(Apologies this one is so late this month. Income taxes kicked my butt this year!)
We had 43 Russians change hands this month.
Lowest Sale Price: $305.00
Avg. Sale Price: $630.45
Highest Sale Price: $920.00
Tula Avg. Price: $630.98
Izhevsk Avg. Price: $722.00
As-Issued Avg. Price: $782.88
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
547382343 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547382343) 1951 Russian Tula SKS All matching,ak 14 $580.00 1951 Tula Light Refurbished Good OB3845 I wonder who scrawled that "TK" into the stock. You almost never see Russians with trench art. Could easily have been done stateside…
548656406 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=548656406) 1952 Mint Matching Soviet Russian Tula SKS Carbine 2 $649.95 1952 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good MИ842 I typically don't care for the heavy furbs in an amber laminate stock, but this one isn't too bad at all with the nice reddish glue lines of the laminate in there.
547218880 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547218880) 1953 Russian SKS - New Old Stock- IN BOX! 26 $800.00 1953 Tula Bubba Good HB2949 $800?! For this monstrosity?! C'mon bubba, did you have to ruin that stock so badly?! Seriously? $800?! Shows what I know.
546503660 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546503660) 1953 Tula SKS -As Issued- All number matching 1 $699.00 1953 Tula As-Issued Very Good HT3950 Amazing to me that this one went so low. Equally amazing is that the seller sold it at a loss after buying it for $975 on 5/5/15!! Man, you gotta use the buy/sell/trade forums here for stuff like this! :)
548678601 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=548678601) 1954 Russian SKS 7.62x39 with Bayonet Matching #'s 1 $675.00 1954 Izhevsk Light Refurbished Good ГE802 I'm either getting better at this, or I'm really lucky. 8 photos into this one I thought to myself: "Man this sure looks like a '54 Izhevsk." Lo and behold, it is. Nice one at that, though the replacement stock is a ding. I'm not certain if I think the seller just took bad photos, or if they were intentionally trying to hide the stocks refurbished-ness. Either way, it was easy to miss.
545649684 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545649684) C&R Russian 1951 Tula Arsenal SKS, No Reserve All Matching, Non Rearsenaled, Unissued, SVT, AK 11 $765.00 1951 Tula As-Issued Good BK6256 Awesome '51 Tula example here. I'd have been proud to have this one in my collection!
546853929 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546853929) CAI Russian SKS-45 Sporting Rifle 7.62x39 NIB 1 $599.50 1958 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good TИ7391_K I don't know about the 'unfired' portion, but the gun itself isn't all that bad. Really dark photos may have limited the upside, but all the accessories and the box sure helped.
546404474 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546404474) 5636 Russian SKS KBI 7.62X39 W box SKS-45 7 $500.00 1953 Tula Bubba Good ИO920 Not sure I'd pay 5 Benjamins for a bubba shooter, even if it is a Russian. There are far too many sub $300 early Chinese out there that are more tempting than this one.
546444747 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546444747) IZZY SKS NON MATCHING 1 $500.00 Uncertain Tula Heavy Refurbished Good HM1273 When in doubt, ALWAYS verify oddballs like this gun on a discussion forum where other collectors can give it a second or third lookover. This is NOT an Izhevsk. There is nothing Izhevsk about this gun beyond the mismatching receiver cover and magazine. The early receiver is a huge red flag that should serve to warn you to stay away from paying Izhevsk money for this gun.
544617906 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=544617906) RUSSIA SKS 7.62 Rifle w/scope & bayonet 20 $305.00 Uncertain Tula Bubba Good ИC1247 Early Tula that's been bubbafied. Couple that with semi-horsetrashy photos and you have a Russian SKS-45 that barely breaks $300.
545167987 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545167987) Russian Model SKS 7.62X39 Cal. Rifle 8 $650.00 1951 Tula Uncertain Good Uncertain Not a great listing, but it was probably a nice one.
547275693 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547275693) Russian SKS (1954) Curio-Relic. 7,62x39 9 $466.01 Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
545644265 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545644265) Russian SKS (Tula) Mid 50's build Pictures ADDED! 3 $676.00 1952 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good KA276 What can I say? I'm still not a fan of these amber and black guns.
545229181 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545229181) Russian SKS 1953 C&R Matching Numbers Beautiful! 1 $500.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good ФИ577 I really like the look of this one despite the laminate stock. It's a nice looking carbine. A bit of unfortunate bluing wear on the magazine from a klutzy owner notwithstanding.
545503178 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545503178) Russian SKS 1955 TULA KBI Import 7.62X39 Rifle 1 $605.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Uncertain Uncertain H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
547593151 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547593151) Russian SKS 7.62x39 7 $750.00 1957 Tula As-Issued Good УP5778_И Absolute beauty here! How this gun goes for $750 and others in lesser shape go for $800 is beyond me. Stock is a bit rough, keeping it from a VG rating, but it's an honest to goodness '57 in the original stock. Can't really ask for much more than that.
548050333 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=548050333) Russian SKS 7.62x39 1950 Tula 1 $600.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good TЛ2765 Decent enough '50 here. I'd pay the extra $150 and get the letter И above though.
547897115 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547897115) Russian SKS 7.62x39 1954R Matching #s No Reserve 14 $495.00 1954 Tula Bubba Fair ГT8020 This one has definitely seen its share of use. Too bad about the magazine.
544976847 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=544976847) Russian SKS 7.62x39 Semi-Auto Rifle With Bayonet 1 $499.00 1957 Tula Heavy Refurbished Fair BM6078_И Another gun that's seen a hard life. Not my favorite gun, but a solid shooter nonetheless.
548811938 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=548811938) Russian SKS 7.62x39 UNFIRED w/Folding Bayonet 21 $575.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Fair ИK946 Interesting gun here. If we take the receiver cover and rear takedown lever at face value, this one appears to be one of the very late transitional '50's with a 45° gas block and a machine stamped receiver cover top.
546714912 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546714912) Russian SKS all matching 1 $700.00 1954 Tula As-Issued Good AB1484 This is how not to start off the sale of your as-issued '54 on Gunbroker: "For sale is a Russian re arsenaled SKS." Do'h!
547723813 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547723813) Russian SKS all matching Tula Rebuild 1 $510.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good HC812 Black bayos look pretty nice on heavy refurbs like this one.
547044590 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547044590) Russian SKS Izhmash 1954 non-referb, excellent 13 $901.00 1954 Izhevsk As-Issued Good HP795 I'm giving this one an 'as-issued' with many reservations. It could easily be the real deal in a blonde stock as those are '53-'54 Izhevsk period correct. The stock on this one gives me the heebie jeebies though. Why is the arrow in the cartouche obliterated like that? Why is the cartouche and year filled in with a very dark color, but the S/N not? The crossbolt stamps are too lightly stamped for my liking too, especially the diamond Я to the right of the right crossbolt. The finish wear just doesn't jive with some of the things I'm seeing.
547960931 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547960931) RUSSIAN SKS MATCHING 1 $477.77 1952 Tula Heavy Refurbished Uncertain ЗГ2648 Wow, this is a really bad listing. Note to self: turn on at least one light when taking indoor photos at night. I'll be the first to admit I don't take great photos, but man, these are horrid. Why do we need to see two fuzzy shots of the partial magazine anyway?!
545271103 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545271103) Russian SKS Numbers Matching Tula Great Conditon 6 $500.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Fair BH4200 I'm surprised this one broke $480.
547843048 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547843048) RUSSIAN SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-TULA 1954-ALL MATCHING 21 $670.00 1954 Tula As-Issued Good ИK6221 Buttplate and second strike on the right side of the stock make me a bit nervous, but @ $670 it's nice enough with that stock even if it is a light furb.
544689805 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=544689805) Russian SKS Tula 1952 6 $525.00 1952 Tula Light Refurbished Good BO366 I had never seen a TK stamp on a cleaning kit before. Pretty neat!
545640359 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545640359) Russian SKS tula 1953r Unfired Mint nt AK-47 AKM 15 $705.00 1953 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good KЛ5425 That's a pretty premium for a box…
545154514 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545154514) Russian SKS Tula 1954 Unissued C&R-OK 16 $855.95 1954 Tula As-Issued Good ИЛ2636 Not a big fan of photo shopped photos in my GB listings at all.. Seller needs to read up a bit on his Tulas! 1954 was not the last year with Tula star stamped receiver covers! :)
544959309 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=544959309) Russian SKS Tula 7.62x39 1952 Matching Unissued 39 $920.00 1952 Tula As-Issued Very Good MЛ4038 This is indeed a nice one. Is it 9 Benjamins nice? I guess the market dictates yes…
545885109 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545885109) Russian SKS Tula 7.62x39 1953 Matching *Nice 12 $504.11 1953 Tula Bubba Good AT4644 "This is a real Russian rifle not a Chinese copy." Because those Chinese guns are all crap right?
545492672 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545492672) Russian SKS Tula 7.62x39 1954r Matching 11 $590.00 1954 Izhevsk Bubba Good И122_X Sad to see this one get bubbafied. Interesting that the seller lists it as a '52 Tula in the description. And yes, I can pretty much guarantee him that it's been shot.
546233504 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546233504) Russian SKS Unissued Laminated Stock 6 $700.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Very Good BO4586 "This is an unissued Russian SKS that was manufactured at the Tula Arsenal in 1953. The rifle was overhauled sometime in Soviet military service and put into storage. It has remained unfired since then, and was imported by KBI back in the early 1990's." OK let's dissect what's wrong with that description?! Unissued yet overhauled, dang I hate it when unissued guns need to be hauled out of storage to be overhauled. I suspect that it must be time to drag out M1 Garand S/N 81 (http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=10015,DATABASE=51952688,) and S/N 86 (http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=12080,DATABASE=51952688,) and fix them all up nice and pretty like this one! And how does anyone know it has remained unfired since refurbishment?! Does this seller have detailed information of the entire life of the gun from the time it got crated up, through import & boxing, and all the sales up until he got his hands on it?! C'mon man!
544377350 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=544377350) Russian SKS W/bayonet all matching numbers Nice 15 $581.01 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good УP2822 Pretty decent little gun, but almost 6 Benjamins seems a bit high to me, especially when you consider the rear sling swivel is gone. The stock is pretty nice I will admit..
548058469 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=548058469) RUSSIAN TULA ARSENAL 1953 DATED SKS NON-REWORK 34 $700.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good AH3831 Nice gun, but that darn "unissued" term popping up on a refurb like this is just ridiculous.
545882124 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545882124) Russian Tula SKS 1953 Matching w/box Nice One! NR! 16 $615.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good ЛK1065 Decent gun. I don't love this stock, but the gun itself is ok.
544422922 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=544422922) Russian Tula SKS 1954 #s Match Laminated Exc Cond. 12 $705.00 1954 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good KП7606 I don't know that I'd go so far as to say "99%" finish. That RSL looks like crap compared to the BBQ paint slathered over everything else…
548135963 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=548135963) Russian Tula SKS 1954 with laminated stock 11 $630.00 1954 Tula Heavy Refurbished Uncertain Uncertain H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
547334860 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=547334860) Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39 Rifle "NICE" 9 $570.95 1951 Tula Light Refurbished Good Uncertain Not a great set of photos, but the rifle looks pretty good. Has some style of hex arsenal stamp on the stock.
545472257 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=545472257) Russian Tula SKS All-Matching 7.62x39mm 11 $785.00 1956 Tula As-Issued Very Good TP1444_Д There are very few guns I'd put as high as Boomer's old BM5559_И. This is one of them though. Nicest gun of the month right here!
546933090 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546933090) Tula Arms Rifle Russian 1950R SKS 7.62x39 Nice! 1 $599.99 1950 Tula Light Refurbished Good CO1270 I like the look of this stock very much! The stamp on the receiver cover is a *very* unusual refurb stamp (for an SKS). Only ever seen a few of those long empty rectangles.
549209201 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=549209201) Tula Russian 1951 SKS LIKE NEW 7.62x39 RARE 2 $699.00 1951 Tula Light Refurbished Good BЛ4488 Sad story, but beautiful gun, even in that laminate stock.
546310326 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546310326) Very Pretty Russian SKS All Matching 7.62x39 AK47 1 $775.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good AT2157 Not a bad looker, but $775? Wow, I need to put my '50 refurb up for sale! :)
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