GB Listings for August, 2016 - Commercial Chinese

[running-man]

A nice healthy cycle this month, tops for 2016 actually.

# sold: 39
Lowest Sale Price: $320.00   
Avg. Sale Price: $542.21
Highest Sale Price: $899.00
Avg. Price AK Variants: $630.81
Avg. Price Paratrooper Variants: $478.04

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   Commercial Chinese  Type   Commercial Chinese Condtion   Current Condition   RM's Notes

578533457   Norinco SKS Parade Rifle 7.62x39mm Chinese   25   $755.00    Honor Guard   As-Imported   Very Good   Beautiful gun.  No certificate though.  Doesn't make it any less legit though, most can spot a legit HG from a Mexican bumper shop chop job at 100 yards.

574839178   SKS by Norinco 7.62X39 NIB Paratrooper   2   $501.00    K-Sports Paratrooper Hunter    As-Imported   Good   

579703410   Chinese Norinco SKS Paratrooper 16" Matching   10   $650.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

576488969   Chinese Norinco SKS Paratrooper 16" Rifle Excellant Like New Condition   1   $650.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

576546997   Chinese Norinco SKS Paratrooper 16" Rifle Matching   1   $625.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

576850252   Norinco China Paratrooper 16" SKS Rifle 7.62X39   27   $582.77    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

574757092   SKS Norinco Paratrooper Mint Rare Blade Bayonet   2   $505.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

577062143   Chinese Trident Arms SKS matching 16" Paratrooper   1   $500.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

578520505   SKS PARATROOPER Shorty Carbine Norinco   18   $481.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

576300149   Chinese Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Paratrooper Carbine   39   $470.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

574184364   1993 Norinco SKS Paratrooper,NIB,Unfired Preban   17   $460.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Very Good   

577054720   Chinese Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Rifle 16" ParaTrooper   7   $410.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

577136686   Norinco SKS 762 x 39 Paratrooper Rifle China   1   $375.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Uncertain   Horsetrash listing.

573788300   Chinese SKS 7.62X39 Item-S43   17   $371.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   Paratrooper at a Std. type 56 price!

575021729   CHINESE SKS PARATROOPER 7.62X39   1   $349.95    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

579604564   Norinco SKS Semi Auto Rifle 7.62x39   47   $615.00    Paratrooper   Bubba   Good   

578319967   NORINOCO SKS,UNFIRED CONDITION,MANY EXTRAS   1   $500.00    Paratrooper   Bubba   Good   

578578228   Chinese/Norinco Type 56 SKS Carbine Paratrooper   6   $451.00    Paratrooper   Bubba   Good   

580228831   Norinco SKS 7.62X39 ATI Stock Barska Red Dot   12   $405.00    Paratrooper   Bubba   Good   

577832308   SKS Paratrooper in a Tapco stock   1   $400.00    Paratrooper   Bubba   Good   

578011414   Norinco; SKS; 7.62x39; NR   1   $399.99    Paratrooper   Bubba   Good   

576885397   Norinco SKS China 7.62x39 Folding Stock Nice!   15   $360.00    Paratrooper   Bubba   Good   

578575135   Chinese/Norinco Type 56 SKS   6   $320.00    PU Sniper   Bubba   Good   

574105829   Norinco SKS Type-D like New 7.62x39   15   $685.00    SKS D   As-Imported   Good   

578962527   SKS M - New Old Stock Unfired - Takes Any AK Mags   2   $800.00    SKS M   As-Imported   Very Good   Horsetrash listing.

574574672   Norinco SKS-M factory built to use AK-47 mags sksm   2   $800.00    SKS M   As-Imported   Good   

576225150   Norinco Paratrooper SKS Model M AK 47 Style AK47   8   $600.00    SKS M   As-Imported   Good   

574180764   Norinco SKS M C8A 7.62mm semi-auto rifle   10   $518.00    SKS M   As-Imported   Good   

578781587   SKS Norinco Model M Chinese poly tech D   8   $725.00    SKS M   Bubba   Good   

579466396   Norinco MC-5D SKS 7.62X39 Near perfect, Unfired???   13   $495.00    SKS MC-5D   As-Imported   Very Good   

574822921   SKS MC-5D Sporter AK Mags Paratrooper 16"   2   $625.00    SKS MC-5D   Bubba   Fair   

578178030   SKS Norinco Model M Paratrooper Mint In Box   3   $725.00    SKS NR   As-Imported   Very Good   Photo is dark, but that's certainly a NIB SKS NR. Very nice.

575372042   Norinco SKS M SKS-M Rifle Takes AK47 Mags   10   $560.55    SKS Sporter   As-Imported   Good   

577947407   Nice Norinco SKS M SKS-M Rifle Takes AK47 Mags   1   $675.00    SKS Sporter   Bubba   Good   

576428589   Norinco SKS 63 D Sporter -AK MAGS- 7.62x39 RARE   17   $530.00    SKS Sporter   Bubba   Fair   Yeah, a fair condition, bubba'd Sporter is rare.  Gotcha.  Capital City is the same shop that took a NK SKS from some poor vet's widow for next to nothing, then brought in some gun 'expert' in Nevada who tried to sell a total BS line of "This gun is the missing link transition from the Russian SKS to the NK version!" then tried to flip it for something like $4k.  I wish I had saved that thread, it was fascinating how greedy these guys are.

578129055   Norico SKS Sporter Takes AK Magazines   3   $461.99    SKS Sporter   Bubba   Good   

577228146   Norinco SKS Paratrooper with baronet and 30rnd mag   9   $410.00    SKSS   Bubba   Good   

577686671   Norinco Bullpup SKS M 7.62x39   1   $899.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Some kind of AK mag gun here.

577833857   SKS Type M Accepts AK Mags   2   $500.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   

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578533457   Norinco SKS Parade Rifle 7.62x39mm Chinese   25   $755.00    Honor Guard   As-Imported   Very Good   Beautiful gun.  No certificate though.  Doesn't make it any less legit though, most can spot a legit HG from a Mexican bumper shop chop job at 100 yards.

This gun sat at $500 the entire time and I thought I might have a good shot at winning it. Unfortunately it shot up $200 in the last two hours, and it was still going up well after I tapped out, lol.

574105829   Norinco SKS Type-D like New 7.62x39   15   $685.00    SKS D   As-Imported   Good

Mine

578178030   SKS Norinco Model M Paratrooper Mint In Box   3   $725.00    SKS NR   As-Imported   Very Good   Photo is dark, but that's certainly a NIB SKS NR. Very nice.

I REALLY wanted this gun. I was talking privately with the seller seeing if he'd come down a little on the price as I felt it was high. Obviously someone else thought it was fine because it sold last minute. I really should have just paid the asking price

578129055   Norico SKS Sporter Takes AK Magazines   3   $461.99    SKS Sporter   Bubba   Good   

Wow....somebody got a smoking deal on this rare 89 Sporter!

577228146   Norinco SKS Paratrooper with baronet and 30rnd mag   9   $410.00    SKSS   Bubba   Good

Another good buy on this SKSS....

577686671   Norinco Bullpup SKS M 7.62x39   1   $899.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Some kind of AK mag gun here.

It's an M.

[running-man]

577686671   Norinco Bullpup SKS M 7.62x39   1   $899.00    Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Some kind of AK mag gun here.

It's an M.

Ha, I didn't even bother to scroll through the photos.  Usually the bullpup kits hide any/all of the receiver markings.  I took enough time to note the AK style mag release & the chopped barrel and made the entry.

[firstchoice]

Wow, two as-NIB M's go for $800.00 and you got that NICE D for $685.00, PS? I never know what to think of the GB sales. I'd have thought the D's (the ACTUAL D's) would always command a higher price, especially in the condition PS got his in.

RM, are you including guns that didn't sell in these data sheets?

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/576225150

It was relisted and sold for $690.00 on 09/03/2016.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Item/580928823

This may be more of a pita, than help?   

firstchoice

[running-man]

Wow, two as-NIB M's go for $800.00 and you got that NICE D for $685.00, PS? I never know what to think of the GB sales. I'd have thought the D's (the ACTUAL D's) would always command a higher price, especially in the condition PS got his in.

RM, are you including guns that didn't sell in these data sheets?

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/576225150

It was relisted and sold for $690.00 on 09/03/2016.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Item/580928823

This may be more of a pita, than help?   

firstchoice

That would be me not paying enough attention to the newfangled GB pages.  The old pages had a nice red banner up top when an item didn't hit reserve or failed to sell.  The new pages have a single red line of text buried in the middle of the page. 

Bottom line is I missed this one, missed it badly.  Updating the spreadsheet, we wind up with:
38 sold
$320.00 low price
$540.69 Avg. Sale Price
$899.00 Highest Sale Price
$653.81 Avg. AK Variant Price
$478.04 Avg. Paratrooper Variant Price.

Thanks for keeping me honest FC! 

[firstchoice]

Yeah, myself, I liked the "old" GB page setup better. Nothing wrong with change. But not for just the sake of change. There may be some computer or server advantages to the new page setup that I'm not aware of, but it's less user friendly, to me, anyway.

Never feel unappreciated RM! I watch these GB Listings and appreciate what you do! Thanks again for all the effort put into this! 

firstchoice

[XXXSKS]

574184364   1993 Norinco SKS Paratrooper,NIB,Unfired Preban   17   $460.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Very Good   

Last of the Paratroopers with the rubber but pad.

574757092   SKS Norinco Paratrooper Mint Rare Blade Bayonet   2   $505.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

This one is funny. Not as imported.  This guy tried to convert this rifle to a blade bayonet version. What he didn't know is the blade groove needs to be longer.  . Should have used a M59/66 stock.

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574757092   SKS Norinco Paratrooper Mint Rare Blade Bayonet   2   $505.00    Paratrooper   As-Imported   Good   

This one is funny. Not as imported.  This guy tried to convert this rifle to a blade bayonet version. What he didn't know is the blade groove needs to be longer.  . Should have used a M59/66 stock.

Looks more to me like he just changed the stock, no? It's an early gun, so blade is probably right, and the handguard wood is a different color so I think he just put a standard stock on it and didn't extend the groove. Probably was a plastic stock gun and maybe he tried putting wood back on to sell it?

[Loose}{Cannon]

May be impossible to tell without seeing the notch in the stock ferrule?

[XXXSKS]

Let me rephrase my earlier post. Change the phrase "convert this rifle" to the phrase "change the stock"

and

You are right Loose I can't see the ferrule.


                                                                                                       

[Loose}{Cannon]

I put the question mark because I thought maybe you knew or saw something I didnt.