Widner's SKS

[CasualObserver]

So when Widner's had Chinese SKS's for sale 2 weeks ago for $279 I jumped on it (thank you very much forum members who posted about it). It showed up today. It has plenty of cosmo on (and in it), but I took enough off to see that all the numbers match so far on the outside and on the inside the bolt as well (haven't cked cked the gas piston yet... I know sometimes they are marked too). I'm very very surprised. To be out the door for under $300 I got a pretty nice example to add to the family... thought I might have missed the boat. Only a little rust on the mag and the stocks metal trim. Should clean up very nicely and be a good shooter. I hope some others out there got nice examples as well. A few pics below... still a lot of cosmo on it (it got the quick 5 min wipe down on the large areas).

 

[Alphabrew]

Under $300 for that? That was a steal! I thought only the really early Sino-Soviet ones had a blade bayonet?

Looks awesome!

 

[yellowsled]

Amazing price. You stole it.

 

[Dave91]

I got mine today too. Yours looks nicer than mine. My stock is pretty rough but not horrible and has a big 36 painted on the side. The bolt and dust cover do not match but all the other parts do. Most of the bluing is gone on mine but there's no rust. I've already taken it apart and wiped off a lot of cosmoline. I'm very pleased with it though. I was expecting a well-worn rifle and that's exactly what I got. I'll upload pictures tomorrow when I can take pics outside.

 

[CasualObserver]

Yep... 293.56 to be exact when you include shipping (nice not to get gauged on shipping for a change too... kudos to Widner's on that).

 

[yellowsled]

Please post pics of your stock! Don't refinish it!!!!!!

 

[Dave91]

Please post pics of your stock! Don't refinish it!!!!!!

No I wasn't planning on refinishing it. I was thinking I would just bleed some cosmoline out of it and hand rub some boiled linseed oil because it needs it pretty badly. I definitely want to try to preserve the paint on the side.

 

[CSS]

Looks like yours is in much better condition than mine. The gas block is definitely a problem right now. Still need to get some carb cleaner for that...

 

[Dave91]

Here's a quick picture of the number on my stock.

 

[yellowsled]

Please don't refinish or do anything to mess that up, that looks awesome!

 

[CasualObserver]

Here's a quick picture of the number on my stock.

Rack numbers are cool... back when I was young and dumb I would have tried to remove that... now I appreciate it and try to preserve markings like that.

 

[Dave91]

Here are some more pictures of my SKS

 

[yellowsled]

out of all the SKS's I got in this last batch, I got no rack numbers. very cool.

 

[CasualObserver]

Here are some more pictures of my SKS

Nice, she has character. Little suspect of your rack number though... that shade of orange looks a little like that orange on the table it is sitting under... you haven't been adding your own character to your rifle have you?

 

[Dave91]

Nice, she has character. Little suspect of your rack number though... that shade of orange looks a little like that orange on the table it is sitting under... you haven't been adding your own character to your rifle have you?

Yeah I'm trying to squeeze a few more bucks out when I decide to sell it. I'm going to tell some poor sucker that the soldier painted the number of kills on his stock. Seriously though, the paint actually looks like a light pink. The picture makes it look darker than it actually is.

 

[Chaunsey]

awesome rifles guys!

you got a great price, those are in great condition, and i love the rack numbers, it looks awesome.

 

[cantstop]

These sure are cool... What's the deal with the Rack Numbers, though?

Who put those on the stock?

 

[Dave91]

These sure are cool... What's the deal with the Rack Numbers, though?

Who put those on the stock?

I'm wondering the same thing. I assume it was the Albanians but if that's the case you'd think there would be a lot more with numbers. This is the first one I've seen out of the batch.

 

[Mark75H]

Looks pretty much like the one I got from Wideners back just before Christmas; 'cept mine had almost no cosmoline on it and no rack number. Same price if I recall.

Mine was pretty early production. What year is yours?

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

I'm wondering the same thing. I assume it was the Albanians but if that's the case you'd think there would be a lot more with numbers. This is the first one I've seen out of the batch.

That's cause it's the only son of the batch.