Never used Chinese SKS

Pupule808

July 09, 2009 23:53

My grandfather was in the Vietnam War and brought back a Chicom SKS with him. This SKS was presented brand new to a two star General and my grandfather ended up taking it home with him unfired and to this day has remained unfired. I just took it apart today and it still had cosmoline all inside it, mostly in the gas tube. After cleaning it,the parts looked immaculate. It also has a 3 prong bayonet on it (I've never seen this on an SKS before, just the knife). There is some Chinese inscription on it as well and a triangle with a "2" in the middle of it on the side and numbers on the butt stock. It is in original condition, no mods, and in excellent condition. Does anyone have any idea what this is worth?
Thanks.

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  aap2

  July 10, 2009 02:56

  If you have the capture papers documenting it as a war trophy, it's worth more. If you are referring to the spike bayonet, these are common on the Chicom SKS while the blade bayonet is usually found on the russian sks. A documented war trophy captured sks in VG condtion sold on GB for $600 earlier this year.

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  iwannausername

  July 10, 2009 05:02

  A lack of import marks would also increase value if you do not have the other documents...

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  v35

  July 10, 2009 06:02

  Captured SKS rifles I've seen are in pretty doggy condition.
  Yours should bring a good buck.
  My SKS is a commercial import. Is has the spike bayonet.
  I also have a box of new spike bayonets I'm hoping to find some use for.
  If you have papers or some written testimony on it, it would bring extra $$.
  Put it on auction along with the story.

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  beantownshootah

  July 10, 2009 10:08

  If you could document the story with provenance (ie official documentation) that the gun in question was presented to a Major General during the Vietnam conflict, and have the official "bring back" papers, this gun could be worth quite a bit.
  
  I actually could easily see you getting $1000 for a gun like that and significantly more could even be possible. You never really know until you auction it.
  
  But again, 80% of the value hinges on the story. . .you have to have the documentation to prove it.
  
  (Incidentally, for a gun like this one that derives most of its financial value from its individual history, the gun is by definition a "curio and relic" and could be transferred to C&R FFL holders across state lines).
  
  As to the spike bayonet, by itself that's nothing special. Most of the Chinese guns have these. Used/surplus triangular profile chinese bayonets are readily available and pretty inexpensive, eg:
  
  http://tiny.cc/4fqsK

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