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WTK - uzi value -

rambo rebelrambo rebel Member Posts: 4,028
edited September 2001 in Ask the Experts
I'm looking at a NIB norinco uzi thumbhole with the usual acessories. could someone please tell me at what price range it should sell in? and when were these imported? any info on this weapon would be appreciated. thanks - V
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  • metzmetz Member Posts: 121 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The "A" model is the most desireable from 1200 on up.Then there is the "B" model still nice 800 and up.Then there is the Norincos I think they book at about 500. Just from memory, not positive.Good luck.Andy
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  • lrarmsxlrarmsx Member Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They were imported from March through May of 1994. As of May 28th there was no more imports of these from China, but there was a large shipment of Chinese rifles, SKS's, MAK 90's, and UZI's that got in under the wire. That shipment sat in a customs warehouse until late 1994. It was released and the market was flooded with Chinese rifles. It was in the following 2 years that the prices on the Chinese guns got to be their lowest, after they were no longer coming into the country. The UZI sporters started out at $650-750. By 1995-1996 You commonly saw them down to $350-500. Today anywhere from $500-700 would be expected. They work okay, but a lot of people don't like the thumbhole stock. Unfortunately putting a regular stock or folding stock on them is illegal. That's why some people are still willing to pay twice the price for an Israeli UZI. By the way, the Chinese UZI was imported by the same company that imported the Israeli model. In fact that was the company that protested the import of the Chinese one back in the late 1980's. They got the prospective import of the Chinese one halted so that it wouldn't interfere with the sale of their Israeli one. Yet it was the same company that approached the Chinese in 1993 and asked if they could still make or still had the same rifle and offered to not only not protest the import of the gun, but actually be their exclusive importer. So it wasn't an issue of quality, it was rather an issue of competition.
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  • cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Norinco UziSell for $450 -$600 around here[This message has been edited by cpermd (edited 09-26-2001).][This message has been edited by cpermd (edited 09-26-2001).]
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