GB listings for May, 2016 - Chinese Military

[running-man]

We had 86 guns change hands this month. 

Lowet Sale Price: $210.51
Avg. Sale Price: $342.90
Highest Sale Price: $700.00
As-Issued Avg. Sale Price: $348.79

I'm changing things up this month and listing these by the arsenal condition with secondary sorting by price.  Amazingly, not a single DP/DB gun this month and zero M21s either.  First month I can remember that we haven't had at least one of those three in the mix.

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

556002084   Chinese SKS (jianshe) in 7.62x39   3   $499.00    /26\   As-Issued   Fair   Pretty pricey for that condition...

555196108   1965 Chinese Military SKS orig sling, cleaning kit   7   $425.00    /?\   As-Issued   Fair   

558131211   Chinese SKS Norinco 7.62x39 Poly USA MATCHING #'s   16   $420.00    /?5\   As-Issued   Good   

554436521   CHINESE MILITARY TYPE 56 SKS RIFLE-ALL MATCHING   17   $405.00    /26\   As-Issued   Fair   Awesome letter series gun.  Finally found an intact, original letter "O" stock, looks to be narrow font.

560550235   UNISSUED Norinco Type 56 SKS 7.62x39   1   $400.00    /416\   As-Issued   Good   

558938368   Norinco SKS 762x39   1   $399.99    /0223\   As-Issued   Good   

558937686   SKS Parade Rifle Chinese Military RI-SKS-1815312   2   $390.00    (9696)   As-Issued   Good   Nice uncommon oval arsenal here.

559942719   Chinese Norinco SKS 7.62x39 matching numbers   12   $382.00    /316\   As-Issued   Good   Another nice one!

557645519   CIA MODEL SKS 7.62 X 39 W/ BAYONET   2   $355.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   Here's a laminate stocked Chinese that was talked about on Gunbroker a while back.  Nice gun at a ridiculously great price.

557662502   Norinco Chinese SKS 20" 7.62x39 No Reserve   14   $340.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   

558940105   100-CHINESE SKS MILITARY RIFLE 1 PENNY No Reserve   16   $330.00    /106\   As-Issued   Good   This is a very nice gun!  Perfect for the arsenal configuration pages!

558859534   280 CHINESE SKS 7,62x39 SEMI AUTO RIFLE No Reserve   21   $330.00    /306\   As-Issued   Good   Nice looking gun!

557499705   Chinese SKS All Matching Very Good Plus C&R   1   $325.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   12mil /26\ with normal takedown lever.

560582983   Norinco KSI SKS 7.62x39   23   $305.57    /26\   As-Issued   Fair   

559394727   Norinco SKS 7.62x39   4   $305.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   

557703783   Chinese; Norinco; SKS; 7.62 x 39; NR   2   $300.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   

558343165   Norinco Chinese SKS 7.62x39mm   14   $300.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   

558977512   Chinese SKS 7.62x39 Factory 974 RARE not Russian   1   $299.00    (974)   As-Issued   Fair   Now that is one interesting gun.  Stamped receiver cover with 'matching' number.  Has the been there and done that look.  Sweet price, man I wish I had seen that auction before it closed!

555470481   Norinco CSI Unknown SKS 7.62x39mm   11   $285.00    /26\   As-Issued   Good   Sweet deal!

555842745   Norinco CSI Unknown SKS 7.62x39mm   9   $279.01    [0138]   As-Issued   Good   Another sweet deal!

561378247   YUGO M56 SKS 7.62 X 39mm   1   $249.99    Ghost   As-Issued   Fair   Ok, not a 'Yugo M56': check.  Bayonet is 'unsharpened': check.  Not a 'safe queen': check.  COME ON MAN!  It says friggen China on the IO import stamp.  I can see that all the way from New Mexico for crying out loud!  Interesting star stampings on the receiver though.

560309510   Norinco SKS bullpup   1   $700.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   

559365918   Norinco SKS very rare 7.62x39 w/ original bipod   1   $699.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   If rare in this case means one of a kind, I guess that's accurate.  No idea why the $20 bipod is so hyped on this one...

560167839   Norinco SKS 762x39   2   $505.00    /306\   Bubba   Good   Is a bubba'd /306\ worth north of $500?  At least two guys think so...

557745027   Norinco SKS 7.62x39   7   $485.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

559487193   SKS Vietnam G.I. Bringback!   1   $475.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Poor   LC wouldn't have touched this one with a 30' pole.  After reading up case study on obliterated firearm S/N's, I wouldn't touch it with a 1000' pole.  Yikes, that's some bad juju!

558334130   Norinco SKS 7.62X39 Semi Automatic Rifle Tapco   1   $425.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   

555299674   Chinese SKS Sino-Soviet Matching   6   $410.00    /26\   Bubba   Fair   Though it didn't affect the price, I strongly disagree with applying a new coat of shellac to an all matching letter gun like that.  Ouch!

555306818   Chinse SKS Sino-Soviet Matching   1   $400.00    /26\   Bubba   Fair   Though it didn't affect the price, I strongly disagree with applying a new coat of shellac to an all matching six digit /26\ gun like that.  Ouch!

557575974   Norinco SKS as imported w/original box, stock, etc   1   $400.00    /6616\   Bubba   Good   

559144850   NORINCO SKS FOLDING STOCK FOLDING STOCK   2   $399.99    /?\   Bubba   Good   

548939802   Chinese SKS   1   $375.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   

559536552   Norinco SKS synthetic stock very low rounds   2   $365.00    Blank (late build)   Bubba   Fair   Clear scrub of an old triangle arsenal gun here.

559381434   RARE NORINCO BAKELIGHT SKS FOLDING SPIKE BAYONET   2   $360.00    /26\   Bubba   Good   Last I checked, Bakelite and fiberglass were totally different beasts.  Now if you were talking Bakelite phenolic, I could see the confusion.

554511269   Norinco SKS   13   $355.00    /?\   Bubba   Good   

555158092   Norinco SKS   1   $350.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   

555527317   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Scope Hi-Cap loaded!   15   $350.00    /?\   Bubba   Fair   

559082114   Norinco Chinese SKS Original 7.62x39mm Bayonet   8   $341.00    /0408\   Bubba   Fair   Wow, what a sin what happened to this receiver cover.

559399416   CJA SKS w/ Custom Left Hand Stock Semi Auto Rifle   25   $340.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Surprised this one went so low. That stock alone is worth over half the final price I'd bet!

558738802   * Chinese SKS Century Import semi rifle * 7.62x39   15   $330.00    /416\   Bubba   Good   

558216934   Norinco China SKS   2   $330.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   

560591396   Chinese Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Rifle Arsenal 66   23   $325.00    /?5\   Bubba   Good   Interesting 7-17 S/N.  Haven't seen a July gun like that in the /?5\ series in a while.

557757583   Norinco Chinese SKS   9   $325.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   

558778403   NORINCO chinese sks. 762x39   2   $310.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Horsetrash!

560761521   Norinco SKS 7.62x39MM Item-S233   11   $310.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Hey!  Finally a King's gun that's not a Bub - oh wait.

559817030   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 With Scope Mount 30rd Mag   14   $305.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   

559743677   Norinco SKS 7.62x39MM Item-S195   12   $305.00    /26\   Bubba   Fair   

561678266   Norinco SKS   3   $300.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   What's that shorty para spike doing on this gun?!

556577630   Norinco SKS 7.62 China Version Used G/C Bayonet   3   $300.00    /0223\   Bubba   Good   

557925429   Norinco SKS CAL. 7.62x39 [L-4]   12   $300.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Horsetrash!

558308122   CAI China SKS Type 56 7.62x39 Good!   1   $299.99    /26\   Bubba   Fair   I wonder who carved those glyphs on the right side of the stock?  The Chinese, the Albanians, or mall ninja Bubba?

555838406   Norinco SKS 7.62x39mm   15   $299.99    Blank (late build)   Bubba   Fair   

553962938   SKS Type 56 7.62X39   1   $295.00    Ghost   Bubba   Fair   

557701648   .01 START Norinco SKS 7.62x39 762 x 39 Chinese   18   $290.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   

559943663   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 w/Scope   12   $285.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   

559143029   NORINCO SKS 7.62X39MM   8   $285.00    Blank (late build)   Bubba   Fair   

555989867   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 extras   7   $282.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   

556940497   Norinco SKS 7.62x39, 30 rd mag, Matching Numbers   11   $280.00    /?\   Bubba   Fair   

557135543   NORINCO SKS 7.62X39MM   10   $276.99    /26\   Bubba   Fair   

559744530   Norinco SKS 7.62x39mm   6   $275.00    /?\   Bubba   Fair   

555139663   Norinco Factory 26 SKS Sporter with Tapco Stock   13   $270.00    /26\   Bubba   Fair   

556501486   CHINESE SKS W/ REMOVABLE MAGS REAL NICE NO RESERVE GREAT STOCK PARKERIZED WILL BE A GREAT SHOOTER   12   $267.00    [0138]   Bubba   Fair   Hell of a thing to do to a stamped gun!

559356437   Norinco SKS , 7.62x39, 30rd Mag, Bayonet, Matching   6   $266.00    /?\   Bubba   Fair   

559604202   Norinco SKS 7.62x39mm Semi Auto Rifle   15   $253.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Horsetrash!

559881734   SKS,Jianshe Arsenal/26\, matching #s 1st year mfg   16   $232.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Words fail me sometimes.  Hell of a thing to do to an otherwise nice "all matching" ghost, deceased gunsmith or not.

560764890   NORINCO SKS MONTE CARLO STOCK 7.62x39 30RD MAG   11   $230.00    /256\   Bubba   Good   Actually not a bad gun to buy and rescue.  Certainly has potential.

561155311   Poly Norinco SKS 7.62x39mm   9   $210.51    /?\   Bubba   Fair   

555644543   2 Vietnam bringbacks MAS 36 and Chinese SKS   1   $400.00    /26\   Refurbished   Poor   $750 for both a type 56 and a MAS36.  I assigned $400 to the SKS and $350 to the MAS.  This one is a gun with a story and not much else going for it.  This seller has sold quite a few other SKS carbines in the past and people may be paying a premium just to get items from him.  The old adage of buy the gun not the story certainly applies here.   This gun is rough.  No idea how I could justify $400 for it to be honest.

557000200   Chinese Norinco SKS Semi-Automatic Rifle 7.62 x 39   1   $399.00    /?5\   Refurbished   Fair   Too bad it's a horsetrash auction, can't make out the number to add to the /?5\ database...  Whoever got this one got a reverse takedown lever stock though.  Pretty cool.

559140898   Norinco SKS Type 56 7.62x39 with Bayonet   14   $355.75    /26\   Refurbished   Good   

558978505   Rare SKS Chin experimental stamped receiver rifle   1   $350.00    [0138]   Refurbished   Fair   Steal of a price for this one.

560217283   SKS Type 56 Vietnam era C&R   1   $279.00    Uncertain   Refurbished   Fair   You might think you have put a 'better' stock on, but you'd be mistaken.

557902419   Norinco SKS Rifle 7.62x39mm 20" Chinese   13   $275.00    /26\   Refurbished   Fair   

559688776   NORINCO SKS 7.62X39MM (READ)   13   $255.00    (9186)   Refurbished   Fair   

560887158   Chinese SKS not Norinco... Chinese Security Police   1   $550.00    [0141]   Uncertain   Good   Horsetrash.

557560982   Minty Chinese SKS 7.62x39 Complete Matching   1   $400.00    /26\   Uncertain   Good   

558186542   Chinese Norinco SKS Semi-Auto Rifle Bayonet 762 39   2   $399.00    /?5\   Uncertain   Fair   Horsetrash!

556090329   Chinese SKS 762x39 Early Gun Folding Bayonet   2   $370.00    /666\   Uncertain   Fair   I *think* maybe refinished, but I honestly can't tell from the no-so-great photos.  Very sought after arsenal stamp.

558014446   Chinese SKS Military, 7.62X39   1   $325.00    /26\   Uncertain   Fair   Looks like a 7 mil /26\ Sino-banian.

559572718   SKS Chinese Norinco Type 56 7.62x39 Excellent Cond   13   $315.00    /?\   Uncertain   Good   

556141123   Nice Norinco SKS   1   $300.00    /306\   Uncertain   Good   

555450949   Norinco SKS NR   1   $300.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Not only horsetrash, but thumbnail sized photo horsetrash!

560384859   SKS by Norinco 7.62X39   1   $300.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   probably a 23/24 mil /26\ with that handguard, but impossible to tell from the horsetrash listing.

559590727   Chinese SKS Rifle - Matching, but Cracked Stock   1   $299.95    Ghost   Uncertain   Poor   That's a bad crack at the wrist.  At least the seller is honest and open about it, kudos for that!

558300108   SKS Type 56   1   $290.00    /?\   Uncertain   Fair   

559944312   Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Rifle   14   $230.00    /?\   Uncertain   Fair