I need some advice on a potential course of action

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I apologize if this fits better in the buy sell trade area but I wanted to come ask y'all's opinions I have a Yugo M57 and I'm finding a hard time buying ammo for it. It's not really that affordable and hardly anybody in my state carries it so I have to get it shipped blah blah blah... I was trying to trade it for a lever action or semi-auto rifle but part of me still wants to keep it.

Well just now I got offered $300 for it would you take that transaction? Would you keep it and just save up for some ammo or would you hold out for someone who wants to trade?
 
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Big question I guess is how far does 300 get you into the lever or semi-auto gun you want?

The problem is that the 57 is a known to you and you have not yet firmly delineated what you'd replace it with if the opportunity arose.

In any case, 300 sounds decent to me if you don't want to order-in ammo when prices and availability return to normal

Todd.
 
I would ideally like to trade it for an SKS or some other such rifle. SKS I've been able to find anywhere is 399, so getting 300 for this pistol gets me most of the way there.

Availability of ammo has been scarce even before this whole panic buying thing happened. It's about twice to twice and a half the cost of 9mm before shipping and since none of my local stores have it there's never any sales. I guess it comes down to the fact that I'm too much of a cheap bastard at this point in life to feed it.

It's a great shooter and I personally think the round itself is a great round and I wish it was more popular but I just don't think it is and I don't think it's going to become popular anytime soon.
 
I would ideally like to trade it for an SKS or some other such rifle. SKS I've been able to find anywhere is 399, so getting 300 for this pistol gets me most of the way there.

Availability of ammo has been scarce even before this whole panic buying thing happened. It's about twice to twice and a half the cost of 9mm before shipping and since none of my local stores have it there's never any sales. I guess it comes down to the fact that I'm too much of a cheap bastard at this point in life to feed it.

It's a great shooter and I personally think the round itself is a great round and I wish it was more popular but I just don't think it is and I don't think it's going to become popular anytime soon.
I'd take the $300 and order an SKS - https://www.classicfirearms.com/chinese-sks-rifle-762x39/. Or get a Star BM if you want a surplus handgun in regular ole 9x19 - https://www.jgsales.com/star-bm,-9mm-luger,-compact-semi-auto-pistol,-vg,-blued,-used.-p-85501.html. Or buy one of the recent glut of LE trade in .40 S&W Glocks, that are going for around $300, and just get some ten round mags for it. Any of those would be cheaper and easy to get ammo for than your M57.
 
How long have you been looking for ammo for it? If it has been in the last month, lots of ammo retailers and suppliers are tapped out right now with the panic pandemic going on. So prices and stock are not going to reflect normal availability. I recommend you use ammoseek. I have found many hard to find calibers online with it.

https://ammoseek.com/ammo/7.62x25mm-tokarev?sort=price
 
How long have you been looking for ammo for it? If it has been in the last month, lots of ammo retailers and suppliers are tapped out right now with the panic pandemic going on. So prices and stock are not going to reflect normal availability. I recommend you use ammoseek. I have found many hard to find calibers online with it.

https://ammoseek.com/ammo/7.62x25mm-tokarev?sort=price
The last 6 months. In general the prices aren’t too bad from sg ammo it’s the shipping added on that makes for a decently expensive purchase for me.
 
I'd take the $300 and order an SKS - https://www.classicfirearms.com/chinese-sks-rifle-762x39/. Or get a Star BM if you want a surplus handgun in regular ole 9x19 - https://www.jgsales.com/star-bm,-9mm-luger,-compact-semi-auto-pistol,-vg,-blued,-used.-p-85501.html. Or buy one of the recent glut of LE trade in .40 S&W Glocks, that are going for around $300, and just get some ten round mags for it. Any of those would be cheaper and easy to get ammo for than your M57.
Dang! Classic has the best price on an sks ive seen recently.
 
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A gun valued in the $300 neighborhood may not be the motivation you'd need...but have you contemplated loading your own ammo? It may take a while for the cost benefits to show up, but if it's a gun you like, it's worth considering. Unless dies are non existent...
 
A gun valued in the $300 neighborhood may not be the motivation you'd need...but have you contemplated loading your own ammo? It may take a while for the cost benefits to show up, but if it's a gun you like, it's worth considering. Unless dies are non existent...
The expenditure it would take for me to get started isn’t worth the savings down the road. Especially with the limited selection of bullets available for this cartridge (Sierra is basically the only one who makes bullets that’ll work but they’re designed for the 30carbine) and with how little (not infrequently but I try to balance practice with budget). Eventually, when I have a better job and more money to play with I’ll experiment with reloading.
 
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The buyer may have made the decision for me me....seems like he disappeared. Anyone want to replace him?
 
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You like the pistol, why not buy a new Zastava M70 (I think it is) ? Same gun, but in 9x19mm
 
It’s for sale in the classifieds on this forum.

i looked hard at it. Nice pistol, but i dont really want to add another caliber.
 
I apologize if this fits better in the buy sell trade area but I wanted to come ask y'all's opinions I have a Yugo M57 and I'm finding a hard time buying ammo for it. It's not really that affordable and hardly anybody in my state carries it so I have to get it shipped blah blah blah... I was trying to trade it for a lever action or semi-auto rifle but part of me still wants to keep it.

Well just now I got offered $300 for it would you take that transaction? Would you keep it and just save up for some ammo or would you hold out for someone who wants to trade?

Sounds to me like you have the first blooming symptom of "gun buyer/trading syndrome". Give way or you'll never be cured.
 
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