We had 54 Russians change hands this month.
Lowest Sale Price: $297.00
Avg. Sale Price: $546.07
Highest Sale Price: $899.00
Tula Avg. Price: $556.77
Izhevsk Avg. Price: $530.00
As-Issued Avg. Price: $728.57
Please let me know any feedback (good or bad) to these.
If you have an objection or observation to add to anything I've listed, by all means call it out. Let's look at it long and hard (I only look at each listing for a minute or two at most) and maybe everyone can learn a thing or two! thumb1
-RM
Item Link Description # Bids Final Price Year Arsenal Arsenal Condition Current Condition S/N RM's Notes
538742607 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=538742607) RUSSIA SKS 7.62X39 RIFLE 1 $530.00 1950 Tula Light Refurbished Good ПP3067 Terrible presentation on this one, don't show much of anything that's worth showing.
538968181 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=538968181) C&R Russian 1954 Tula Arsenal SKS, No Reserve All Matching, Non Rearsenaled, Unissued, SVT, AK 13 $780.00 1954 Tula As-Issued Very Good ГЛ8764 Very nice as-issued '54 here. This one sold for $556 last March from a different buyer. Much better presentation on this auction netted another $230, nice!
539029357 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539029357) Original Russian SKS 7.62x39 w/ Bayonet 1 $525.00 Uncertain Tula Bubba Good ЛB548 Too bad about that swapped receiver cover. That magazine also appears to be pinned in the Canadian style too..
539083511 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539083511) Russian Tula 1951 SKS 7.62X39 15 $600.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ИH1911 I actually like this gun very much. The red joints in the laminate make it pop with the BBQ finish.
539205921 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539205921) USED CAI RUSSIAN SKS w/SCOPE, BI-POD & BAYONET 1 $400.00 1953 Tula Bubba Fair ЗK2043
539289619 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539289619) SKS-Russian, matching, clean 3 $450.00 1952 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good MH3036
539630521 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539630521) Russian SKS 7.62x39mm Tula 1952 Matching 23 $760.00 1952 Tula As-Issued Good CГ2491 I think the only thing that prevented this one from going higher was the general condition of the gun. Better condition (or even some photo taken in better light) may have pushed $1k.
539657158 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539657158) C&R Russian SKS 1954 Tula Arsenal, No Reserve Late 80's Import - Never Fired CAI ST ALR VT 5 $451.00 1954 Tula Light Refurbished Good BH3888 I don't know about the 'never fired' part, but it's a nice enough gun.
539659896 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539659896) C&R Russian SKS 1954 Tula Arsenal, No Reserve Late 80's Import - All Matching, CAI ST ALR VT 5 $427.00 1954 Tula Light Refurbished Good BИ2081 Not a bad looker here. Photos are a bit dark though.
539707520 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539707520) Russian SKS 1954 Tula Arsenal unissued 7.62x39 10 $570.00 1954 Tula As-Issued Good ИM5997 Anything more than that receiver cover scope mount would have earned this one Bubba status. Would have been a shame too as this one has an absolutely gorgeous stock that looks as-issued to me.
539760698 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539760698) Very Nice Rare Unfired Russian SKS #'s matching 11 $540.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good ИП3488 "Pictures do this beauty no justice!" This is such a true statement! These photos are horrible. He got way too artistic and used nothing but fancy camera angles for his GB auction. That equals Horsetrash.
539888248 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539888248) RUSSIAN MILITARY SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-EXCELLENT TULA 1955-ALL MATCHING NUMBERS 19 $505.00 1955 Tula Light Refurbished Good CM5771 Not a bad flyer on an uncommon year.
540030090 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=540030090) Matching Tula Russian SKS 1952 Unrefurbished NICE 15 $551.00 1952 Tula Light Refurbished Good MЛ2282 Herein lies the folly of trying to make a ridiculous claim like 'unrefurbished'. C'mon man.
540122468 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=540122468) SKS - 7.62x39 MADE IN RUSSIA 10 $470.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Fair Uncertain Horsetrash.
540635590 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=540635590) Russian SKS 14 $530.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Good Uncertain Horsetrash.
540687546 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=540687546) Soviet Russian SKS Tula Rifle Serial#20 C&R Penny 18 $656.00 1952 Tula Light Refurbished Very Good ЛЮ20 Pretty nice gun here.
540740648 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=540740648) Izhevsk SKS 1953 SKS-45 Russian 7 $655.00 1953 Izhevsk Heavy Refurbished Good ИM1655 Not near as pricey as Izhevsks have been in previous months. Maybe they are coming down a bit?
540823525 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=540823525) Russian 1954R SKS 20" 7.62x39 Tula SN-79 NR 20 $485.01 1954 Izhevsk Bubba Fair П79_П Honest to goodness '54 Izhevsk here. Good hole filler in someone's collection, but it'll never be anything more than a temp replacement in this condition, esp. w/o the magazine
540991081 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=540991081) Beautiful 1951 Russian SKS Tula Factory 762x39 13 $534.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good OЮ4830 Not a bad gun for the price I guess. Not great either though.
541208558 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541208558) Russian SKS Tula 7.62x39 1950 Matching 15 $530.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good CM875 I like these mid transitional '50s that aren't quite early transitional guns, but aren't the same vanilla cookie cutter guns from '51-'54 either.
541318643 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541318643) RUSSIAN SKS 2 $440.00 Uncertain Tula Light Refurbished Good BO2800 How do you not include a top view of a the receiver cover in a Russian SKS auction!?
541325236 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541325236) Russian SKS 1950R, Tula, C:AI 7.62x39 1 $475.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ЮЮ1076 Really cool ЮЮ prefix on this one.
541359137 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541359137) Russian SKS, all matching, excellent condition 16 $570.00 1952 Tula As-Issued Very Good MB2267 This one was the steal of the month right here. Poor auction photos in bad lighting didn't do it justice I think. I bet this one is drop dead gorgeous with all the proper stamp and cartouches in proper light.
541563102 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541563102) Russian SKS Rifle Tula 1953 7.62x39mm 1 $550.00 1953 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good BO4114
541696585 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541696585) russian sks tula 55/56 9 $346.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Fair KB3860 Adding a Hellfire trigger system on an Russian SKS, now I've seen everything!
541715719 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541715719) Russian SKS 1951 1 $450.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good OC4604
541721002 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541721002) Russian SKS 7.62 1952 6 $460.00 1952 Tula Light Refurbished Good Uncertain Horsetrash.
541850699 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=541850699) Russian Military SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE BOX Excellent TULA 1954 ALL MATCHING NUMBERS 5 $590.00 1954 Tula Light Refurbished Good HП2908 I detest this stock and how different it is from the handguard, but the 5 bids says someone liked it enough to shell out 6 Benjamins.
542077353 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542077353) Russian SKS 1950 2nd Year Tula With Sling 7.62x39 8 $550.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good УK3912 Decent enough late '50 Tula here.
542089050 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542089050) Russian SKS 7.62x39 Very Nice Finish Like New 2 $504.00 1957 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good УO4831_И Not a bad price for this gun in this condition.
542179398 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542179398) Russia sks-45 4 $475.00 1950 Tula Light Refurbished Good ЗЮ2884
542224210 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542224210) Russian SKS rifle Russian SKS ak47 akm 8 $499.99 Uncertain Tula Bubba Fair Uncertain Some flavor of post '56 letter gun. I'll stick my regular "Does this banana mag make me look fat" comment here too.
542469262 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542469262) Tula Russian SKS UN-REFURBED $99 Start NO RESERVE 33 $871.00 1957 Tula As-Issued Very Good BP5608_И "After more research, and help from one of my esteemed colleagues, I've discovered this is a 1957 "Letter Series" SKS. Only made in '56 thru '58, these are among the rarest SKS in existence (would only be rarer if it was a Laminate Stock from factory "Letter Series") and it is in amazing condition...Long story short, this is one of the most badass SKS rifles on the planet. Thanks Tom!" It's a nice gun but let's not get too carried away here...
542548970 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542548970) VERY NICE ALL MATCHING 1950 RUSSIAN SKS 1 $540.00 Uncertain Tula Heavy Refurbished Fair ЛЮ732 Early Tula here.
542593889 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542593889) Russian SKS Tula 1954 Nice 7.62x39 C&R 1 $575.00 1954 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good AH1671 I dig the box more than I do the rifle.
542673963 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542673963) Russian 1951 SKS Great Condition! 1 $899.00 1951 Tula As-Issued Good MB2720 Nice enough gun, though the stock finish is a bit of a mess for this kind of price.
542707548 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542707548) SKS Russian 7.62x39MM Item-S170 15 $297.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Uncertain Uncertain Who in their right mind thinks doing this to a Russian SKS is a good idea?!
542819180 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542819180) Russian SKS 1952 **NO RESERVE** 2 $450.00 1952 Tula Bubba Good CK2178
542877858 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542877858) Russian SKS Tula 1953 very nice condition match #s 1 $449.99 1953 Izhevsk Heavy Refurbished Good PK362 Somebody absolutely stole this Izhevsk…
542979076 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=542979076) KBI Russian SKS-45 1953r 7.62x39 15 $366.00 1953 Tula Bubba Fair Uncertain
543128493 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543128493) Mint Matching Soviet-Russian SKS Carbine Box&Acces 10 $670.00 1952 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ГT3237 Box or no box, that is one heavy refurb…
543275161 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543275161) russian sks all matching excellent condition 6 $525.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Uncertain Uncertain
543545252 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543545252) Russian sks 1952 dated 2 $500.00 1952 Tula Light Refurbished Good ЗM1672 Decent enough looker. Don't see that blank magazine very often, I wonder if it's a Chinese replacement?
543546546 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543546546) Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39 LAYAWAY 1 $569.00 1954 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good AO2054 Horsetrash.
543559137 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543559137) Russian SKS C&R dated 1952 Like new 1 $600.00 1952 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good Uncertain Horsetrash.
543575597 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543575597) Russian SKS Matching numbers Excellent 2 $449.00 Uncertain Tula Bubba Good ПЛ2078 Once drilled and tapped, always a bubba.
543620365 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543620365) Russian SKS 7.62x39 - UnFired 5 $640.00 1951 Tula Light Refurbished Good PA2165 Not the best photos.
543620588 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543620588) Russian SKS 7.62x39mm AS-New/UnFired 1 $600.00 1953 Tula Uncertain Good Uncertain Again, not the best photos.
543622638 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543622638) Russian SKS 1954 TULA Super Fine Condition 16 $705.00 1954 Tula Light Refurbished Good ГH6514 Stock is nice even though it's a replacement. Looks like lots of bidders wanted this one.
543729012 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543729012) Russia Tula SKS 1951r matching # 7.62x39 No Res 1 $650.00 1951 Tula As-Issued Good KЮ4643 Not the nicest example out there, but it looks legit to me. Nice BIN snag of a fairly decent gun at well below market prices.
543761714 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543761714) Russsian SKS 1951 Tula 3 $383.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Fair PШ879 Heavy heavy furb. I suspect this is actually a '52 Tula based on the bayo lug ears.
543768533 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543768533) Russian SKS Tula 7.62x39 1954 Matching Unissued 31 $765.00 1954 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ИB8195 Man, that's quite a price for a common furb '54.
543793268 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=543793268) Russian SKS 7.62x39 No Reserve 20 $475.00 1954 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ЗE8189 W/O the paint on the receiver cover, this could have been a light furb.
544024320 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=544024320) Russian SKS Tula 1953 - All Matching - Great Cond 3 $650.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good BM3300 Decent light furb. Not sure the $$ matches the gun, but it's not a total dog.
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Alright let's see what kind of con jobs and auction fevers and "reenactor grade" guns got slung for barrels of cash this month...
538968181
That's going to be a tough one to beat in terms of sex appeal. It doesn't look like nonrefurb prices have budged a cent in two years am I wrong about that? Also strikes me as odd that only 3 people deemed that rifle worthy of a bid over 6 bills.
539083511
Man...I just can't do bbq. It's one thing to destroy captured notzee junk with some awful refinish but they're bastardizing their own creations! Terrible. And only $180 separated this monstrosity from that first nonrefurb. The chasm between those two examples is leviathan, far more than what $180 represents. Just MHsnobbyO obviously.
539630521
That's a sweet 52. Stock condition is meh but the coloration is gorgeous. I'd be happy to pay that winning price.
539707520
Crappy pictures and throwing bubba crap into said crappy pictures helped keep this one affordable. That's a great buy if it's as righteous as it looks. It doesn't look to be any kind of permahumped.
539760698
Pictures do this beauty no justice!
Yeah your photos are total cowplop and so is your SKS. I think somebody had a surplus of cold blue to dispose of.
539888248
Hey a 55 makes an appearance, and on the dreary drab Eisel blanket of misery no less! Sweet rifle, nice price!
540740648
BBQ Izhevsk in replacement stock sells for $650+ and you say they're coming down a bit? Holy cow I obviously haven't been paying attention. I just figured there was a 10% upcharge for the pretty snow pictures.
540030090
Oof...yeah that stock marking is no bueno if you want to play the "unrefurbished" card. Still sold for refurb money.
542469262
OK settle down, spaz. If you hadn't run out of room verbally fellating the SKS I suppose the next line would've had to do something with Khrushchev (damn it took me 3 tries to spell that right) or gulags.
541359137
No way am I going to find a sexier gun for a better price in the rest of this report. Not happening. Wowser.
543768533
"quite a price" is one way to put it.
542877858
Stolen? Naw man it's just a refinished Iz that's missing parts. Buy original, buy condition :P
Nice work Joe! It's fun to see how you apply your own voice to these reports. I think listening to the ever jaded me & LC for so long has rubbed off on you though.
Quote from: Blicero on March 11, 2016, 09:11:47 PM
539888248
Hey a 55 makes an appearance, and on the dreary drab Eisel blanket of misery no less! Sweet rifle, nice price!
541359137
No way am I going to find a sexier gun for a better price in the rest of this report. Not happening. Wowser.
542877858
Stolen? Naw man it's just a refinished Iz that's missing parts. Buy original, buy condition :P
I think you're right on the jaded part. When I first started these last March, I'd have gushing, glowing things to say about all sorts of people and their firearms. Anymore, I'm bombarded with unissued, unrefurbished, unfired! silly1
I agree with you that 541359137 is the best gun for the price this month. It's a really nice looker for certain!
I don't agree that 542877858 wasn't one heck of buy though. There are like 3 or 4 '53 Izhevsks that I've ever seen in as-issued condition. Anymore you've gotta take what you can get because it'll be 4 months before another one pops up again and I guarantee you it'll run $300 more than this one did.
I never even noticed that sreisel had one for sale. I'm surprised it went as cheaply as it did... thumb1
About that Izhevsk, I had deleted "At first I wanted to argue with you about your stolen comment but..." and continue on a laudatory diatribe about how rock & roll any Izhevsk is and that was a righteous price. Then I looked at the rifle again. I don't even care if it's refurb or non. At least give me an Iz stock, or quit using that BBQ! Or at least put a dang magazine in the thing! Something that doesn't scream out complete and total strip, rework, parts swap, refinish, restamp, and reassembly if you want me to call it a steal. That's not asking too much is it, for something like an Izhevsk?
It's like what you'd said about the other Izhevsk...it's just a placeholder. Filler. Signifying deficiency and incomplete joy in ownership. I've had plenty of placeholders and fillers, and I regret them all. How can something be a steal when you know you'll be hoping to upgrade it before it even shows up in the mail?
I don't know. Some guns speak to you. Some don't. It was definitely a better than good price for someone who wants a Russian SKS. Being a 53 definitely helps its cause too.
*please, members, do not take my bitter and snobbish tone seriously. I actually have a fondness for any and all Russians in military configuration, and think they should all be bought and owned for whatever the market dictates. I know that might be hard to see from my posts. I just enjoy giving RM a hard time and want to challenge any sense of mediocrity or lackluster-ness he may bring to the collecting realm. tomato1