

556750647   CAI Russian SKS 7.62x39mm Rifle   10   $271.17    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   OE4433   it's a Sino-Russian!

555432718   Russian SKS w/ Scope, Bayonet and tool kit.   20   $400.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   HП4894   Not a fan of seeing a NORINCO scope mount on a Russian SKS...

557274529   Russian Tula 1954 SKS 7.62x39mm   1   $500.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Uncertain   Bubba-liscious!

557487610   SKS - Russian 7.62x39 semiauto   17   $336.50    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Uncertain   Where's the fricken sharks with laser beams?!?

557924661   SKS Russian 7.62x39 w/scope   5   $330.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Uncertain   

555818830   1950 Russian SKS 7.62 x 39 Excellent Condition   11   $420.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ПA39   Not too much to say on this one.  Not the prettiest example out there.

558166269   1950 Russian SKS Tula w/bayonet $99 NO RESERVE   28   $515.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   CA52   

558768146   Russian SKS-45 7.62x39 10rnd mag matching numbers   1   $550.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   Horsetrash listing.

554776118   SKS Russian 1950r all orig. matching nos.   4   $500.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ЗC1152   

557979248   C.A. I. MODEL 1951r SKS RUSSIAN   5   $373.00    1951   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   HK2145   

555560148   Excellent condition 1951 Russian SKS w/accessories   12   $480.00    1951   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   "Excellent condition Russian SKS, either unissued or arsenal refurbished. I have no idea which situation is the truth but it's like new."  Well that clears that one up!

558271115   1952 TULA Arsenal Russian SKS C.I.A. IMPORT   1   $499.00    1952   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ЮП203   "All matching except"...

555099709   KBI Russian SKS-45 Sporting Rifle 7.62x39mm NIB   3   $655.00    1953   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   HT5443   This one has an interesting mistake on the stock, do you see it?

556228548   Russian SKS Tula 7.62x39 1953 Matching Excellent   26   $530.00    1953   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ДП1088   

554634261   1954 Russian Tula SKS 7.62 x 39mm matching SN   3   $450.00    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ИA2520   How can you own a gun like that an only ever put 15 rounds through it!?  Even rifle lickers like me put more rounds than that through a rifle at least once!!!

558938657   99- RUSSIAN SKS 7.62x39 SEMI-AUTO RIFLE No Reserve   28   $603.00    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ИK6579   Certainly a striking stock.  I can see why these heavy furbs in these stocks go for bigger $.

557635181   Russian SKS 7.62x39 with box   12   $685.00    1956   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   KP1688_Д   Transitional 55-56 gun here.  Even though it's a furb, it follows the pattern exactly.

558424099   Russian SKS Tula 7.62 x 39 Exc Matching   7   $430.00    1956   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   HБ1432_Д   Reasonably priced shooter.

556939879   Russian SKS S.K.S. 7.62x39 Semi-Auto Rifle Bayonet   5   $480.00    1957   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   CB59_И   Pretty kool looking gun here.  Reasonable price.

556977347   Russian SKS 7.62x39 Minty Rebuild   1   $575.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ДИ9   How do you list a gun like this with 10's of photos and not include the top of the receiver cover!?!?

560165642   Russian SKS 7.62x39mm No date Tula Izhevsk   29   $435.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ГH3278   How do you list a gun like this with 10's of photos and not include the top of the receiver cover!?!?

560538672   Russian SKS-45 7.62x39 Rifle With Sling & Bayonet   1   $499.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   KГ5572   Either a '54 or '55

555763790   Russian SKS - never fired - matching serial nos. No reserve   13   $460.00    1951   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   MЮ1463   Wow a never fired heavy furb.  I wonder why they needed to heavy furb it?...

557073021   CIA RIFLE RUSSIAN MOD SKS CAL 7.62X39 19 1/4" BRL   1   $355.00    1953   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   ДO3064   

558600650   Russian SKS 7.62x39mm Tula   23   $505.00    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   HM3899_Д   Man that's one fugly stock.  Right side knot is almost hypnotizing!

554159297   Russian SKS-45 7.62 x 39 Semi automatic rifle   6   $570.00    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   AT7633   Maybe it's just the quality of the photos, but I've seen lots of SKSs in my day and this is the ugliest factory refurb I've ever seen.  Ghastly look to this one!

557586368   Russian SKS Tula 1950   2   $420.00    1950   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ПM3163   This is one of the most bland Russians I've seen in a long long time!

559459488   RUSSIAN SOVIET SKS NUMBERS MATCHING GREAT SHAPE   1   $499.00    1950   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ШO1237   Horrible photos.  Why the hell would you want to take so many odd angle photos?  Is your house not big enough to back up far enough to take a nice normal-on photo? C'mon man!

558119891   Russian SKS TULA 1951 CA PPT OK   10   $530.00    1951   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   Light furb with that refurb stamp on the receiver cover.

557584582   Russian SKS Tula 1951 LAMINATED   3   $440.00    1951   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   AП3682   Decent enough looking gun.

558978405   Russian Tula 1952 SKS numbers matching   1   $500.00    1952   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ГЮ3898   Nice enough '52 light furb.

559957645   Russian sks in the box   1   $659.99    1953   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   

557687366   Tula Arms Russian SKS 7.62x39mm Tula Arsenal   20   $510.00    1953   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   KБ1958   The gun is fine with a really nice replacement stock.  Not a huge fan of the listing though.

559622621   Russian SKS Rifle Tula late production   14   $436.00    1956   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   TA1681_Д   Pretty stock on this one.  Odd to see that blank magazine on this one.

560336089   Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39   2   $460.00    1956   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   KA2742_Д   Not a bad specimen there. 

555495558   Russian 1952 SKS numbers matching with bayonet NR!   10   $601.00    1958   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   PЮ985_K   58 letter K with a '52 refurbed and scrubbed receiver cover.

558606020   Russian SKS Refurb Letter Series "K" 1958   14   $360.00    1958   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   BИ2021_K   Very reasonable price on this one for what you'd get.

558352681   SKS all matching 7.62X39 Russian 1954 Tula 99 %   6   $655.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Light Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   If I had a quarter for ever GB listing of "I bought this new, cleaned it, then fired 20 rounds out of it and never touched it again" that I've seen, I'd be a millionaire! 

558250187   Russian SKS in a S.G. Works Bullpup Stock   5   $805.57    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!