Are certain types of T56's more desirable than others?

[SurplusFan]

So what do you guys think a Ghost would be worth if you were buying one from a private seller? Good condition #'s matching

[running-man]

I don't think $350 is out of line if it's matching (including the stock), in very good shape, has a good bore, no popped primer issues, and has been cleaned well.  Remember that you can get a pretty nice run of the mill type 56 on gunbroker for around $300 these days if you are patient.  Until they are no longer sold at retail, I don't think you'll see them run more than $350 though.

[Loose}{Cannon]

 really would have to see some decent pics.

[fenceline]

Are you Canadian spicuser?

No sir, If I was Marstar would have all my money. 

Not no more. China jacked the price, and the dis run from there is done.

As for the rarity of those first few years, I think they are the rarest of the SKS we can get here.  I think any of them would be a find, so much so putting one above the other in rarity ranking would be tough.

That being said, my "56" May not be the 56 I thought it was. Learning more all the time, and mine is a "S####" serial number /26\. Refurbed with a gold stock, but I grabbed it all the same.

[running-man]

I had heard that China jacked the prices up for Canadians fenceline....that's a real shame 

Based on our research, the letter prefix guns belong in the 1959-1960 timeframe.  It's clear from just the feature set that they must come after the 3 mil /26\ series.  Most places on the net want to put the letter prefix guns at the front of the line in 1956, but the evidence is seriously lacking to do this.  Before the recent IO imports into the US, they were pretty uncommon down here too.  The collectors that did have them wanted them to be more special than perhaps they actually were.  One of the big features they claimed set them apart and made them unique was a stamp of a star on the stock.  It's clear that this is not the case as the 2mil /26\ and 3 mil /26\ guns also had star stamps on them.  I personally believe the star stamp is likely a refurb mark as not every gun has one, but it's a pretty weak opinion & needs more evidence in support of it to make it anything more than a W.A.G.

[fenceline]

I haven't seen many /26\ SKS up here to begin with. Out of my 3 only the 24mill gun is complete. The other two are "refreshed" prior to arriving here. Proper markings on the receiver, but all other features are questionable. Refurb, or commercial refresh. My letter series is one of these. Still nice to have.

The run of chinese ammo and SKS was awesome. The SKS price got jacked up and the importers figured spoiled canadians wouldn't pay the price. Shame really. The ammo stopped when cosco decided they wouldn't ship it anymore.

[spicusor]

I haven't seen many /26\ SKS up here to begin with. Out of my 3 only the 24mill gun is complete. The other two are "refreshed" prior to arriving here. Proper markings on the receiver, but all other features are questionable. Refurb, or commercial refresh. My letter series is one of these. Still nice to have.

The run of chinese ammo and SKS was awesome. The SKS price got jacked up and the importers figured spoiled canadians wouldn't pay the price. Shame really. The ammo stopped when cosco decided they wouldn't ship it anymore.

Canadian's still have a wealth of Russian sks rifles and svt's. I would love to have the ability to own these great pieces.

[fenceline]

Canadian's still have a wealth of Russian sks rifles and svt's. I would love to have the ability to own these great pieces.

If I could I'd gladly trade a couple of Russians for an Albanian or Romanian.

You guys and your silly embargoes. Haha