and keep in mind these are Canadian prices , so US dollars would be cheaper
https://leverarms.com/shop/surplus/russian-type-45-sks-rifles-arsenal-refurbished/
That's actually expensive for a Canadian price. Last I looked, and it has been a while, they were $299 up north.
thats dirt cheap in comparison to here even without the conversion rate
Quote from: hoopharted on March 20, 2021, 12:52:16 PM
thats dirt cheap in comparison to here even without the conversion rate
Gotta pay extra if you want the 10rnd version. rofl rofl rofl
i never even heard of pinning one to 5 rounds
Quote from: hoopharted on March 20, 2021, 02:46:57 PM
i never even heard of pinning one to 5 rounds
That's a Canada thing. I actually have a Canadian SKS box mag that has the riveted block to restrict it to 5 rnds. Somehow a guy in NOLA latched onto a bunch of and was selling them on Ebay last year.
Prices on the SKS in Canada has risen last year. You could get one for $250.00 to $300.00 and now $400.00 to $600.00 CDN. We are also limited to having magazines holding 5 rounds, so magazines are pinned to limit capacity. Examples of this are -
https://ibb.co/album/ieoSdv
same as Soviet refurb SVT-40
Quote from: jstin2 on March 20, 2021, 03:16:16 PM
Prices on the SKS in Canada has risen last year. You could get one for $250.00 to $300.00 and now $400.00 to $600.00 CDN. We are also limited to having magazines holding 5 rounds, so magazines are pinned to limit capacity. Examples of this are -
https://ibb.co/album/ieoSdv
Image numbers 9257 and 9258 are the kind like I have
M1 carbines for 600 Canadian......
Ammo prices........
Almost worth emigrating....... OK, that was a bit too far.
It's easy enough to look past the Canadian SKS deals every time I see a pefectly matching magazine that has been franken-pinned.
Such examples wouldn't fetch much more in the US imho.
I also do not like the way magazines are franken-pinned. I have debated on getting a welder to redo the magazine on my 50, file it flush then cold blue. Would have to be careful not to damage serial number.
It's interesting to see them use a museum pic (from wikipedia) of a non-refurb letter gun for their refurb Russians.
Quote from: Boris Badinov on March 21, 2021, 01:40:28 PM
It's easy enough to look past the Canadian SKS deals every time I see a pefectly matching magazine that has been franken-pinned.
Such examples wouldn't fetch much more in the US imho.
It's bad, that mine early 1949 has franken-pinned mag. That mag is unique, has NO pin in the front of the mag like the rest of the Russian and Chinese SKS have. I could never find a replacement.
Quote from: jaroslav on March 28, 2021, 11:34:25 AM
Quote from: Boris Badinov on March 21, 2021, 01:40:28 PM
It's easy enough to look past the Canadian SKS deals every time I see a pefectly matching magazine that has been franken-pinned.
Such examples wouldn't fetch much more in the US imho.
It's bad, that mine early 1949 has franken-pinned mag. That mag is unique, has NO pin in the front of the mag like the rest of the Russian and Chinese SKS have. I could never find a replacement.
There was one without stud recently sold on eBay.