A really nice 50 Russians on Gunbroker this month. Only 4 shy of the yearly high back in February.
Lowest Sale Price: $300.00
Avg. Sale Price: $578.00
Highest Sale Price: $993.00
Tula Avg. Price: $568.82
Izhevsk Avg. Price: $847.67
As-Issued Avg. Price: $690.56
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
588886953 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588886953) 1954 Russian Tula SKS mint No Reserve Rare, Collectors grade, AK-47, Kalishnikov, AK47 34 $957.00 1954 Izhevsk As-Issued Very Good P774_H Excellent specimen!
589872782 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=589872782) As-Issued Unissued Russian SKS Beautiful 1952 46 $875.00 1952 Tula As-Issued Good ЗM4403 I'm calling this one "as-issued" even though I think it's pretty clear that the stock has been refinished (likely at the refurb shop & not bubba, but nonetheless a refinish) It's quite a nice gun though.
591063206 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=591063206) RUSSIAN SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-TULA 1954-ALL MATCHING W/ BOX & ACCESSORIES-EXCELLENT CONDITION 37 $754.98 1954 Tula As-Issued Very Good ЗM3359 This seller's guns always give me the heebie-jeebies. Why is that acceptance stamp on the right side of the buttstock so deep? Most that I've ever seen are barely readable, not deep enough that they displace ridges of wood on either side like this one. Definitely an oddity.
588222220 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588222220) Russian SKS Rifle 7.62x39 1951r Matching Nice! 1 $645.00 1951 Tula As-Issued Good ГP1352 That stock color and the dark patches underneath the finish give me the heebie-jeebies, but I can't ding a rifle that is seemingly as nice as this one is.
590029136 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=590029136) RUSSIAN SKS MATCHING/ WITH ACCESSORIES 1 $551.00 1952 Tula As-Issued Good MГ1884 Beautiful gun.
594441949 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=594441949) RUSSIAN SKS RIFLE with ACCESSORIES 1 $551.00 1954 Tula As-Issued Very Good ЛB7029 Dang that's a sweet looking carbine.
589749607 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=589749607) Russian KBI Inc SKS 7.62x39 20" 64696 1 $499.95 1954 Tula As-Issued Good ГE765 Another "as-issued" that likely has some stock refinishing done to it. Can't say I've seen that color shellac on a gun straight from Tula.
592085802 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592085802) Russian SKS Tula 1954 1 $500.00 1954 Tula Bubba Fair ЗM2079
593327385 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=593327385) Russian Tula SKS 1951 Synthetic Stock 7.62x39 Matc 1 $489.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Uncertain Uncertain Horsetrash listing - I guess it's a Russian...
585466329 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=585466329) Tula arms 1954 Russian SKS 1 $475.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Good Uncertain Meh.
592543231 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592543231) RUSSIAN SKS TULA WITH BAYONET (POSSIBLE 1956) 29 $470.00 Uncertain Tula Bubba Good ДH1315 No, definitely not a '56, look at the receiver and gas block. '50 - early '52 for certain. Add in the straight ear solid bayo lug and you're looking at a '50 or '51.
584543895 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=584543895) Russian Import SKS 1 $425.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Uncertain Uncertain H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
590656622 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=590656622) Russian SKS Matching Tula Arsenal Refurb Nice! 18 $385.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Good HЮ1773 I really like the auction listing. Nice high res photos showing every nook and cranny you need to see to make a determination. The gun itself is meh, but kudos to the seller for the listing!
589964976 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=589964976) Russian SKS 7.62x39 Numbers WE HAVE LAYAWAY 3 $375.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Good ЛП286 Bubba supreme.
589356797 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=589356797) Russian SKS 762x39 Rifle w/ Scope 1 $358.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Good AB314 Bubba supreme.
588905618 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588905618) Russian SKS with Bayonet and Scope NO RESERVE 18 $320.00 Uncertain Uncertain Bubba Good Uncertain Not surprised at the final price on this one. Terrible listing. C'mon man, you're putting 27 photos up, show some detail!!!
587080827 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=587080827) Russian SKS dated 1950 modified 1 $300.00 1950 Tula Bubba Fair Uncertain C'mon bubba, at least make the handguard match the stock.
588878256 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588878256) NOS Russian SKS NIB C&R 1 $800.00 1956 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good HP3650_Д Interesting mismatch on the gas tube, you don't see that too often on a heavy furb like this.
588182651 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588182651) Russian SKS Izhevsk 1953 Soviet Simonov SKS-45 1 $699.99 1953 Izhevsk Heavy Refurbished Good AP574 Even though it's a heavy furb, I'd have to say that I think his one is indeed a '53 Izhevsk. Pretty good buy here IMO.
588690015 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588690015) Original Russian Tula SKS Rifle 47 $665.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ШO2219 Neat little carbine, I was about to give this one a "horsetrash" listing, but then I scrolled down to the bottom of the page and voilla, loads of good photos.
590339081 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=590339081) Russian SKS Tula 1954 Honor Gaurd Beautiful Must C 10 $649.99 1954 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good AЛ6152 No idea where this seller gets honor guard from. Bizarro land with claims like that…
588077197 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588077197) Russian SKS Simonov 7.62x39 Bayonet No Reserve 7 $625.00 Uncertain Uncertain Heavy Refurbished Good Uncertain H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
590116307 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=590116307) Russian SKS 7.62x39 Matching very nice 1 $625.00 Uncertain Uncertain Heavy Refurbished Good Uncertain Surprised that a heavy furb like this one sells for $625 with so little detailed in the auction. Not quite horsetrash, but man I'd want tons more photos before spending that kind of $$.
588548615 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588548615) Russian SKS Tula 7.62x39 1954 Matching Unissued 23 $605.99 1954 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good AT7494 Crazy amount of bidding on this one!
590302045 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=590302045) 1951 Russian SKS, all matching 14 $590.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Fair HA3028 Not a fan of the stripped/flaking paint on this one.
590548163 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=590548163) Tula Russian SKS 1951r 7.62x39 C&R CR ALL # MATCH 7 $580.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good HЛ3502 Really nice laminate stock.
588042786 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588042786) Russian SKS Tula 1950 7.62x39 Rifle MATCHING. NICE 37 $577.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Fair ФH1408 Lots of scratching on the bolt carrier.
592563523 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592563523) Russian SKS Tula factory.Numbers match! SVT,polish,yugo,chinese,romanian,albanian,CCCP 1 $549.00 1957 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good УP4970_И Nice and clean.
591856826 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=591856826) Russian SKS 7.62X39 5 $525.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ДO1722 I've seen this one before…
592107003 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592107003) Russian SKS Tula 1950 All Numbers Matching 7.62x39 18 $505.09 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ИB450 Transitional '50 with the hoop receiver cover latch. Cover may be a replacement though as it's a later style Tula star & arrow.
592423307 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592423307) Russian SKS, 1955 Tula Arsenal. Last year of mfg. 1 $500.00 1955 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good CA27 I buy the '55 date though I wish he would have shown the top of the receiver cover.
594104747 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=594104747) Russian SKS Tula like new unfired condition 1951 1 $500.00 1951 Tula Heavy Refurbished Uncertain Uncertain Not a great auction. Don't show the scratched up receiver cover and no other part of the gun, that's a surefire way to lowball yourself in an auction!
589566397 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=589566397) Russian SKS Tula 1953 7.62x39 Matching KBI Import 8 $491.00 1953 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good KT138
588505268 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588505268) Russian 1950 transitional SKS. Tula Factory. 8 $451.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good EЯ1541 Very nice transitional '50 from padams! The price is a slap in the face though, ridiculous to anyone who knows what they are looking at.
587761327 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=587761327) Soviet Russian SKS CCCP 7.62x39 $.01 Start NR 28 $450.00 Uncertain Tula Heavy Refurbished Good PЛ2054 Solid cheap little 'furb.
592011894 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592011894) Russian SKS 1950 Tula matching numbers 2 $450.00 1950 Tula Heavy Refurbished Good ШГ169 I've always liked the Ш prefixed '50's. This one 'sold' for $600 earlier in the month but was relisted. I wonder if the buyer had buyer's remorse?
592908104 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592908104) RARE Russian Izhevsk Factory SKS 1953 Must See ! 11 $886.01 1953 Izhevsk Light Refurbished Good PГ229 Most certainly an Izhevsk with that font. Nice enough gun here.
593899076 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=593899076) Russian SKS, Matching SN, Beautiful Hardwood Stock 1 $800.00 1951 Tula Light Refurbished Good Uncertain Surprising that this one pulled in 8 Benjamins with those photos...
594202199 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=594202199) Russian SKS-45 1953 TULA AK AR 100% Matching! 5 $680.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good HT2031 Not my cup of tea, but it's an honest to goodness Russian.
592008946 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592008946) Russian Tula SKS-45 with Box 1 $650.00 1957 Tula Light Refurbished Good AH4792_И Not a great set of photos, but the seller describes it pretty well in the description portion of the listing.
588491518 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=588491518) Russian Tula SKS 7.62x39 all Matching, Original 4 $639.00 1952 Tula Light Refurbished Good MT533 I don't understand why two of the 10 pics are of the cleaning kit and there isn't a single good pic of the left side or the receiver S/N...
593123650 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=593123650) RUSSIAN TULA SKS Matching numbers 1 $600.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good ФИ5327 Decent enough little gun here.
592681610 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592681610) RUSSIAN SKS TULA 8 $491.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good TИ334 Font on the receiver indicates this one is an Izhevsk in Tula clothing. Does that make this one more desirable in general? Likely not...
587118075 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=587118075) Russian SKS not import marked 10 $470.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good OE5925 Interesting stock repair on the laminate replacement stock here.
592277258 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=592277258) Russian SKS 7.62x39 Tula Izhevsk Soviet 2 $405.00 1953 Tula Light Refurbished Good ЗM2118 Nice enough gun, decent price.
587529413 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=587529413) 1954 TULA ARSENAL SKS UNISSUED NEW 27 $993.00 Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
590317658 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=590317658) 1954 Russian SKS New In The Box 2 $810.00 Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Man these are some terrible auctions, and still they sell for $800+!!
590919820 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=590919820) 1953 Tula Arsenal SKS UNISSUED NEW 9 $705.88 Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
594372731 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=594372731) Russian SKS/45 1 $500.00 Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Horsetrash, Horsetrash, Horsetrash.
587530667 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=587530667) 1955 RUSSIAN sks TULA ARMORY 1 $499.99 Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
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