Just bought an Albanian SKS at a gun show for $500 (he was asking for $550)
Did I get a good deal?
Side note: a guy was selling a Yugo SKS for $425 (offered me $400 without me without me even asking).
Any SKS experts on here wanna tell how it is?
You got fucked in the ass with no lube. Should've bought the Yugo.
Are Yugo mausers considered alright?
>>30563349
>mfw I paid less than $200 for a ruskie one
>>30563349
if you are a collector of sks rifles you did ok, if you were looking for an sks to go innawoods with you made a mistake.
>>30563393
but you are not allowed to defend yourself and all your mags are pinned to five rounds.
>>30563392
yes
>>30563392
Yes, and way cheaper then German ones
>>30563413
>officer I swear I was just taking it out to clean it when he kicked my door in!
>>30563423
>>30563413
cool, I got one with a good bore and smooth bolt with little damage to the stock from a FLGS for $225..
I know the ammo is a little on the expensive side but I'm excited as this is my first bolt action rifle.
call me purmoil
>>30563349
>literally the worst sks
>five hundred dollars
Wow
>>30563464
I'm jealous, looking at getting one. What did you pay for it?
>>30563486$
$225, like I said.
Haven't taken it out yet, but I bought 60 rounds for it.
>>30563471
they go for around $550 in this unpleasant future we currently occupy, supply and demand dictate price not rank or usefulness. op could put it on gunbroker or gunauction and get his money back if he wanted.
>>30563526
>shitty Albanians go for $550
>while Yugos in cosmoline go for less than $450
I refuse to believe it
>>30563393
Yes and? That's common for here in Canada
>>30563413
Canada has castle doctrine.
And pinning an SKS to 5 rounds? Bud, have you SEEN an SKS?
noguns here and I want an SKS but it seems like none of the fucking gun stores around here even have any. Fucking NY man. How do I find a good one?
>>30563516
That's a fantastic price if it's in good shape. Have fun shooting it
>>30563563
my sks takes 30 round mags from the factory, i also paid under 200 for it ;) but i'm old
>>30563566
http://www.southernohiogun.com/longguns/sks-rifles/chinese-sks-rifle-7-62x39cal.html
http://www.timsgunsny.com/
Any tips for someone going to buy a Type 56 at a gun show?
>>30563673
check the bore
make sure it's got a fixed mag
be aware they are $330 online
>>30563566
>NY
where you at fampai? 845 here. If all else fails, Gander Mountain has mint Yugos that you can order online and have delivered to your local store.
>>30563727
S-suffolk county..
>>30563349
I'm pretty sure Albanian ones are the worst SKS variant
also Kosovo Je Srbija
>>30563363
Delete this!
>>30563396
Already have rifles for innawoods so it's for my personal collection. One of the sellers near buy asked me how the hell did I get that guy to drop $50 when he wouldn't even budge the price all weekend. Well i got lucky because the two guys watching his booth while he was away priced it wrong. Also to mention the guy was a Jew. It could be that I got hustled and that was their plan, but I doubt nor care.
>>30563471
Even though it's at the bottom of that buyers guide, it explains it's because of it's unique and unconventional parts. I'm actually glad now i got it instead of the yugo, since I read all the cons of the yugo had. The rifle was in my budget, all the other SKS's were $625 and above.
>>30563349
... $500 USD??
Cause they are $210 CAD at Canadian Tire.
>>30563349
Lucky, Albanian SKSs are extremely rare. From 1967 to 1979, about 18,000 were produced. Most were destroyed when NATO intervened in 1999 as part of the peace agreements. Only about 5,000 are still left today.
>>30563349
Lol Albanian sks. You would be better off, leaps and bounds better off, if you got a yugo. Best sks around bar none
>>30563349
You just bought the biggest freak SKS out there. Literally no parts for it and it might as well be a totally different model all together. Unless you collect SKS you just got fucked hard.
>Bought a Czech Mauser three years ago at a gun show for $200
>Cant afford to shoot it
Can't wait to get out of college and be a wagecuck.
>>30564080
And you never will, only good 8mm is privi and that shit goes for like a dollar a round.
>>30564108
Reloading is my only hope
>>30564006
>>30564012
>>30564044
I feel so conflicted. I wanted it because of how rare it is. Yeah I want to shoot it at the range but apparently I got fucked according to some of the posts here. Should I sell it and get my money back? Would you not recommend shooting it at all and taking good care of it by cleaning after X amount of rounds shot?
>>30564471
You have a rare as fuck special snowflake and if you are any amount of a collector of firearms in general then by all means keep it. Unless you find someone that will cherish the fuck out of it keep it.
Sure it has no parts and you would have the equivalent of driving a 40s F model as a commuter car if you went innawoods with it, but keep that fucker. Unless a serious collector wants it, keep it.
>>30563349
Not specifically a "good" deal, but an Albanian SKS is pretty neat.
Enjoy it.
>>30564471
No, keep it. They will appreciate in value eventually. Give it some time. I have an AR-180 that I never shoot and I don't regret buying it.
>>30564516
>>30564534
>>30564556
Thanks /k/ommandos, appreciate the insight.
>>30564012
>best sks
>not russian
Dude wat
>>30563393
>You will likely never get the deals your friends got, or their friends, etc.
>All purchases in the past were at near-mythically low prices (1950s surplus 1911s at $30, the Yugo SKS I bought C&R a few years back < $300.) >Guaranteed: some guy will brag later ITT about a $50 Mosin he found... with Comrade Zaitsev's serial number (Enemy at The Gates ref.).
>Read up on/study prices more here. >Remember that due to the ongoing Obama sales boom(s) that prices can and will move UP only.
>Buy ammo first to go w/your existing gun!
>>30563349
You tell me
http://www.southernohiogun.com/longguns/sks-rifles/chinese-sks-rifle-7-62x39cal.html
>>30565187
You're absolutely right. I feel for you guys who will never own a sub $100 nugget or a sub $200 SKS.
>MFW first C&R buy was a fucking crate of 20 never issued 1945 M44's for $1200, and the seller threw in two spam cans of ammo
>>30563960
mint yugos are $425 right now, as a gun for your collection you did good, $550 is actual tangible auction price on an albanian. gunshow retail usually tacks on a hundred.
>>30564471
keep it then, they are undervalued right now and it's an interesting piece to have, just not everyone is a collector.
nothing wrong with shooting it and cleaning it after every time you go shooting.
>>30565187
things always seem better in the past but there will always be deals, the trick is buying the stuff that everyone thinks is worthless shit at the time but really isn't.
>albanian
you poor poor bastard
>>30566963
Wrong. Mint and I mean mint yugos are in $500 range now
>>30563744
same shitsux
>>30563393
I paid 350 for my Tula from 1953.
I actually like it more than my AK.
>>30568974
http://www.southernohiogun.com/sks-rifles-7-62x39-cal.html
you may have a different understanding of mint than i do.
>>30563471
>>30563471
>>literally the worst sks
>>five hundred dollars
did you not get the memo that the dallas dindo used an sks? they are the new scary gun brother of the ak in lib land.
There for gun jews raise prices on them across the board.
>>30574483
it's worth more than 500 because they are odd, rare guns. breaking news he used a saiga in dallas
>>30569017
It's more fun for shooting 7.62x39 and more suited for the cartridge but the AK by all means is the better gun for actual use.
I said fuck it spend a extra hundred for a Russian and I love it. The wood is the Russian red style laminate and feels awesome to shoot.
>>30574483
There's a new thread up about him using an AK
>>30569871
Just picked up a Tula SKS this weekend and it's got a crazy-low serial number - 4 digits, two letters and two numbers. Anyone seen anything like that before?
>>30563464
> First bolt action rifle
Lel, pretty sure it's a semi
>>30576579
Now that's purdy.
>>30563349
the yugo would have been better...
>>30563349
R.I.P
>>30577631
Holy shit, this image alone makes the pepe meme worth it.
