Widner's SKS

[Sundancer]

Great looking rifle especially for the price!

 

[Machodoc]

One that I got late in the fall looked like someone had scraped something off the stock with a knife. It was just where your rack number is.

 

[kazan182]

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).

I have gotten several from them but yours, without a doubt, has the best stock I have seen. Very nice indeed. Great buy...

 

[Dave91]

I just got back from shooting my type 56. I put 60 rounds through it and only had one malfunction which was a stovepipe with a live round during the first 10 shots. After that it was flawless. The accuracy was excellent at 50 yards.

 

[Dave.B]

Here is my Widener's example. It was drenched in cosmoline and had a crack through the wrist of the stock. I cleaned the old Chicom gal up and repaired the crack. Not too bad for $279. All matching, including the stock.

 

[CSS]

SKS looks good. I thought shoe laces were tied in the center?

 

[reverendbeer]

I thought shoe laces were tied in the center?

Fact. He's ruined the collectors value. If I saw those shoes on Gunbroker, I'd be all, "Tied on the side? Pass."

 

[cantstop]

Fact. He's ruined the collectors value. If I saw those shoes on Gunbroker, I'd be all, "Tied on the side? Pass."

Chill dude. It's not like they're velcro.

 

[yellowsled]

I see white people's legs.

 

[Dave.B]

I'm too cool for center laces. actually I'm just too lazy to retie them. The flash makes my honky legs more honkified.

 

[reverendbeer]

I see white people's legs.

TOTALLY not C&R.

 

[Dave91]

Here is my Widener's example. It was drenched in cosmoline and had a crack through the wrist of the stock. I cleaned the old Chicom gal up and repaired the crack. Not too bad for $279. All matching, including the stock.

Damn, look at the stock finish and the bluing on that thing. Maybe some were refurbished or unissued? Mine has almost no bluing and the stock is very worn.
I also have only a few matching parts and a Russian bolt. That said, I like mine the way it is.

 

[Dave.B]

Damn, look at the stock finish and the bluing on that thing. Maybe some were refurbished or unissued? Mine has almost no bluing and the stock is very worn.
I also have only a few matching parts and a Russian bolt. That said, I like mine the way it is.

I was certainly expecting much worse than what I received. There are some areas where the bluing is thinning, but overall it is in pretty good shape.

 

[Alphabrew]

Nice rifle! The money you saved on shoes paid for it!

 

[Logan]

That is a sweet firearm. Should be tons of fun to shoot.

 

[AC MkIII]

Anyone buy the Yugo sks they have?

 

[yellowsled]

Anyone buy the Yugo sks they have?

Stay away from their Yugos. They are bubbad 56/66's labaled as 59's with new barrels and grenade sights and launcher removed. Zero collector value there.

 

[Lucca1]

Do they come with a pair of those sweet green kicks?

 

[Dave.B]

Do they come with a pair of those sweet green kicks?

Gettysburg Adidas store.

 

[AC MkIII]

Stay away from their Yugos. They are bubbad 56/66's labaled as 59's with new barrels and grenade sights and launcher removed. Zero collector value there.

Good to know. Why would they put them out as 59s if they are not?