r/canadaguns • u/macmuaythai • Mar 29 '26

Milsurps / Prohib SKS price

Just got my first gun and it was a Chinese SKS paid 850. Did I get ripped off?

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u/scottsuplol Mar 29 '26

It’s fair price for today’s market. You’ll hear people say it’s overpriced because they bought one years ago for 400.

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u/Ommageden on Mar 29 '26

Even 400 feels high, pre 2020 they were like $180 if you got a sale

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u/kylethesnail Mar 29 '26

Got a Chinese SKS for 185 shipped. I later traded it for 1000 round of federal .223 which I sold for 1400 during COVID

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u/DukeofNormandy Mar 29 '26

I got mine be for $125 back 15ish years ago. It’s missing the receiver currently, haven’t found one to buy yet.

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u/HappyCan7250 Mar 29 '26

I've seen a few receivers for sale lately. Doctor Deals (heard they're kinda sketchy but do deliver), and Frontier Firearms (better option) both had barreled actions for around $200 or $300 a little while ago. Probably still have them. If you have all the other parts, that would be the cheapest way to reassemble it

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u/itsagrapefruit Mar 29 '26

Did you lose it?

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u/DukeofNormandy Mar 29 '26

Long story short, yes.

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u/MustardTiger88 Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

Our liberal gov't has screwed the firearms market and caused FOMO around certain models, so these are just the new prices, I would not call them fair. It was literally $449.99 + tax at some retailers last summer.

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u/Fine-Tie2651 Mar 29 '26

It was only a little over a year ago that you could get one for $450 on sale so to be fair ya, they are quite severely overpriced

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u/HappyCan7250 Mar 29 '26

Bass Pro had them go on sale, wooden stocked type 56, for $530 back in December or January. Sold out real fast though. I almost bought a second one for that steal of a price. Bought my first one last year for $500.