L42 for sale at Epps in Canada

[55recce]

Ellwood Epps Sporting Goods

$6995

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[superbee]

Bought mine at epps many years ago.price on this one is exactly 3X what paid!

[conec]

Not to hijack the thread, but are not Ellwood's SVT Tokarevs really cheap?

[limpetmine]

"Military - Rifles
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That's distressing!!

[Hal O'Peridol]

Not to hijack the thread, but are not Ellwood's SVT Tokarevs really cheap?

Yes they are, mostly because Canada is not proscribed from importing weapons direct from Russia as the US is.

Canadian gunshops are currently awash in cheap Russian SKSs and Czech 7.62x39 ammo.

[superbee]

L-42 is SOLD!

Did it have a matching scope?

[Tertle]

damn, was going to see if they do lay-by hahahaha

[No4Mk1(T)]

L-42 is SOLD!

Thank God! It wasn't looking good for my bank account.

[55recce]

Matching scope, chest and sling from what I recall

[enfield303t]

The SVT in Canada dropped by somewhere around $100.00 plus a few months ago. A good deal was $399.00 however now how many would you like at $299.00 or less.

Ammo is available for the SVT (7.62x54R) cheaper than it was a year or so ago however nothing like the price of 7.62x39. Ammo for the SKS has gone up in price however still very cheap for centre fire, just have to do a thorough job of cleaning corrosive primered ammo. Most people I know have thousands of round of "39" and sufficient quantities of "54" and "25".

Personally I think the thrill of shooting cheap "39" is over and I have several lifetimes of ammo remaining. I will however buy a bolt action to shoot the ammo and then will probably use more. I think I have only shot a SKS once this year. I do however think some of the new shooters are not a great asset if you know what I mean.

The good thing about having the cheap guns and ammo is I believe it brought more shooters to the sport. Suddenly a CF and it won't cost you a $1.00 or more a shot. Most ranges I have been to are littered with empty "39" cases.

The ammo that seems to be on the point of become hard to find is 7.62x25. I was told by a reputable dealer the last is now in Canada and there won't be more.