Can we come together and agree that whenever a thread about SKS, AK, M1 Carbine, M1 Garand, German Mauser etc comes up that any comment about how you bought one back in the day for 75 cents and a pack of bubble gum is pointless in todays world. Look I'm not trying to sound bitter (although lets be honest, slightly I am) but I'm a late gen x'er who got into firearms late. These comments are offputting to me and I can't imagine how they sound to new young buyers and collectors and only perpetuate the crusty old gun guy thing. TRUST me we get it. We missed the hay day. Everytime someone asks about what they should pay or the value of a specific sks/xyz the requisite i paid $49 and a bag of sour cream and onion Ruffles post doesn't help anyone and annoys more than it doesn't. Ok rant off
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For the most part we are lamenting the same change you are talking about, we are missing the old days as well. And yes, I did buy a Mosin when they sold for 100$ but I also paid 450 for a SKS recently. You can't always win.
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I cannot recall ever being directly accused of "off-putting" someone, but willing to give it a go...I actually paid around $400 at a pawn shop on Bragg Blvd for my first 91, in 86, but love the ad...
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What’s off putting, to me, is when people combine words that shouldn’t be combined.
Make terrible king run on sentences
When people rant about how others remind them of the prices they missed out in.
And for god sales, when the thread title spelling is off.
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Make terrible king run on sentences
When people rant about how others remind them of the prices they missed out in.
And for god sales, when the thread title spelling is off.
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Dear “triggered in Asheville,”
We are so much more than a gun forum, but we are not a safe space. The focus of your post is inward, drawing much deserved mockery. An outward focus will irritate a few members while insulating you from abuse. For example instead of what you posted try something like “Hey there boomers, I’m just starting to collect SKSs and can’t believe how expensive they’ve gotten since your pre-viagra days.“
welcome and good luck.
We are so much more than a gun forum, but we are not a safe space. The focus of your post is inward, drawing much deserved mockery. An outward focus will irritate a few members while insulating you from abuse. For example instead of what you posted try something like “Hey there boomers, I’m just starting to collect SKSs and can’t believe how expensive they’ve gotten since your pre-viagra days.“
welcome and good luck.
The Norinco SKS that I own was bought a long time ago from a Roses department store for $75. (Not by me). I was very happy to pay $325 for it several years back. I didn't bitch and moan that I missed the good-ole-days. I think the story is cool enough to be worth mentioning when I talk about its history. It is part of the history of gun ownership in this country.
Listen to the old codgers, you might just learn something.
Listen to the old codgers, you might just learn something.
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We used to get 1,000 rounds of wolf ammo for $99. And a rifle and sports authority for $79!!! Holy shit can you believe there’s a Russian SKS on here for $850?
OMG! Thanks for the coffee stains on my shirt.
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Back in the day we learned to not force personal beliefs on other people. I didn't want to sound harsh, but slightly I am.
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I remember selling 1000 rounds of Wolf for a $50 profit years ago and thinking I was pretty slick for being so savvy. 💩
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But did you get it out of a barrel of them at Rose's?Kids?
He‘s in his mid-40s. At least.
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As for @Icculus ’s topic of the thread, I agree with the sentiment. For some reason, the SKS (and its ammo) brings in comments on how cheap they were in the 80s/90s. Nearly every time.
Yet this same thing doesn’t happen when we talk of ammo/primers/gasoline/etc.
I can’t see being annoyed by it, but the SKS thing is as cliche’ as it gets.
Oh, and my SKS cost $100 and came with 900 rounds of ammo at that price. Mid 1990s.
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God forbid we even remember the days of .99/gallon for gas.
And that’s not overpriced… non refurb numbers matching Russian SKS were going for $700 10 years ago. I bought mine at the height of the ‘94 AWB panic and paid way too much for it then and way less than they go for now. But nobody cares do they?
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Never.
Secondly, 30-40 years ago, many of us felt the same way hearing from older shooters WHO HAD THEIR MAIL CARRIER DELIVER .30 cal. carbines and surp 1911’s - TO THEIR FRONT DOOR STOOPS!!!!
And, 10-20 years from now, new entrants are gonna feel the same way listening to you talk about todays prices, let alone availability..
Its all relative.
The only thing that matters (and it pains me to see so many in the public school systems missing this train) is:
get a good education - get into a good profession / career - work hard - save hard - buy in bulk - after investing 10-20% of every paycheck for retirement, buy, Buy, BUY
because 99.9% of the worlds population can only dream about having our “problems” !!!
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In my defense, it was 0330.
And "off putting" is a funny phrase
And Jennifer Lawrence is hawt.
As for @Icculus ’s topic of the thread, I agree with the sentiment. For some reason, the SKS (and its ammo) brings in comments on how cheap they were in the 80s/90s. Nearly every time.
Yet this same thing doesn’t happen when we talk of ammo/primers/gasoline/etc.
I can’t see being annoyed by it, but the SKS thing is as cliche’ as it gets.
Oh, and my SKS cost $100 and came with 900 rounds of ammo at that price. Mid 1990s.
Mine was $75. Mid 80's
And gas was 75cents when I got married and 33 cents when I was a kid. Happy now? 🤪
Your short what?? Oh you were sitting down. Never mind.
Nope! Ordered mine and it came new packed in cosmoline. Pretty sure it still has a little left in it somewhere.
Young'uns. Gas was .75 when I got married and .33 when I was a kid.
I remember sneering at the barrels of import marked Garands and Carbines in Rose's in the 80's, thinking to myself "who would want one of those old beaten up things?"
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That's the part we always forget to link between our "i paid $35 for that riiiifle' and our "My first job got me $2 a day and one cold meal" stories. Prices on a lot of stuff has come WAY down in terms of real value/inflation nonsense. Yeah, I might have worked at mcdonalds when $4.25 was the hourly wage, and an sks or nugget was under $100. (I think my WASR was in 2002 or so was ~$320 otd) But now mcdonalds is paying about about $20/hr just to get people to show up, and people still have a hard time living on that.
Things don't change all that much except in terms of imaginary money numbers. We still gripe the same, because I remember way back when, hearing about how a dollar used to buy you a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter - and you'd still have enough left over for a hand full of penny candy and a new sparking toy gun.
Also, I picked up a paratrooper length sks for $80 in 2012 because some guy just wanted to get rid of it fast. It was definitely worth a bit more. And later on I sold it for $300. But then even a while ago I bought a regular one for about $500 with bunch of blanks and a dummy/training grenade.
Screw you guys and your $100 SKS 🤣
Not sure what the youngins will be able to brag about? Rattle trap turisk clones? Maybe a zastava AK? Oh I know PSA DAGGER, yeah that's a trophy for sure!
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Not sure what the youngins will be able to brag about? Rattle trap turisk clones? Maybe a zastava AK? Oh I know PSA DAGGER, yeah that's a trophy for sure!
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A friend has a Winchester M1 carbine, shipping box and receipt from where his Dad ordered the carbine from the old DCM.
Price? $20 plus shipping.
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And there is the problem. You're "late Gen X" and acting like a Millennial. Let me explain why.
You got into firearms late. Ok, fine. But you're also benefiting by being on a forum populated by "crusty old gun guys" that provide extremely helpful information to you by posting it here. We've been there, done that. Bought tons of things that didn't work out. Scrounged around for parts digging through dusty bins at gun shows. Crawled around on the floor looking for small pins and detents at o'dark thirty. However, instead of being thankful, you're complaining about the one slightly negative perception you have.
Since you got into firearms late, just be happy you have the opportunity to ask these crusty old guys questions. I'm Gen X and after reading your post I feel like I'm about 95 years old simply because my take on this is that much different than yours.
If you'd been around and into firearms during the "cheap SKS days" you'd know that SKS and AKs were what we bought when we were broke college kids that couldn't afford an AR-15. Now quality ARs are much cheaper than AKs and a nice AR can be had for the price of a decent SKS.
Recognize that you're living in the salad days right now and be glad. That can change with one law passed by Congress.
Bahahaha, I remember when the Toyota, Honda’s and Datsun starting hitting the market pretty heavy in the 70’s. I can still remember my step dad saying he wouldnt buy any of those POS’s. He would say stick to American made that would last 100k miles.
Man, I remember the days of treating a late 70’s Corolla like a Baja car and you couldn’t kill it. I can’t be the only one that remembers buying these used for 500 bucks and torturing them.
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