ParadiseRoad
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...one of those SKS rifles like the one I bought in the 1990s for $85...
...just sold on GB for $911...wow...
...just sold on GB for $911...wow...
...Chinese SKS...$911...
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Man...I remember them at @ $79 or 89.00 bucks many
years ago.
AR/M4 market is very slow.
Picked up a Bushmaster XM15 last week for $445.00..as new.
years ago.
AR/M4 market is very slow.
Picked up a Bushmaster XM15 last week for $445.00..as new.
DWalt
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I remember them selling for around $70.
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ParadiseRoad
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...almost makes me wish I had bought the whole crate...
paulh
Member
Hey, no matter what you paid it is still a great defensive weapon. Don't want to go any farther or I'll be banned again.
LVSteve
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That's a very nice SKS but about double what I would pay.
MCorps0311
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I can't say I remember those prices,but i'd love to get one for far less than that $911.00 price. Who wouldn't?
DWalt
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SKSs were indeed selling at gun shows for around $70 back in the mid-1990s, various countries of origin. I should have bought some. I have done some repair work on a couple of them, fairly easy to fix things, typical pragmatic Russian design.
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Bought a nib Norinco MAK90 in the early 80's for $180, never fired it, sold it for $1400 last year. Then used the funds to purchase the top of the line CMMG Mutant (7.62 x 39). Wonderful gun, very pleased.
Double-O-Dave
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I remember seeing pallet loads of SKS rifles at gun shows. They were covered in cosmoline and sold for around $69.00 and came with a bandolier ammo holder and cleaning kit. I have no excuses as I had the money, but just couldn't see myself using one in the foreseeable future. I regret my lack of vision based on the going prices for one these days.
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Dave
Regards,
Dave
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Was there some kind of unusual feature about it that made it sell for that much? There are 3 just like it in the rack at a pawn shop near me for like $350 a piece. Two fools must have gotten into a bidding war.
The MAK-90's are popular now since with the right parts and with a hydraulic press and drill press you can turn one into a pre-ban Chinese Type 56 AK-47 clone. Doubtful that any of them were sold in the early 80's, since they were only imported from 1990 - 1994 to circumvent the "sporting clause" of the George HW Bush 1989 import ban. Bill Clinton finished off any further imports of Chinese pistols, rifles, and ammo in 1994 after Polytech and Norinco reps in the US got caught up in fed sting operations trying to sell RPG rocket launchers and full-auto North Korean AK's to LA street gangs. Both of those companies were fronts for the PLA and were likely all staffed by members of the Chinese equivalent of the KGB.
Maybe they were "unregistered foreign agents" trying to "meddle in our elections"? Or maybe Bubba Bill was just dropping off military tech trade secrets right at their front door? Who knows?
Anyway, after Clinton put the kibosh on any further importation of Chinese guns, they have been steadily increasing in value - particularly the pre-ban AK's and post-ban neutered MAK-90's with the thumb hole stocks. One of the reason AK collectors seem to like them is because they were manufactured in a legitimate foreign state-run arsenal that was used to produce military weaponry.
At any rate, adjusted for inflation, $180 in 1990 would be about $350 in today's money. I paid $600 for mine out the door at a local pawn shop about 2 years ago, then acquired the parts needed for the conversion. Probably got about a grand in it by now, but even that much is a lot less than you would pay for a Type 56 Sporter pre-ban rifle.
The MAK-90's are popular now since with the right parts and with a hydraulic press and drill press you can turn one into a pre-ban Chinese Type 56 AK-47 clone. Doubtful that any of them were sold in the early 80's, since they were only imported from 1990 - 1994 to circumvent the "sporting clause" of the George HW Bush 1989 import ban. Bill Clinton finished off any further imports of Chinese pistols, rifles, and ammo in 1994 after Polytech and Norinco reps in the US got caught up in fed sting operations trying to sell RPG rocket launchers and full-auto North Korean AK's to LA street gangs. Both of those companies were fronts for the PLA and were likely all staffed by members of the Chinese equivalent of the KGB.
Maybe they were "unregistered foreign agents" trying to "meddle in our elections"? Or maybe Bubba Bill was just dropping off military tech trade secrets right at their front door? Who knows?
Anyway, after Clinton put the kibosh on any further importation of Chinese guns, they have been steadily increasing in value - particularly the pre-ban AK's and post-ban neutered MAK-90's with the thumb hole stocks. One of the reason AK collectors seem to like them is because they were manufactured in a legitimate foreign state-run arsenal that was used to produce military weaponry.
At any rate, adjusted for inflation, $180 in 1990 would be about $350 in today's money. I paid $600 for mine out the door at a local pawn shop about 2 years ago, then acquired the parts needed for the conversion. Probably got about a grand in it by now, but even that much is a lot less than you would pay for a Type 56 Sporter pre-ban rifle.
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I think $65 was the lowest price I saw on these for about 2 months and a matching numbers Russian could be had for either $90 or $100.
Local farm and home store had pallets of them for $69 back in the late 80's/early 90's. I don't own one any longer, but I guess I should have kept one, just for giggles. They're very accurate and reliable, and ammo is easily available. . . .
ExRanger714
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Maybe if it was Mousey Dong's personal weapon?
BigMoneyGrip
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The last one I bought was $79. I remember seeing them at gun shows for $99. They would be stacked up on 4' X 4' pallets, brand new in boxes. I should have bought a pallet of them!
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ParadiseRoad
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...after I bought my $85 SKS...I bought a MAK 90 for around $400...
...who knew Chinese military arms would be a good investment at the time?...
...I have both of them still...guess I'll shine them up and appreciate their appreciation...
ExRanger714
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IIRC I gave +- $90 bucks for a 16" paratrooper model in '92--the only (supposedly) year they made them and $80 bucks each for two 1200 rnd cases of steel-core copper-washed steel-case ammo that stinks like urea or ammonia when shot. They explode and burn if you shoot 'em at a big flint rock.
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