this is just cruel

[hoopharted]

and keep in mind these are Canadian prices , so US dollars would be cheaper

https://leverarms.com/shop/surplus/russian-type-45-sks-rifles-arsenal-refurbished/

[Greatguns]

That's actually expensive for a Canadian price. Last I looked, and it has been a while, they were $299 up north.

[hoopharted]

thats dirt cheap in comparison to here even without the conversion rate

[Greatguns]

thats dirt cheap in comparison to here even without the conversion rate

Gotta pay extra if you want the 10rnd version.

[hoopharted]

i never even heard of pinning one to 5 rounds

[Greatguns]

i never even heard of pinning one to 5 rounds

That's a Canada thing. I actually have a Canadian SKS box mag that has the riveted block to restrict it to 5 rnds. Somehow a guy in NOLA latched onto a bunch of and was selling them on Ebay last year.

[jstin2]

Prices on the SKS in Canada has risen last year. You could get one for $250.00 to $300.00 and now $400.00 to $600.00 CDN. We are also limited to having magazines holding  5 rounds, so magazines are pinned to limit capacity. Examples of this are -

https://ibb.co/album/ieoSdv

[pcke2000]

same as Soviet refurb SVT-40

[Greatguns]

Prices on the SKS in Canada has risen last year. You could get one for $250.00 to $300.00 and now $400.00 to $600.00 CDN. We are also limited to having magazines holding  5 rounds, so magazines are pinned to limit capacity. Examples of this are -

https://ibb.co/album/ieoSdv

Image numbers 9257 and 9258 are the kind like I have

[Larry D.]

M1 carbines for 600 Canadian......
Ammo prices........

Almost worth emigrating....... OK, that was a bit too far.

[Boris Badinov]

It's easy enough to look past the Canadian SKS deals every time I see a pefectly matching magazine that has been franken-pinned.

Such examples wouldn't fetch much more in the US imho.

[jstin2]

I also do not like the way magazines are franken-pinned. I have debated on getting a welder to redo the magazine on my 50, file it flush then cold blue. Would have to be careful not to damage serial number.

[pcke2000]

It's interesting to see them use a museum pic (from wikipedia) of a non-refurb letter gun for their refurb Russians.

[jaroslav]

It's easy enough to look past the Canadian SKS deals every time I see a pefectly matching magazine that has been franken-pinned.

Such examples wouldn't fetch much more in the US imho.

It's bad, that mine early 1949 has franken-pinned mag. That mag is unique, has NO pin in the front of the mag like the rest of the Russian and Chinese SKS have. I could never find a replacement.

[pcke2000]

It's easy enough to look past the Canadian SKS deals every time I see a pefectly matching magazine that has been franken-pinned.

Such examples wouldn't fetch much more in the US imho.

It's bad, that mine early 1949 has franken-pinned mag. That mag is unique, has NO pin in the front of the mag like the rest of the Russian and Chinese SKS have. I could never find a replacement.

There was one without stud recently sold on eBay.