r/canadaguns • u/cheddarkittyy • Mar 24 '26

Buy recommendations Why are Chinese sks so expensive now?

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I spent $450 in December 2024 for my Chinese sks. My dad just got his pal and I was looking to get one for him and it’s $850 now? What? Why did the price almost double in just over a year?

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u/Patsboy101 Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

One thing I’m jealous of as an American gun-owner is the access Canadians have to surplus Chinese 7.62x39 ammo. That stuff is more expensive than buying 7.62x39 brass here. Best bet down south is to find an old guy who bought a shit ton of Norinco 7.62x39 ammo before the US Norinco Ban. Those Norinco crates go for a lot of money.

Historical Context on the US Norinco Import Ban: Norinco tried to sell guns and ammo to gangbangers in Los Angeles and they got busted by the FBI so Norinco was banned from importing firearms and ammo into the US in the mid 90’s.

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u/Altruistic-West-802 Mar 24 '26

I thought they banned Chinese weapons importation due to Tiananmen Square Massacre.

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u/Patsboy101 Mar 24 '26

I know in the late 80’s, there was a horrible mass shooting in California where a guy used a Chinese semi-auto AK.

On the federal side, the law that resulted was Sec 922(r), where imported guns have to have a certain percentage of American parts in them.

This didn’t necessarily ban Chinese gun imports as a company could easily comply with the restriction. It wasn’t until the incident of Norinco trying to sell to L.A. gangbangers in the 90’s that imports of Chinese firearms and ammo into the US were banned.