GB listings for September, 2016 - Russian

[running-man]

A nice 45 Russians on Gunbroker this month. 

Lowest Sale Price: $265.00
Avg. Sale Price: $559.84
Highest Sale Price: $932.00
Tula Avg. Price: $545.72
Izhevsk Avg. Price: $743.75
As-Issued Avg. Price: $626.67

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



585487528   Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39 w/ 3 Mags C&R   2   $690.00    1951   Tula   As-Issued   Good   MC1689   Beautiful gun.

581109568   Genuine 1954 Russian Tula SKS   8   $640.00    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Good   AK7469   Nice gun, the stock cartouche gives me a bit of the  heebie-jeebies though, pretty heavy strike if legit.

586843618   RUSSIAN SKS RIFLE..Matching, Excellent   1   $550.00    1951   Tula   As-Issued   Good   HC1291   Very nice gun here.

582033509   sks tula 1954r russian sks tula 1954r great condition   1   $550.00    1954   Tula   Bubba   Fair   Uncertain   Not a big fan of this one.

580926640   Russian SKS - Tula Armory - 1954 - Matching #'s   23   $510.00    1954   Tula   Bubba   Good   ЛA284   Bubba has an engraving tool and used it to engrave that steel duckbill mag. 

586688794   Russian Tula SKS C&R Matching Numbers   4   $480.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   MP2481   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

584053107   Russian SKS-45 1955 100% Matching Tactical PENNY!   11   $425.00    1955   Tula   Bubba   Fair   OЛ5087   Sad to see what's happened to this firearm.

580862054   TULA SKS 762X39 RUSSIAN 1953 NO RESERVE   18   $410.00    1953   Tula   Bubba   Fair   ФЮ527   Pretty stock, metal is so-so though.  Shame about the tap and drill job.

580506399   Russian sks 1954 tula   1   $405.54    1954   Tula   Bubba   Good   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

581519458   Russian - SKS - 762x39   2   $399.99    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

582878282   Russia SKS KBI 7.62x39 1955 " Nice " No Reserve   11   $374.00    1955   Tula   Bubba   Good   CM4126   Absolute travesty that this one was missing the bolt.  Otherwise, it's an exceptional as-issued specimen in a very uncommon year.

580812188   KBI Inc. SKS 7.62x39 Rifle   8   $325.00    1950   Tula   Bubba   Fair   Uncertain   Man, put this one out of it's misery...

583180727   Russian SKS 7.62x39 - (1706G)   4   $316.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Uncertain   I guess it's Russian.

582720924   Russian SKS 1954r 7.62x39 No Mag Century Import   24   $265.00    1954   Tula   Bubba   Fair   KO8772   Ugly Ugly Ugly.

578980889   RUSSIAN SKS 7.62X39MM CARBINE NIB NR   43   $932.00    1953   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ЛO3581   No way this one is worth more than 5 or 6 bills.

581774129   RUSSIAN MILITARY SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-EXCELLENT TULA 1954-ALL MATCHING NUMBERS   16   $705.00    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ЮЯ67   No way this one is a true '54 with those features....

586559521   Russian SKS 1954R Tula Armory in 7.62X39mm   1   $650.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   Not a big fan of this one.

584166415   IZHEVSH 1953 SKS RARE 7.62X39   1   $625.00    1953   Izhevsk   Heavy Refurbished   Good   AP504   I think a member here bought this one.  Not a terrible looking gun all in all, but the heavy furb is pretty apparent.  Not a bad deal, though the jury's still out on whether it's a true '53 Izhevsk.

585458555   Late Production Tula Russian SKS 7.62x39   2   $570.00    1958   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   OУ5063_K   Not a great auction but the final price is higher than I'd have thought.  The clean laminated stock sold this one.

585570220   Russian Tula SKS 1953r 7.62x39 Rifle   20   $555.00    1953   Izhevsk   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   Well worth a flyer on this one at the $99 initial bid but I would have stopped a bit short of the $555 sale price.  All the features point towards a true '53 Izhevsk.

584516947   Russian SKS 7.62x39 1954 Laminated Stock Like New   6   $550.00    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   Meh :/

583799825   Russian SKS 7.62X39   2   $525.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   ДO1722   We've seen this one before.  It still isn't a nice gun...

583588470   RUSSIAN SKS   1   $499.00    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   KC626   Now *that* is a neat tiger-striped stock.  Very nice!

584801056   Russian Tufia SKS 7.62x39 ALL MATCHING NICE!   18   $455.00    1952   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   ЮP2703   Black bolt gun with a bubba slip on sleeve on the stock

581675161   Norinco Russian SKS PENNY AUCTION   7   $400.00    1958   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   When you see Norinco and Russian in the same sentence, things usually don't work out the way you'd hope.  This one is a legit SKS45 though!

580957937   Russian SKS 7.62 X 39 with bayonet   1   $399.95    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

584790958   1954 Russian Izhmash SKS Non Refurbished 7.62x39 Izhevsk SKS, Russia, Soviet, Rare Collectible Izzy   16   $920.00    1954   Izhevsk   Light Refurbished   Good   HP975   This one could have gone as-issued quite easily with those nice crossbolt stamps.  I gave it a downgrade because of the poor stock cartouche and stock S/N.  Either it's a refurb at best, or it's purposefully dickered at worst.  Not a bad gun at all mind you, just not head and shoulders above the other '54 Izhevsks out there.

585900189   Russian 1954 Izhevsk SKS   2   $875.00    1954   Izhevsk   Light Refurbished   Good   O264_P   There is absolutely no way you can look at that stock and tell me it's 'non-refurb'.  No way.

580058861   NOS Russian SKS - TULA - New in Box!   29   $799.00    1951   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   TB4112   Nice enough gun, maybe a bit overpriced.

581823027   Russian 1952 SKS 7.62x39 Rifle SO NICE $1START MUST SEE THIS FABULOUS RIFLE ALL MATCHING NUMBERS   38   $725.00    1952   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ЮP2515   Nice enough gun.  Was tempted to ding it with a bubba stock refinish, but I think this one could be arsenal re-done...

582217186   Russian SKS by Tula Arsenal Mfg. 1951   1   $699.00    1951   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   HЛ1097   Bit pricey for this one based on what it is.  Not digging the EP'd magazine.

584598096   Russian SKS 1950 Tula   15   $695.00    1950   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ЗC2131   Not bad little carbine here.  I almost want to call this one a heavy furb, but I can't make out enough finish on the receiver or receiver cover to definitively tell.

583738882   RUSSIAN SKS W/BAYONET ALL MATCHING +EXTRAS*1950   7   $605.00    1950   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   CO2934   Interesting 90° gas block on this one.  Long stamped takedown lever on the receiver cover too.

584239458   1951 Tula Russian SKS 7.62x39 Matching $.01 Start   23   $600.00    1951   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ПГ1159   Dollars to doughnuts this one's not a '51 Tula.  Features are from a '53 or '54 Tula...

581485796   Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39   1   $550.00    1952   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   BP4078   Not a bad looker here.

584170566   Russian SKS (Tula, late model) CDI import   3   $530.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Light Refurbished   Good   OП5451   Pretty bad presentation even with 10 photos, but looks like a decent enough gun here.

585528054   Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39 all Matching, Original   3   $485.00    1952   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   MT553   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

582627574   RUSSIAN SKS-45   5   $358.00    1958   Tula   Light Refurbished   Fair   Uncertain   Terrible listing.  Blurry photos, nothing of interest in detail, just terrible.  I think this is a K suffix gun but honestly, it's anyone's guess.

586136390   1953 TULA ARSENAL SKS UNISSUED   22   $825.42    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

584376888   1954 TULA ARSENAL SKS UNISSUED NEW   14   $770.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

584885716   RUSSIAN SKS-45 WITH BAYONET NIB W BAYONET   42   $705.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

584690937   Russian SKS 1954 Tula   1   $600.00    1954   Tula   Uncertain   Good   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

580789420   SKS Russian 1952 Tula   4   $475.00    1952   Tula   Uncertain   Good   BT2333   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

581174806   Russian SKS-45 matching numbers Nice NR   1   $400.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!

580667696   Russian SKS 7.62 1954   1   $369.99    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Does this banana mag make me look fat?



Photobucket took a dump.   Will post the gridded table as soon as they are back up. -RM (10/24/16)

[Greasemonkey]

Lotsa H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!! auctions.... 11 out of 45 auctions, roughly 25% of them sucked arse...

People must be getting complacent and lazy not wanting or even trying to get top dollar and milking everything red cent they can get. A little extra time and good pictures could have netted 50 to 150 more in cash in a few, not a bad return on spending 10-20 minutes of extra time to do it right.  Just spending 20 extra minutes and possibly netting $150 extra, thats $7.50 a minute you earned.

Post it and hope for the best...whatever   Idiots are on both sides, those who cut their own throats on price and those who will over pay..

[running-man]

Russians were disappointing this month to say the least.  Very few good deals out there. 

The horsetrash auctions typically only have 4 photos.  Does gunbroker charge more to go above that magic number?  How much per extra photo is it?  Whatever it is, it seems like a good investment when you can bring in an extra $100 pretty easily.

[Blicero]

There is no fee for pics on gb. Free for all. So there's no pennypinching excuse available to these lazy illiterates who love to leave hundreds of dollars on the table.

Three of my favorite cutting, if trite, euphemisms:
Bless your heart.
It should make a great shooter.
If you're happy with it, that's all that matters.

The last two ring loudly as I scan these listings.

[Blicero]

The k date for 358 looks like a sweet deal.