sks purchase

[49north]

hey guys, need some advice on buying another sks, i can get a unissued new in box early fifties russian laminate with all original extras from a repputable dealer for 350. he has two left from many he bought years ago and they are very very nice rifles. or i can buy another unissued yugo for 200. also very nice but alas still a yugo. i already have two sks. one yugo and a chinese. i assume i can get the russian to shoot as well as my others==4inches at 100 yds using wolf with the iron sites. i also assume there are fewer russians out there tthan yugos. any hints fellow gunophiles? thanx for ur input and keep shooting!!

[TA]

I don't know Russian prices, but for the condition you describe, it doesn't seem too bad. $200 for a yugo is high though. Unissued ones can be found for $159 and less pretty easily. I only have Yugo's, so I would probably try to work something out with the Russian if it were me. They are nice rifles and have chrome lined barrels too.

[withergyld]

I only see the prices on Russian SKS's going up unless more are imported. $350 seems a little high. $250 to $300 is more common. Yugos are still very common.