GB listings for March, 2017 - Russian

[running-man]

Russian SKS45s are the most sought after on the market right now.  In my opinion they will never be "rare", but they do get expensive, especially for low productions years, as-issued guns, or Izhevsk arsenal.

• # sold: 57
• Lowest Sale Price: $206.00
• Avg. Sale Price: $615.20
• Highest Sale Price: $1,500.00
• Tula Avg. Price: $604.63
• Izhevsk Avg. Price: $988.20
• As-Issued Avg. Price: $734.17

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

• 631074940 | 1952 Tula Russian SKS Matching Non-Refurb | 18 | $855.00  | 1952 | Tula | As-Issued | Good | ЮM3917 | This is a prime example why I don't subscribe to "non-refurbished"  That stock has CLEARLY been scrubbed and a new number applied or the old number reapplied.  Is it period correct with the correct date on it?  Probably. Is it "non-refurb", probably not.  You can see the discoloration in the finish where it was sanded across the S/N!
• 627066561 | C&R Unissued Russian 1952 Tula SKS Non Refurbished All Matching, w/ Extras, No Reserve, SVT 40 Russia | 29 | $730.00  | 1952 | Tula | As-Issued | Very Good | ЗB4063 | Another really nice gun here. Very clean!
• 631614543 | BEAUTIFUL 1953 RUSSIAN TULA SKS MATCHING 7.62X39 | 2 | $799.99  | 1953 | Tula | As-Issued | Very Good | ЛK4037 | Beautiful gun, horrible photos.
• 625127525 | Tula Russian SKS - All Matching - Exceptional! | 1 | $599.00  | 1954 | Tula | As-Issued | Good | KП1107 | Nice gun.
• 626229214 | Russian SKS, Excellent,1955,Hardwood Stock,7.62x39 | 2 | $600.00  | 1955 | Tula | As-Issued | Good | CП8179 | Really nice specimen here!
• 623649945 | C&R Like New Russian 1957 Tula SKS Non Refurbished All Matching, w/ Extras, No Reserve, SVT 40 Russia | 27 | $821.00  | 1957 | Tula | As-Issued | Very Good | ЛH5167_И | Wow, some really nice guns selling this month!
• 630550427 | 1950r Tula Russian SKS 7.62x39 Matching #'s | 1 | $549.00  | 1950 | Tula | Bubba | Good | УH2390 | Does this banana mag make me look fat?
• 625280385 | Russian Tula 1953 SKS 7.62x39 | 1 | $475.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Bubba | Uncertain | Uncertain | Poor photos.  Man my eyes were starting to water from trying to focus on them...
• 630708692 | Russian SKS Rifle 7.62x39 Nice! No Reserve! | 10 | $455.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Bubba | Fair | MO1407 |
• 632042676 | Russian Built SKS 7.62X39, Bayonet, Matching SN | 1 | $450.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Bubba | Fair | Uncertain | Bubba had his way with this one...
• 626648357 | Tula Arms Russian SKS-45 7.62x39mm Tula Arsenal | 10 | $405.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Bubba | Fair | Uncertain | Leave it up to Red's to blank out the Russian applied S/N and to leave the real BATF tracked S/N clear as can be.  C'mon man!
• 627190297 | Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39mm .01 NR | 18 | $405.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Bubba | Good | Л671 | Meh :/
• 632031777 | Russian SKS Rifle Russian SKS Rifle | 1 | $350.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Bubba | Uncertain | Uncertain | Horsetrash.
• 625559019 | RUSSIAN SKS 7.62x39 with custom stock NO RESEVE! | 10 | $206.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Bubba | Fair | Uncertain | Wow, someone needs to put this poor thing out of it's misery.  They sure hacked on that stock in the magwell area, looks anorexic!
• 629796972 | Russian SKS 1950 Tula, C&R | 32 | $626.00  | 1950 | Tula | Refurbished | Fair | CЯ2535 | Wow, lots of pitting under the wood on this one.  Still quite a neat little carbine with all those the mid '50 features...
• 627696518 | Russian SKS 1950 Tula Laminated Stock | 3 | $580.00  | 1950 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | УH1514 |
• 623417348 | Russian SKS-45 Tula 1951r 7.62x39 Wood Stock NR Numbers Matching w/Box & Accessories $.01 Start | 36 | $955.99  | 1951 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | AH1186 | Almost $1k for a heavy refurb.  Mercy me!
• 628367959 | RUSSIAN SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-TULA 1951 EXCELLENT CONDITION-ALL MATCHING NUMBERS | 22 | $785.00  | 1951 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | ЗK3049 | Gray Carpet Guy strikes again!
• 629301249 | Russian SKS 1951 Laminate | 4 | $705.00  | 1951 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | ПP1411 | Wow, 7 Benjamins for a heavy furb '51.
• 632822780 | Russian Tula sks siminov norinco chinese | 1 | $600.00  | 1951 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | Uncertain | Not a huge fan of this one.
• 626334880 | Nice 1951 Soviet Russian SKS-45 7.62x39mm Carbine Matching Tula Simonov Rifle SVT40 Tokarev AK47 SVT | 1 | $599.95  | 1951 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | HЮ2962 |
• 627199171 | Russian SKS 7.62x39 20" KBI 1951 Matching #'s | 1 | $474.99  | 1951 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | AЛ3027 | Reasonable price for this one.
• 622346399 | Russian "TULA" SKS Rifle, Complete, 7.62x39, 20" | 1 | $449.00  | 1951 | Tula | Refurbished | Uncertain | Uncertain | What's with these horsetrash postage stamp sized photos?!  There's a reason you got 1 bid and less than $450 for this gun bub, and it ain't the gun.
• 625008756 | Russian SKS 7.62x39 Tula 1951r Matching Numbers | 9 | $430.00  | 1951 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | AП5278 | Pretty stock on this one!
• 628305918 | Russian SKS Tula 1952r Matching Numbers 7.62x39 | 18 | $715.00  | 1952 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | KГ379 | Nice gun, but 7 Benjamins!??!  Krazy talk.
• 628040926 | Russian Tula SKS 1952r All Matching w/extras | 22 | $615.00  | 1952 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | HЛ3190 |
• 623832246 | 1952 Russian TULA SKS (Blue) | 1 | $500.00  | 1952 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | ИO3066 | Was bubba'd at one time, but brought all the way back.
• 627403645 | Russian SKS Semi-Auto Rifle, Excellent+ Condition | 28 | $676.71  | 1953 | Tula | Refurbished | Fair | Uncertain | This cracks me up: "Clarification: In response to email questions received: Yes this is a genuine Russian / Soviet military made SKS rifle, NOT Yugoslavian, Chinese, Polish, Romanian, Norinco or any other copy, it is actual Russian military surplus. Thanks."  Well with you showing ZERO serialized parts and horrible detail on the photos you did post, it's no wonder people are questioning what this is.  In my opinion, the listing is horsetrash.
• 627881460 | Russian SKS Tula 1953 r Laminate All Matching | 7 | $550.99  | 1953 | Tula | Refurbished | Uncertain | Uncertain | Light; it's your friend when taking photos....
• 626586634 | Russian 1953 Tula SKS with matching numbers | 5 | $510.00  | 1953 | Tula | Refurbished | Fair | Uncertain | 4 photos isn't going to cut it man.  Not for anything above 5 Benjamins.
• 626520805 | RUSSIAN SKS 7.62X39 1953 w/ Bayonet VERY CLEAN | 4 | $505.00  | 1953 | Tula | Refurbished | Uncertain | Uncertain | Horsetrash photos.
• 627964688 | CDI SWAN Russian SKS 1953r Near Mint | 6 | $450.00  | 1953 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | Uncertain |
• 627553932 | 1954 Russian Izhevsk SKS. Beautiful Rifle. | 17 | $805.00  | 1954 | Izhevsk | Refurbished | Good | И626_B | Nice gun Pat!  I was surprised to see that the magazine didn't match.
• 631557369 | Russian SKS Izhevsk | 15 | $656.00  | 1954 | Izhevsk | Refurbished | Good | Uncertain | It's an Izhevsk, but those horsetrash photos sure don't make my job all that easy do they?!
• 625826018 | Russian SKS Tula 1954r Matching #s 7.62x39 NR | 35 | $615.00  | 1954 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | ЛП2893 |
• 628446462 | RUSSIAN Made SKS / 1954r / CCCP 86287 7.62 X 39 | 24 | $602.00  | 1954 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | ИT7422 | Nice gun, but I don't know it's worthy of 24 bids!
• 627401916 | RUSSIAN SKS TULA 1954 Cal 762x39 | 6 | $600.00  | 1954 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | HT3096 | Irkutsk refurb.
• 631664614 | Russian SKS 1950 Tula, C&R | 6 | $580.00  | 1954 | Izhevsk | Refurbished | Fair | Uncertain | Izhevsk in Tula clothing.  No idea where they get '50 Tula from, it's clearly an Izhevsk from the cover and verified by the S/N.
• 627398900 | RUSSIAN SKS TULA 1953 Cal 762x39 laminate | 18 | $580.00  | 1954 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | Uncertain |
• 630579113 | Russian SKS Tula 1954r 7.62x39 Wood Stock NR | 13 | $530.00  | 1954 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | ГЛ2423 |
• 627940670 | 1954 Tula SKS Russian 1954R ALL #'s Matching NICE | 21 | $520.05  | 1954 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | ИH4148 | Wow, 21 bids.
• 630421820 | SUPER NICE Russian SKS Tula 1954 Matching NOW NR | 15 | $510.00  | 1954 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | ЗЛ2127 | Nice enough gun here.  Stock looks to be in great shape.
• 629975980 | Russian SKS 7.62x39 Item-S111 | 25 | $475.00  | 1956 | Tula | Refurbished | Fair | Uncertain | Horsetrash photos.
• 628973587 | Russian SKS Matching 1955/6 Tula Star Letter Gun | 26 | $456.00  | 1956 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | KБ5614_Д | 26 bids and only a $456 final bid.  Interesting!
• 629767105 | RUSSIAN SKS TULA LIKE NEW RARE LATE PRODUCTION | 1 | $750.00  | 1957 | Tula | Refurbished | Good | BK4800_И | I've never thought these letter И guns were "rare", that's a new one.
• 627687140 | Russian SKS 1954 Great Condition! | 1 | $799.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Refurbished | Good | Uncertain | Horsetrash photos.
• 628615890 | [C7350] Russian SKS, 762x39, semi auto, 10 rd mag | 1 | $630.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Refurbished | Good | Uncertain | Meh :/
• 625261154 | Russian SKS-45 Carbine 7.62x39 Very Nice | 5 | $620.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Refurbished | Uncertain | Uncertain | Horsetrash.
• 625052696 | Russian SKS 7.62x39 | 13 | $490.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Refurbished | Good | Uncertain | Meh :/
• 626533354 | Russia SKS Russian 7.62x39 1950 | 25 | $425.00  | Uncertain | Tula | Refurbished | Uncertain | Uncertain | Horsetrash photos on this one.  Absolutely horsetrash.
• 623172585 | SKS, Chinese, 762x39 | 1 | $385.00  | Uncertain | Tula | Refurbished | Fair | KЛ2707 | Russian sneak.
• 631201948 | Russian SKS 1950 Tula | 1 | $550.00  | 1950 | Tula | Uncertain | Fair | ПH1420 | The only time I've ever seen that many mismatched, non-lined or XXX'd parts on a gun was when it was bubba'd, then someone found a donor gun to unbubba it. The 1420 matching number is pretty peculiar though, this one may be a refurb factory screw up.
• 624028389 | Russian SKS Izhevsk | 2 | $1,500.00  | 1954 | Izhevsk | Uncertain | Good | ГA937 | If there was ever an auction that showed an impatient "Here take my money!" buyer, it's this one.  "Museam piece" eh?  You paid "far" more than $2000 for it!?  Ouch, talk about selling for a loss.
• 627158328 | Rare Russian SKS Izhevsk 1954 | 1 | $1,400.00  | 1954 | Izhevsk | Uncertain | Good | Uncertain | If I'm paying 14 Benjamins for an Izhevsk, I darn well need better photos than these.  I can't even tell if this gun is as issued or has a replacement stock.  What's the S/N?  Do all the parts on it match?  C'mon man.
• 624032660 | Russian Tula SKS | 2 | $900.00  | 1954 | Tula | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Another "museam" piece, how many does this guy have?!!  That finish is sure shiny....heebie jeebies shiny.  Horsetrash photos.
• 627799456 | Russian Tula SKS 1953 Unfired Numbers Matching | 6 | $760.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Photos all gone
• 630326125 | RUSSIAN SKS KBI Import | 1 | $500.00  | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Fair | Uncertain | Horsetrash.