GB listings for April, 2016 - Chinese Military

[running-man]

We had only 77 guns change hands this month. 

Lowet Sale Price: $190.00
Avg. Sale Price: $363.79
Highest Sale Price: $715.00
As-Issued Avg. Sale Price: 419.06

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   Chinese Factory   Arsenal Condtion   Current Condition   RM's Notes

548956109   CHINESE NORINCO SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-EXC-MATCHING   15   $455.00    /306\   As-Issued   Good   Grey carpet guy (GcG) strikes again!

549329651   CHINESE SKS 7.62 X 39 Norinco Mfg. NOS   9   $350.50    M21 0296   As-Issued   Good   Man someone stole this one.  Beautiful gun.  Not sure what's up with the droopy bayo though.

549429360   Norinco Sks 7.62x39 with 30 round mag   9   $226.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

549458952   Norinco SKS 7.62x39MM Item-S177   28   $300.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

549589763   Norinco SKS 7.62x39,w/Scope, Bayo, Sling, Matching   27   $315.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

549658556   Chinese China SKS KFS polytech norinco 7.62 rifle   6   $600.00    /416\   As-Issued   Good   Nice public security gun here.

549667647   Norinco Poly Tech SKS 7.62x39, Choate Folder   10   $261.77    /?\   Bubba   Fair   Train wreck of a gun.  Too bad because it *may* be  a /?5\ gun, but that S/N is non-conforming.  Who knows through?

549710547   Norinco Chinese SKS un-issued Rifle pre-ban w/bayo   2   $399.00    (9186)   Uncertain   Good   Wish they would have shown a bit more of this one...

549869445   Chinese SKS   4   $325.01    /?\   Uncertain   Good   

549891060   Norinco Chinese SKS Type 56 7.62 Matching   2   $404.00    /106\   As-Issued   Good   Nice uncommon gun here.

549965773   Excellent condition Norinco SKS with Scope 7.62x39   31   $455.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   

549985388   Excellent Condition IO inc. SKS w/ Yugo stock   22   $345.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

549988036   CHINESE SKS all matching. Blade bayonet.   11   $493.88    /26\   Bubba   Good   Stock is pretty, but alas it's refinished.  I have the before photos, looks nothing like it does now.

550037526   Customized CHICOM SKS Rifle   7   $265.00    [0223]   Bubba   Fair   

550059446   Vietnam Vet Bring-Back Type 56 SKS No Import Penny 1967 Norinco Chinese Matching Original 7.62x39   18   $407.71    /26\   As-Issued   Poor   Likely a VN import, but w/o the papers it's just a poor condition Type 56.  I don't agree with the "Furniture is generally in fine shape, with one hairline crack on the top of the buttstock(pictured)."  Looks like a nasty compound crack right through the weakest part of the wrist.  I doubt I'd even fire that gun w/o some TLC in that area.

550147017   SKS Carbine used   7   $385.55    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Even in my home state there are horsetrash listings…

550162614   Chinese/Norinco Type 56 SKS   7   $353.88    /26\   As-Issued   Fair   

550163619   Norinco SKS Rifle 7.62x39mm 20" Act III Chinese   12   $395.00    DP   As-Issued   Good   Totally useless gun for survey work.  Looks like a Jilin DP from the photos though.

550164655   Chinese Norinco SKS Type 56 56ban Rifle C&R   6   $280.00    /6011\   Bubba   Good   Neat uncommon arsenal here.  Also interesting with the AK style RSL adjuster. 

550165511   Chinese Norinco SKS Type 56 56ban Rifle C&R   3   $260.00    /256\   Bubba   Good   

550293341   Chinese Norinco SKS 7.62X39 Semi Clean!   1   $449.99    [?]   Uncertain   Good   Really wish I could see the arsenal stamp clearly on this one.

550303737   Norinco SKS 7.62x39MM Item-S266   15   $330.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   I wonder if Kings actually puts all of these poor guns in the Combat Exchange stocks?  Man they look horrid.

550317091   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Rifle with original clip   9   $305.00    /316\   Bubba   Fair   

550329057   Norinco Chinese SKS 20" 7.62x39 No Reserve   17   $300.00    /26\   Bubba   Fair   

550402150   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Rifle Folding Stock No Reserve   15   $272.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

550461373   Chinese Nornico SKS (all matching)   4   $331.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   Pretty nice 12 mil /26\ here.

550634045   CHINESE NORINCO SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-BLACK STOCK   17   $311.78    /416\   Bubba   Fair   Grey carpet guy strikes again!

550643044   Norinco SKS Wood Stock 7.62x39   1   $299.00    /906\   Bubba   Good   

550696684   Norinco Model SKS 7.62x39 GOOD+ CONDITION!   23   $415.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Horsetrash.

550757894   Norinco SKS Semi-Auto 7.62x39mm Rifle   14   $380.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   Missing the bayo.

550853697   Chinese Type 56 SKS Cerakote Refinished   1   $450.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   

551084223   Type 56 SKS   1   $325.00    /26\   Refurbished   Fair   Nice late IO Sino-Banian import.  Man that stock is dry!

551098420   NICE SKS MATCHING NUMBERS 7.62x39 CHINESE MARKING   18   $315.00    /416\   Refurbished   Good   

551230237   Norinco SKS Rifle 7.62x39 w/Wood Stock NR!   1   $350.00    /636\   As-Issued   Fair   Missing the bayo.

551233554   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Rifle SO PRETTY $1START SUPER PRETTY MATCHING #'S CHINESE w/ REDDISH WOOD   18   $475.00    /316\   As-Issued   Very Good   Man that's a beauty of an SKS right there...

551234797   Norinco SKS Chinese 7.6sx39 Bayonet   15   $355.00    Blank (late build)   Bubba   Good   

551242570   BULL PUP SKS RIFLE 7.62X39   1   $500.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Meh.

551297584   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Tapco Tactical 5-20rnd Mags   1   $519.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

551368563   Very Nice Norinco SKS 7.62 x 39 Wood Bayonet   1   $399.00    Uncertain   Refurbished   Good   

551513325   1967 Chinese Type 56 SKS Norinco No Import Penny   28   $464.00    /26\   As-Issued   Fair   Could very well be a VN bringback.  Decent enough looker.

551607026   Type 56 SKS Chinese Battle Rifle   1   $430.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   

551629233   NORINCO SKS 7.62X39 CHINESE ALL MATCHING USED   4   $349.99    /6666\   Bubba   Good   

551640942   Norinco SKS - matching serial numbers, very nice   7   $350.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   An unfired bubba....riiiight.

551767890   Chinese SKS M56 7.62x39   5   $285.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Gaah, my eyes!!!!

551792469   NORINCO - SKS - CAL. 7.62X39   7   $277.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   

551858593   Chinese SKS 7.62x39 Carbine & Scope 762x39   1   $275.00    /26\   Bubba   Fair   

551923036   Chinese SKS with 4 power scope   14   $317.12    /26\   Bubba   Uncertain   

551943909   Chinese SKS 1st year production 6 digit SN C&R   21   $316.57    /26\   Refurbished   Fair   

552042962   Norinco KSI SKS 7.62x39   12   $295.00    /26\   Bubba   Fair   

552223647   Chinese SKS Type 56 7.62x39mm NOT import marked   7   $338.00    /366\   As-Issued   Good   

552224726   SKS Composite Stock   1   $299.99    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

552281375   Late Chinese M21 SKS, all matching.   3   $625.00    M21 0296   As-Issued   Very Good   Nice gun Pat!

552362531   CHINESE NORINCO SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE COMBAT EXCHANGE TACTICAL STOCK-LEAPERS SCOPE   14   $305.01    /26\   Bubba   Fair   Grey carpet guy strikes again!

552394863   Norinco / Chinese SKS 7.62 x 39   5   $305.00    /?6\   Uncertain   Good   

552416310   Chinese Factory 0221 Cast receiver SKS. Matching   11   $465.00    [0221]   As-Issued   Good   Another really nice one from Pat!  Gotta love it when the final sale price is above the BIN price was!

552420916   Norinco Chinese SKS 7.62x39 with spike bayonet   1   $375.00    Blank (late build)   Refurbished   Good   

552589661   Norinco SKS Semi-Automatic Rifle 7.62x39-NR   3   $290.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

552687127   Norinco SKS 7.62x39MM Item-S197   16   $305.01    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

552746624   Chinesse Norinco SKS Rifle 7.62x39mm Semi Auto   23   $320.00    /26\   Bubba   Fair   

552852664   NORINCO - SKS - CAL. 7.62X39   15   $295.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Neat old B-West Import, though the stoopid big banana magazine has got to go!

552919200   SKS by Norinco Polytech PTK import 7.62x39   1   $399.00    /?5\   As-Issued   Good   

553046409   SKS Norinco with extras   4   $295.79    /26\   Bubba   Good   Note to seller: the 'extras' do not help sell the gun.  In this case, the bubba condition most certainly was the reason you failed to break 3 Benjamins.

553048642   Chinese Norinco SKS All Matching #'s-Like New   4   $475.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   Horsetrash.

553081724   SKS Type 56 All Matching Excellent bore No Reserve   2   $375.00    /906\   As-Issued   Good   This gun passed through GB via a different seller previously.

553268187   Chinese Norinco SKS 7.62x39. Sec 922r compliant! TWO IN ONE with extras.TWO SETUPS - excellent -   1   $715.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Gah!!!

553425120   Penny Auction - SKS 7.62x39mm Rifle   16   $281.00    DB   Refurbished   Good   While there were lots of photos, this auction was pretty horsetrashy with the blurry pictures and 10 photos of the same portion of the gun.

553569739   Norinko SKS 7.62x39-Nice-NR   1   $300.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

553649317   Excellent Norinco SKS 7.62x39 with ammo pouch   3   $315.00    /636\   Refurbished   Good   

553654898   SKS Type 56   1   $330.00    /26\   Uncertain   Fair   This one pisses me off.  It's an uncommon side swivel 3 mil /26\, yet the auction is so horsetrashy that I can't make out the entire S/N.  Note to seller: "You are not Andy Warhol or Ansel Adams.  Quit taking liberties with the camera and trying for aesthetics.  Shoot pictures of the ^%^%$^ gun from right angles for goodness sakes!"

553664204   1957 Early Chinese Type 56 SKS Carbine C&R Penny Cold War Vietnam Norinco Service Rifle & Bayonet   23   $505.00    /26\   Refurbished   Good   I've seen this 2I6455 gun before....

553836143   Norinco SKS 7.62x39MM Item-S184   17   $300.01    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

553853448   Norinco Chinese SKS 7.62x39 Semi Auto Rifle 20"bbl   10   $260.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Poor   Wet hot mess.

554209210   Chinese SKS Excellent Matching Numbers   2   $375.00    /26\   As-Issued   Fair   

554416830   Norinco SKS 7.62x39mm With Bayonet   9   $305.00    /306\   Uncertain   Good   

554580452   NORINCO SKS 7.62X39MM (READ)   13   $190.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

554592387   SKS in Bullpup stock 7.62x39 w/original parts   1   $499.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   

555178882   SKS by Norinco, 7.62X39 Chinese   3   $450.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Very Good   

[Dannyboy53]

Lowest average price since Nov 2015 ($353.50).

[running-man]

Yeah, this was a pretty slow month for type 56s on Gunbroker.  I'll get the YTD Chinese tracking graph up soon so you can see the trends. They are not appreciating loke the Albys or Russians, I can tell you that!

[Loose}{Cannon]

553268187   Chinese Norinco SKS 7.62x39. Sec 922r compliant! TWO IN ONE with extras.TWO SETUPS - excellent -   1   $715.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Gah!!!

So....  Guy has all the original stuffs as a selling point for someone liking the 'return to factory' ability, but conveniently doesn't tell you he high polished the FCG or chromed it.   

[firstchoice]

"Norinco Model SKS 7.62x39 GOOD+ CONDITION!"

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=550696684

Two "sorta" pics and the Seller still gets about 12 bidders with 23 bids and auction ends at $415.00? Not much ambition to sell it. And yet it still brought a good price. Some auctions are weird.

firstchoice

[Phosphorus32]

"Norinco Model SKS 7.62x39 GOOD+ CONDITION!"

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=550696684

Two "sorta" pics and the Seller still gets about 12 bidders with 23 bids and auction ends at $415.00? Not much ambition to sell it. And yet it still brought a good price. Some auctions are weird.

firstchoice

Agreed. Two poor pics, that's ridiculous.  Looks like there may be a bit of water damage to the buttstock in the right side picture.

I guess he started at a reasonable minimum selling price of $179 and with 5000+ sales this shop probably has quite a few followers.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Followers.   

[running-man]

I barely even bother to comment on horsetrash like that, except when it's so egregious that I think a tongue lashing will do some good. 
How anyone can buy any firearm, much less a gun selling for $415 based on those two 640x159 pixel photos is beyond me.  Heck I take more care buying a $0.99 head of lettuce at the supermarket. 

[Phosphorus32]

I barely even bother to comment on horsetrash like that, except when it's so egregious that I think a tongue lashing will do some good. 
How anyone can buy any firearm, much less a gun selling for $415 based on those two 640x159 pixel photos is beyond me. Heck I take more care buying a $0.99 head of lettuce at the supermarket. 

This isn't hyperbole folks