Which would you keep? (part 2)

[Jimja]

I'd like to hear some opinions. Which would you keep?

No photos at the moment, but I could take and post some tomorrow

SKS

1) 1955 Russian Tula, all matching (stock force matched), refurbished at some point, overall in beautiful condition

or

2) Sino soviet, all matching, great condition of the metal, stock somewhat rough


Steyr 95/30 carbine

1) Non-matching Czechoslovakian refurb, overall good condition, subtle import mark

or

2) 1903 Bulgarian contract, overall good condition, all matching (stock force matched). Pretty big/ugly import mark on the side of the receiver, nice but somewhat faint Bulgarian crest

From what I was able to find out both of these Steyr carbines are somewhat rare.

Any suggestions? Yes, I could keep all four but I think I'd like to trade them for other C&R's that I do not own yet.

[paratroop]

Keep the russian SKS. There are a ton of sino soviets that are flooding the market right now, but not too many russians.

Steyrs, ????????????? whichever one is a better shooter/looker/etc.

[justin4fun]

What is your goal? are you just thinning the heard or trying to gather money? I think one sks is never enough. Keep them and wait till you have to get rid of them. The chinese will go for more later when they are harder to find. The Russian will get you more money. As for the steyrs I have no Idea so my answer would be which do you like more or shoot better.

I have a hard time selling unless I replace it with a better example.

[Jimja]

My goal it to have a fairly varied C&R collection. As an example, I'd rather have 5 significantly different rifles over 5 different SKS variants.

The downside to that is that I'm already at 15+ different calibers at the moment

[Emdawg]

Phil, you're going to have hours and hours of reloading excitement and adventure on your hands!

[Jimja]

Phil, you're going to have hours and hours of reloading excitement and adventure on your hands!

Haha, yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

Are you ever going come down to Southern Cali for one of our world-famous WEGC C&R shoots?

[Emdawg]

Haha, yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

Are you ever going come down to Southern Cali for one of our world-famous WEGC C&R shoots?

When I get a day off... or were they on Sundays? I never remember.

[Jimja]

When I get a day off... or were they on Sundays? I never remember.

Sundays, looks like either the 12th or the 19th of January for the next one

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=870442

[Emdawg]

Sundays, looks like either the 12th or the 19th of January for the next one

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=870442

Ah.


We shall see, as the Sun King was fond of saying.

[Jimja]

Which ones would you keep?

[Mad-B-Man]

Actual real sino-soviet or just early chinese? Because the former is rarer than a tula.

[knucklehead0202]

you'll regret getting rid of any of those unless you get something really cool in return, I say keep 'em.

[slicknickns]

Definitely the SKS, they've always been on a slow but steady climb up in price.

[justin4fun]

I have a lot of different calibers too. This is no excuse as when shtf this means any ammo you find will be of use. Keep the sks's and get rid of one of the of the steyrs. you wont regret keeping one more sks as value increases. Or look for a trade in what you want and don't look back. Most regret what they sell because they can not get what they had without pinching the wallet. I see it as a long term investment. Just because you own two types of shares in Apple doesn't mean you have to buy Microsoft.. Keep adding and you will get what you want soon enough.

[Emdawg]

Which ones would you keep?

Hmmmm... the the Sino-Soviet if it was in great shape. A 1955 Russian SKS is not a big deal to me due to the inferior firing pin system.



As for the M95's... which one is in better shape?