Kinda neat sks to find

[08H3]

Picked this one up a couple weeks ago, from what I see it’s a 1980 manufacture date and it’s unfired. Got it with the importers box and a instruction sheet too. Everything matches number wise except the stock and that’s okay for me. It’s a Norinco manufactured gun and has the still gross cleaning kit in the stock too.

I’ll have to get some more pics soon. The hard part is deciding to shoot it or not.

 

[sklfco]

That’s purdy!!
Had one just like it I picked up from B&I in Tacoma last century, looked just like that until the $89.00 crates of ammo on the strippers showed up at the docks. Then we found out what happens when you don’t clean em for a few cases.
Good cheap fun while it lasted.

 

[ssgrock3]

That’s purdy!!
Had one just like it I picked up from B&I in Tacoma last century, looked just like that until the $89.00 crates of ammo on the strippers showed up at the docks. Then we found out what happens when you don’t clean em for a few cases.
Good cheap fun while it lasted.

We were supposed to clean sks rifles?

 

[ssgrock3]

We were supposed to clean sks rifles?

It was crazy that I could get a standard 20” sks rifle for the same price as a 1200rd case of Chinese military crate ammo. The good days. For a broke college age kid, I had a lot of fun messing with them.

 

[JEVapa]

B&I in Tacoma

I remember that place and Ivan. I remember when they moved Ivan to some zoo so he could live out the rest of his days not in a box.
Good place to get all kinds of things.

 

[Camo]

Shoot it.

Why save your girlfriend for her next boyfriend? Enjoy it while you have it, it’s not an extremely collectible firearm so have at it. Just my 2 cents.

 

[rockchalk06]

It was crazy that I could get a standard 20” sks rifle for the same price as a 1200rd case of Chinese military crate ammo. The good days. For a broke college age kid, I had a lot of fun messing with them.

When I was fresh out of high school, my local shop back home had them for around 75 and was giving away a crate of ammo. If memory serves me correct, it was all AP. I stuck my nose up at them stroking my Colt HBAR which I paid around 400 for. If I could go back in time and kick my ass, this would be one of those times.

 

[Snattlerake]

When I was fresh out of high school, my local shop back home had them for around 75 and was giving away a crate of ammo. If memory serves me correct, it was all AP. I stuck my nose up at them stroking my Colt HBAR which I paid around 400 for. If I could go back in time and kick my ass, this would be one of those times.

Shooter's Corner?

 

[rockchalk06]

Shooter's Corner?

JMac behind Ace Hardware. Johnny had those and the Mausers in bulk there.

 

[ssgrock3]

When I was fresh out of high school, my local shop back home had them for around 75 and was giving away a crate of ammo. If memory serves me correct, it was all AP. I stuck my nose up at them stroking my Colt HBAR which I paid around 400 for. If I could go back in time and kick my ass, this would be one of those times.

similar here. 12th street pawn got to where they were really an sks store more than anything. $69-89 Norinco's new, Russians for $129-150, Chinese crates of 1260rds for $89 or 99. and there would be colts and the bushmasters that were still good, for $600, your pick.