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  • #1
    Fishslayer
    In Memoriam
    • Jan 2010
    • 13035

    Tula SKS... worth much hassle?

    So I have a line on a good lookin' Tula SKS. The stock is absolutely beautiful. Refinish? Don't know, don't care. It has "the look." The handguard is a ventilated metal style. Is that original? Not really important to me but maybe a bargaining chip?

    Didn't get a chance to really look too closely but the bore is shiny and I couldn't see any rust anywhere. It appears to have been well taken care of. It's not actually for sale yet so no idea what they'll be wanting for it. It does have the needle gun import marks on the receiver.

    The problem. No $$$. I would have to sell one of my others. Looks like I would have to sell my BBQ painted Izhvesk refurb in a plastic stock.. Pretty sure I'll have to make up some $$$ for the Tula but I can handle that. It was also bought pre 2014 so there's that consideration. It's a pretty slick gun and shoots well but I've never really warmed to it much.

    What say ye? Is the Tula that much better than the Izhvesk?
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    I hope Ruger pays the extortion fees for the SR1911. I mean the gun is just as good if not better than a Les Baer.
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    • #2
      Bobby Ricigliano
      Mit Gott und Mauser
      CGN Contributor
      • Feb 2011
      • 17439
      In original form the Ishevsk is rarer and more valuable than the Tula due to less production. Mechanically they should be identical.

      Metal handguard is bubba's handiwork. Not original.

      You'd be better off keeping the Ishevsk SKS and finding a proper stock for it. Pretty uncommon.

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        • #3
          Fishslayer
          In Memoriam
          • Jan 2010
          • 13035
          Originally posted by Bobby Ricigliano
          You'd be better off keeping the Ishevsk SKS and finding a proper stock for it. Pretty uncommon.
          Right now it's sitting in a very nice 1951 Tula stock and I was able to find a wooden handguard for it that's "close enough." The stock was gifted to me so it would stay regardless. Probably keep what I've got. The Izhvesk I have is a known quantity (and a good one) but just not as purdy as the Tula.
          "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
          You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
          You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

          Originally Posted by JackRydden224
          I hope Ruger pays the extortion fees for the SR1911. I mean the gun is just as good if not better than a Les Baer.
          Originally posted by redcliff
          A Colt collector shooting Rugers is like Hugh Grant cheating on Elizabeth Hurley with a hooker.

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            • #4
              yatzee982
              Member
              • Aug 2012
              • 374
              Originally posted by Bobby Ricigliano
              In original form the Ishevsk is rarer and more valuable than the Tula due to less production. Mechanically they should be identical.

              Metal handguard is bubba's handiwork. Not original.

              You'd be better off keeping the Ishevsk SKS and finding a proper stock for it. Pretty uncommon.
              ^^^ What BR said. Unless that Tula is a '49 Spike Bayonet then I would keep the Izhevsk. I have two '54 Izhevsks myself ... one to shoot and one to collect. If you already know the Izhevsk is a good shooter then you may be stepping down by getting the Tula. Good luck with whatever you do though.
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                • #5
                  Bobby Ricigliano
                  Mit Gott und Mauser
                  CGN Contributor
                  • Feb 2011
                  • 17439
                  As a point of reference OP, I fancy myself something of an SKS collector, and i have zero Ishevsks. Uncommon or rare bird SKS variants include:

                  Rare
                  Ishevsk Russian
                  Albanian

                  Unicorn
                  North Korean
                  East German
                  Vietnamese (I think?)

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                    • #6
                      Sunday
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 5574
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