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SKS Chinese vs Romanian

VodkaManVodkaMan Member Posts: 9 ✭✭
edited December 2001 in Ask the Experts
I am sure it has been asked before but I looked it up did not find the question in search. I saw one site on SKS the writer stated he would not pay more than 100.00 for a Chinese SKS but he gave no reason. So an average Chinese SKS to and average Romanian which is the better quality made gun. I have someone wanting to sell a Chinese for 200.00 unknown yet on the date of manufacture. thanks for any help
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've heard (on this board as well as others) that the Romanian has had an problem with the rear sight falling off, in fact a lot of reports of that, but otherwise seems to be ok ... I have a Russian, so I haven't concidered any of the others recently brought in, however I understand some Yugo's have recently been admitted to the US, If I could see one I might concider one of those ... you know, for a back up ... just in case ...
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  • prebanfanprebanfan Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Romanian SKS's are usually in very bad shape and ugly. Chinese SKS's bring more money. HOWEVER.....and this is a big however, A really nice condition Romanian brings more than a nice condition SKS because of the simple supply and demand concept. I have seen nice condition romanians but not very many. I myself am looking for a nice condition Romanian but so is every other SKS nut out there. The yugo's bring the most money. They are going for about $340.00 each, next the russians, then the chinese, and then the romanians. If I had to pick between the romanian and the chinese and did not own an SKS I would go with the chinese. If I could pick between any of the makes it would be the yugo because of price. If I had to pick the best out of them all, in my personal opinion it would be the chinese. I would say a good 99% of SKS nuts would say there favorite is either the chinese or russian. Well of course that would be the case because the Yugo and Romanians are fairly new to the market place but you see my point. I would stay away from the romanian's unless it's in good shape, excluding you are an sks collector then buy one of each for sure. The guy you were talking about that was trashing the chinese SKS had probably never even shot one, much less owned one. I would buy them all day and all night long for $100.00 each, sight un-seen. On the topic of Romanians.......I saw a romanian paratrooper(SUPER RARE) sell for $380.00 last week. I wanted that bad boy so bad I could taste it but I was just not willing to spend that much money on it. To the winner belongs the spoils. [This message has been edited by prebanfan (edited 12-17-2001).]
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  • VodkaManVodkaMan Member Posts: 9 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Prebanfan and Kimberkid. For two hundred I can't go that wrong. PreBanFan the guy who trashed Chinese SKSs has his own site on SKS maybe he wants to keep the price down LOL.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not so long ago, most Sks's went for under a hundred dollars. I personally know a few people who dislike Norinco, but from my personal experience they do provide reliable, functional weapons for a very low cost...I've heard they even make a great pump action shotgun for less than 150!
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  • moparmopar Member Posts: 338 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does anybody have any opinions or experiencewith the Yugoslav SKS's?I saw them advertised in Shotgun News. They look very cool and was wandering if they're worth it.Will they take AK type magsor is it limited to 10 rounds? Thanks
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  • lrarmsxlrarmsx Member Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No they don't take AK mags. They should be able to take any of the SKS mags, although there is the matter of legally putting a detachable mag into a post-ban SKS. ( The gun was made before the ban, but imported long after the ban) The grenade launching sight and muzzle assembly looks neat, but they are used guns for a lot more money than they probably should be. I'd wait to see if the price goes down after they have been in country for a while. They'll probably either go down or run out. I've not been able to get a straight answer from the suppliers as to how many of these there are available, now or in the future.
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  • prebanfanprebanfan Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Interordnance is the only place you can get a yugo from directly. As far as I know and from what I heard they got them ALL. So if you see somebody selling one or a dealer selling one they bought it from Interordnance. The reason they are so high is because they have a monopoly on the market. They decide how much they sell for. I ask one of my local gunshops just today if they could get any from interordnance and then sell it to me to save me the shipping and FFL cost. They told me they are going to wait and see if the price will go down because dealer cost on them is $250 plus shipping which is high for a dealer cost. So they told me if they did get any they would be selling them for around $350.00 I can get it delivered next week for about the same price. So if you want one and are willing to pay the current price you are better off to just get them direct.
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  • lrarmsxlrarmsx Member Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've seen that they have more than one grade of them. At $250, that is the worst condition ones. For that price (dealer price), you are looking at the worst of what they have. They are charging more for the better condition ones. No matter what grade you are will to pay for, they're all used so far. There were new ones that came into the country from Yugoslavia back in the mid to late 1980's. They were coming in along with the Yugo AK's. You never saw very many of the Yugo SKS's back then either, because they were noteably more than the Chinese ones. The Russian and Romanian ones were not imported at that time. There are some distributors that have had some of the Yugo's available, but they were expensive too. They made claim as to how rare they were and that was why they were higher in price. They also had different grades of condition, some of which were over $300 dealer cost before shipping. As for the grenade launching system on the Yugo's, I wonder if the standard 7.62x39 blanks will work or whether there was a special grenade launching blank. I've got plenty of the standard 7.62x39 blank ammo, but I bet you'd need a different one to launch anything off one of those. Then again, I bet even a training grenade for one of those is going to be difficult to find. You could always make your own dummy training round easily enough.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    250$?!I think your dealer must have 'misquoted'. Southern Ohio Gun has the Md59/66's for $149 in VG Condition and the Md59's for $179. Hand pick is 10 extra...
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  • moparmopar Member Posts: 338 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for your info,I havn't owned an SKSin about 6yrs or so.Wasn't sure about any new developments regarding magazines etc. I appreciate ya'll puttin it to me straight!Hope everyone has a great Christmas!!
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