Originally Posted by
Fenelon
Wow Bowjob you're right! It's been a couple years since I checked the gun prices at Tradex, PS, etc. Looks like the supply has dried up and prices are way up! I guess it boils down to supply vs demand. Some are down right ridiculous eg. full wood Enfields, Finn Mosin 39s, garands, even Swede mausers. I think I paid $169 for my Mosins at Tradex. Mint Swedes were $399 and same with my K31s. SKS were $199 -300 tops!. I couldn't bring myself to pay 500-800 for an sks. By far the worst piece of crap milsurp I've ever owned, even if you argue that it's "cheap" to shoot. I think I kept mine for maybe two weeks. I wish now I had bought some milsurp crates from Tradex when the prices were cheap. Glad I bought the Swedes and K31s that I did. Should be a good return in 5 tp 10 years. I'm old enough to remember the glory days - SIR full wood Enfields for $35, Barrels of Enfields and K98s at Heros for $10 - 25 each. Garands for 400 at LeBarons and the one that really hurts - when I was a 16 year old kid, I remember seeing literally stacks of mint #4 Enfield snipers , in the wooden transit cases, with leather cased all original scopes with all numbers matching (even the scope and wooden case) for $200 each. This makes me want to throw up sometimes when I think about it! Some fetch 8-10K now..... Anyone getting in to it now, I'd advise them to pick up a Swede and K31 now, before the prices climb even higher.
