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worth of SKS para trooper / takes AK mags

jadleejadlee Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
edited October 2001 in Ask the Experts
I've got on of those Norinco SKS paratropers that take AK mags. It has a muzzle break, 5x32 scope, sling and recoil pad. I replaced the thumbhole stock with a modified Russian stock. The stock is nicely refinished and the gun is in really nice shape. I figure it's worth around $300. I'm going to try to trade even for an SAR-1 at the gun show this weekend. Do you experts think I'll be able to pull this off? I might be able to do better for myself to just sell it to a private person at the show and then use the money to buy an AK.
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  • jadleejadlee Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got on of those Norinco SKS paratropers that take AK mags. It has a muzzle break, 5x32 scope, sling and recoil pad. I replaced the thumbhole stock with a modified Russian stock. The stock is nicely refinished and the gun is in really nice shape. I figure it's worth around $300. I'm going to try to trade even for an SAR-1 at the gun show this weekend. Do you experts think I'll be able to pull this off? I might be able to do better for myself to just sell it to a private person at the show and then use the money to buy an AK.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    jadlee' the gun is probably worth close to that for someone who wants one, this is depending on the type of scope you have. I would sell the gun outright before I went to the show, the guy at the table didn't come there to trade even up unless he is getting something he can re-sell at a profit. Don't forget, sell it with one mag and keep the others for your SAR
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The SKS with AK mag conversion is a better gun than the AK as a semi auto. It just mightn't look as cool.
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  • boeboeboeboe Member Posts: 3,331
    edited November -1
    I recently sold one for $280.00, it was the sporter model, and while in good mechanical condition did have some bumps. I've seen them new for $300 to $450. I think $450 is a bit stiff.
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  • jadleejadlee Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I went to the gun show with my SKS. All of thoughs guys are crooks in my book. Some of these guys with beat up SKS's just like mine had price tags of $350. The same guy would not offer me over $200 for my nice and shiny SKS. I've heard that the SKS that takes the AK mag is better than an AK. Well I'm keeping it now.
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    jadlee,They're not "crooks"; they are simply in business. Infact, as retail business goes, their margins (that is the difference between what they buy an item for and what they sell it for--which is not the same as their profit!) is extremely low.Most retail business have margins of atleast 100%. If you buy a refrigerator for $400, the retailer probably paid $200 for it; if you buy a pair of jeans for $30, the retailer probably paid less than $15; if you buy a can of soda from a vending machine for 50 cents, the vending machine owner probably paid 15 cents for it.Now before you think these retail businesses are making "tons of money", consider the costs involved: retail space, rented or owned is not cheap; transportation of goods, hired help, storage, theft losses, utilities, insurance, and don't forget the time and money to file for licenses and sales taxes.Hopefully you see my point: if a dealer offers you $200 for a rifle he may sell for $350 six months from now, he is not being "a crook", but is just in business trying to make a profit.If you tried running a retail business, you'd quickly learn the costs involved and understand very clearly why you're offered seemingly "so little" if you try to sell mechandise you've purchased at retail prices, to a retailer. Joe
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  • jadleejadlee Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Compententone, You are right. These guys have to make a living somehow. I know that most are just scrapping by. I'm just sick of getting ripped off all of the time by lawyers, credit card companys, insurence companys, parking tickets, taxes, etc, etc. At the gun show I went to a state owned snack stand (show was on the fair grounds) and payed $2 for a watered down Mountian Dew. It just gets me mad.
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