What Went Wrong?

[echo1]

Howdy Commie C&R Lovers,

I don't know what's become of my will power. I've been trying to not buy any more guns...but I'm a sucker for a deal. This beautiful as issued no import stamp '51 Tula kinda jumped out at me (thanks Bsteinhauer28), for less than half what I thought it was worth, only a month or so after a '54 light refurb magically appeared from Huston (thanks MashedPotatoJohnson) . She's rough around the edges but should clean up wonderfully. Inbound from Oregon. Also stumbled onto a Ruger M96 .22lr lever coming from Indiana, an RIA M1600 AR .22lf clone for dirt, delivered from 65 miles away.. PAX

 

[majormadmax]

Sweet, but what's with the title ("What Went Wrong?")?!?

Seems like everything is going right!!

 

[CarlS]

I suspect those are losing favor with x39 being as expensive as brass 556. SKS is so much nicer to shoot than an AK though.

I've got a couple yugos in perfect condition (1 is still unfired) and, as much as I like them, I think I might sell if prices get as high as '21 again. I have to trim the x39 herd somehow and eventually the more "evil" AKs will be much more difficult to get for my kids.

 

[echo1]

The Chinese "shooter" grade SKS rifles seemed to have topped out, or even gone down, affecting the other countries rifles, pricing as well, as a platform. Which is a double-edged sword, driving prices down across the board makes for a buyer's market, but in the collector realm a valuable gun can still fetch good bank, if that's what you're after. Myself, I've sold off many SKSs during the plague panic, mostly Chinese but Alby and Romy dupes too. I offered mine, here in Kali, for about $50 bucks less than they were bringing or bundled in groups of 3 at an even greater discount. The first 3 fellas bought/traded 10 rifles. A Yugo M59/66, a commercial NORINCO and a home-grown Paratrooper were traded to an LGS for a Luxembourg FN49 that they were askin $2400 for. The SKS rifles I saved are collectors, Russian, M59C Yugo, Albanian, Romanian or Paratroopers. I'm still a sucker for a deal but I'm trying to focus on quality guns rather than quantity. I'm down to 30 from 45 includin 9 Paratroopers. PAX