Modacity shooters' thread

[TVTyrant]

Never seen a Russian SKS in person, seen lots and lots of very nice Yugos though.

[rossmum]

shameless copy-paste of my post from tfr

A Thing arrived in the mail about an hour ago while I was attempting to cook dinner!



It had weird writing on the label, and more inside...



It apparently came from Cherkassy! I was immediately reminded of Good Times on the Red Orchestra map set in the vicinity of that place! I wonder what could be inside?



MORE WRAPPING



Hello! :buddy:



It's from the same factory as my rifle's original scope, a fact given away by the serial number format (every other factory prefixed theirs with year of production). It was originally attached to a rifle with serial ZhU5977, as this and the scope's serial are both electropencilled onto the mount. For scarcely $50 more than I would've found a modern repro, I'm pretty happy.

There is a slight blemish on the reticle, but it shouldn't interfere with shooting at all - it looks like a little hook coming out of the tip of the post, but the actual point of aim itself is still clear. Not bad for a world war, over half a century in storage, and then a trip across the globe.

e/ Sweet mother of fuck, a friend just got a 1938 Tula from the same guys I did, $375. Infantry rifle. Except it wasn't, so they obviously hadn't checked the markings... it's an ex-PEM sniper. Not sure if I should be happy as hell for him, or furiously jealous. Either way, I think I'm going to be paying regular trips down there to check their rifles out in person in case they slip up like that again <>

friend's rifle:





MONEY SHOT



He had no idea just what he'd bought until I started yelling excitedly and calling him a bastard.

[Spartan094]

Interesting ex-PEM, I jelly. Also rossmum I didn't know you commented on my deviantArt picture of my 2nd Mosin Nagant that shows both sides of it. I will eventually fix up the flaking shellac.

Usually if you're patient most gun stores cycle through a few Russian SKS's. They tend to go quick but both gun stores I go to have each had a few in the past few months. Some were matching original, some were re-arsenal.

I'm a very patient person, it's not like it's going to kill me if I don't have it now. Also I do know my LGS has one refurbed Tula 1951 SKS all matching but the price range doesn't sit well with me. It's down to $435 but im waiting for it to go down further and then I'll talk to the owner for an even lower price since it's been sitting there since last year. I'm not interested in buying a refurbed SKS so that's why I haven't jumped on asking him yet.

[PenGuin1362]

That price sounds about right for an original SKS, untouched and all matching. But if it's been refurbished or rearsenaled I'd expect to see it at most around $400, especially if the numbers have been electro penciled. Sometimes though people charge more because they see it as it looks better and will function better than an original.

[TVTyrant]

I don't see what the problem would be with a refurb. They are more reliable and nicer looking etc. Are they arsenal or gunsmith?

[rossmum]

Interesting ex-PEM, I jelly. Also rossmum I didn't know you commented on my deviantArt picture of my 2nd Mosin Nagant that shows both sides of it. I will eventually fix up the flaking shellac.

Oh, that was you?

I don't see what the problem would be with a refurb. They are more reliable and nicer looking etc. Are they arsenal or gunsmith?

Like anything, the original, unfucked-with versions will always be worth more.

[TVTyrant]

Oh, that was you?


Like anything, the original, unfucked-with versions will always be worth more.

Not saying it should be worth more, just saying I wouldn't mind having a refurb.

[PenGuin1362]

I don't see what the problem would be with a refurb. They are more reliable and nicer looking etc. Are they arsenal or gunsmith?

Nothing wrong with them. The M1 Garand I own was manufactured in 1943 but was rearsenaled in 1955 and had it's barrel replaced. So everything is 1943 but it has a nice shiny bore But like Ross said, untouched stuff is always worth more, especially if it's in good condition AND 100% original, golden combo right there. It's just nice to have everything as it was the day it rolled out the factory. For collector rifles at least

[TVTyrant]

Nothing wrong with them. The M1 Garand I own was manufactured in 1943 but was rearsenaled in 1955 and had it's barrel replaced. So everything is 1943 but it has a nice shiny bore But like Ross said, untouched stuff is always worth more, especially if it's in good condition AND 100% original, golden combo right there. It's just nice to have everything as it was the day it rolled out the factory. For collector rifles at least

I would say that only is fine if the gun is in nice condition. If I went around and picked up some rifles that were just dogs, I would refurbish them and they'd be great.

[PenGuin1362]

Some people do that and sometimes gunsmith refurbished collector rifles can be worth a lot of money. Arsenal rifles are just slapped together parts from the warehouse so it can be re-serviced and re-issued. Where as sometimes gunsmiths go through a lot of effort to keep all original S/N's and factory markings but make the gun look and function like brand new