Chinese type 56 imports at Classic

[High Noon]

J&G Sales has them as well for $350, without any upgrade options.

"Chinese SKS Type 56 semi auto rifle chambered in 7.62x39. mid-1960s Chicom SKS military surplus rifles. Features a blued steel receiver and milled trigger guard, hardwood stock with sling swivels (depending on year may be on side or bottom), folding spike pattern bayonet, chrome lined barrel threaded into receiver, fixed 10rd mag, and adjustable rear sight. Mostly in the 10-11 million serial number range, C&R eligible. The bluing may be worn almost away and it will have some areas of corrosion and /or pitting, the stock and handguard show many dings and scratches and large cracks. Earlier Chinese manufacture from the Jianshe Arsenal factory /26\ . May or may not include cleaning rod. Protected with a very generous amount of cosmoline. C&R eligible."

https://www.jgsales.com/chinese-sks-type-56-semi-auto-rifle,-7.62x39,-factory-26-surplus,-cracked,-corroded,-spike-bayo,-c-r.-p-104086.html

[Ghost51xxx]

many dings and scratches and large cracks.

The LARGE cracks part is a deal breaker for me. I'll probably go with PSA. Got to get one before they all get gone!

[Ghost51xxx]

Interesting it now says out of stock.  Surprised as it seemed that they had gotten in so many crates.

Here is the cart I had...some are still $319 and the new ones were $365.

I hope they didn't send them to JRA to be refinished like they did the 303's

[ffjoey]

The J&G description doesn’t sound too great. Expect pitting in areas and cracked stocks. I think I will pass at that price.

[Bubbazinetti]

They should just call them gunsmith specials because that is exactly what they are from what I can see.It would save everyone a lot of wasted time.

[High Noon]

Yeah...the J&G description does not sound very good and the prices are higher.  I wouldn't want a cracked stock, rusted parts or all mismatched parts. 

I'd pass on those and look for one locally even if it was more $$.  You'd spend more trying to find a new stock, buy parts or make other repairs.  Glad I bought when I did - got two good ones to keep.  If I need too sell in the future I could get the funds back.

[ffjoey]

Same here. Looks like pickings are getting slim.

[ffjoey]

Classic is showing in stock again.

[High Noon]

Classic is showing in stock again. 

That's interesting.  Wonder if they changed it, so they could evaluate what they had left in inventory without any new orders coming in?

[Shoot The Refurbs]

Nope just increase price by an extra 10$ because they can.

[ffjoey]

Well I just ordered another, this time matching no hand select. We will see what I get.

[High Noon]

Yeah - let us know.  I saw they had bumped up the price to $329.99 now, so it will be interesting to see what condition the new one is in.

[ffjoey]

I will definitely report what I get. I kind of figured when PSA and J&G is at $349 for nonmatching, Classic would raise its price. I am curious that it was out of stock, then back, then the price increase a couple days later.

[Justin Hell]

What chaps my posterior is that my wife has been playing tag with their 'customer service' dept for weeks now over ours. Basically got them to issue a credit to reduce the price to a cracked stock special, since that is what it was.  Finally got them to agree to it...and they have yet to issue the credit to our account.  I have had another in the cart since last Wednesday. Yesterday as I awaited a reply at the usual ONE time per day they respond, they didn't so she called, again...this week they are back to only email and are not accepting calls.  As my wife was calling them, and learning of this, the price went up.  We haven't heard a peep from them since Wednesday morning.

I have received dozens of emails from them, contests, daily deals, videos, invites to watch them play video games....but the service department doesn't seem to have the same vigor as the sales department.   With the price increase, and the reduced value of our 'refund', we are considering just getting a Romanian Tokarev and being done with them. 

[running-man]

With the price increase, and the reduced value of our 'refund', we are considering just getting a Romanian Tokarev and being done with them.

Unfortunately, there are many people I've talked to that feel the same way about them as you JH.  Reputation is a funny thing, takes years to build up and can be gone in an instant when they don't do the right thing. 

There are certainly places out there that I would absolutely go the extra mile to promote (Dan's Sporting Goods comes to mind, absolute TOP notch service there and an all around good guy), while others like Classic I really wouldn't even mention at all except for the fact that they were the only ones with T56s for a while.  If RTI, Atlantic, J&G, Centerfire, AIM etc. has them, I personally would not let a $10 or $20 price difference be the deciding factor where I bought my next one from. 

[ffjoey]

I’m not sure if this is an indication of anything but when I ordered last month the rifle was shipped out in 48 hours. This time it’s been a week and still shows the status as processing/packing.

[ffjoey]

Update, still hasn’t shipped.

[Bacarnal]

FF, it's the Corona....no wait, can't use that any more.  Bubba fell in a crate and we can't find which one .

[Justin Hell]

Something is certainly up there....they went from email only support, briefly to phone, then back to email only.....which gets ZERO replies.  STILL awaiting a $90 credit promised to my wife before ordering another, my inclination though is to not deal with them anymore. It's been two weeks since I got any email from them that wasn't the typical several times a day spam.

Nobody gives Mrs. Hell a hard time except Mr. Hell. 

On the upside we did get two Classic Firearms stickers I assume this was a mistake though.

Honestly, the only reason we got one of these was to get this serial range covered.  It's the second most I have ever spent on an SKS...and by far, the crummiest. I did anticipate that...to a degree. I had seen several matching examples, that were pretty decent all things considered....mine is matching but really leaves a lot to be desired....I did replace the firing pin so it can fire safely, but I fear a couple of shots would be enough to split the stock in half.

I don't want to separate a matching gun from it's parts....so, it's a $400 wall hanger. I have the parts to make it work....but only as a bubba....with a different gas tube, and stock.  I have a donor two piece tube astray from a matching gun that I bubbified before I knew better. I have a pretty nice blonde inverted take down stock and handguard.  I can make it a shooter in minutes....for the price paid I should not have to.  With the bluing loss, using this stock will create serious pig/lipstick issues. I do kinda want to shoot it...the trigger feels spectacular. I doubt I would leave it as such though.

I can live with the bent bayonet....it stays in the stock, is still staked, and the only thing more menacing than a bayonet, is a bent one. 

Another reason to leave the poor thing alone is, it's only a couple digits off from tarheel87's nicer example he posted earlier. I find that to be pretty friggin' neat, both in a historical way....and how cool this board is to have in the world. What is he likelihood of that happening??? 

[teddybear1848]

Sweaty Ben is a crook and classic firearms is a garbage company. Even if they are the cheapest i'll never buy from them on principle alone.