Romanian SKS surprise

[Southside830]

I want to convert a SKS to a bullpup rifle. I was browsing Gunbroker looking for a good condition SKS for the project. A seller had a excellent condition "Chinese" SKS for sell. Condition in the pictures was really good. Seller had a close up of the serial # . EF-xxxx 1958 followed by a triangle with a unfleched arrow in it. Its a Romanian SKS. There were 15 bids on this rifle at the time and the price was at 305$. Seller had a buy it now for 349$. I bought it and it is on its way to me now. My research indicates that Romanian SKS's are a lot rarer than others. It has an aftermarket side folding stock and a compensator and railed dust cover already installed. I will see if the parts match when I receive the rifle. Anyways I wanted to share and wonder how I did on my first SKS purchase. Any comments are welcome ! Thanks.

 

[dprice3844444]

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[Southside830]

^^^^^ That's exactly the stock I was thinking about using. In regards to the first post, do you think anyone else noticed this SKS was Romanian instead of Chinese as listed? It was getting a lot of bidding action and had over 600 views.

 

[carbine85]

If you got all the original parts including the stock you did good. If not it has no collector value and it's a $300 SKS IMHO. I have seen all matching Romo's in good shape sell for $375 - $400 around here.
The SKS looses value as soon as Bubba does his assault weapon conversion.

 

[119er]

The SKS looses value as soon as Bubba does his assault weapon conversion.

I learned this myself but no one could have stopped me then. I did one Yugo as a T6 and I was done with that. At least when I bought it the original stock was gone and a sporter in its place.

To the OP, it's your gun. Do as you wish but maybe consider selling that one to a collector if it meets collector criteria. You would probably turn a profit and be able to get a Chinese or Yugo 59. Just a suggestion, I'm not trying to flame you or your choices, just putting options out there as people do collect these guns.

 

[Southside830]

I got the gun today. It has a matching reciever and bolt. The stock is aftermarket and the receiver cover has been replaced with aftermarket cover w rails. No bayonet and the trigger group has no #'s. The barrel is original marked Cugir Romania. Seems to have little collector value IMHO. On the bright side the rifle is in excellent condition with strong rifling, bluing and not a spot of rust anywhere. I'm gonna keep it as is and shoot and enjoy it. I have to say I am impressed with the machining on this rifle.

 

[Jackal]

The Romy SKS was the bottom of the barrel when they were being imported about 10 years ago. I'd rate Yugo/Russkie/mil spec Chinese (Arsenal 26, etc) over the Romy. The Albanian's were generally the roughest/ugliest. If bubba has already had his hands on it, hack that bugger up to your hearts content, its never going to be worth less than about $350 in functional condition.

 

[Southside830]

Jackal some would argue that opinion with you. I've read that Romanian SKS's are equal to Russian in build quality and some of the most accurate. I am impressed with the machine work on this rifle. A lot of Romanian SKS's come imported with beat up stocks and mismatched parts. Maybe that's why you perceive them as bottom of the barrel. I was going to bull pup it but I actually like it as is. At the very minimum I got a new range toy to play with and that's never a bad thing !!

 

[goon]

I think with so much changed from the original condition already, you couldn't have picked a better one to experiment with.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

I bought an SKS probably in the mid-1990's for $89.95. Rose's Dept. Store hand fiber barrels full of them. Wish I still had it.

It was a nice little rifle.