My Worse CHICOM SKS purchase ever.

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Back in April 2020, I fell for Classic Firearms AD and sent them the money for a Chinese SKS Type 56 Rifle - Original Military Turn In Rifles. 7.62x39 Semi-Auto W /Spike Bayonet. All totaled with tax and shipping $401.77

This is the WORSE firearm I have ever purchased from an online store nowhere near worth the money. Well, I have purchased rifles in worse condition, but I knew what I was buying, and they were priced accordingly.

What Classic advertised in their AD is deceiving painting the rifles in a positive light and bending the limits of acceptable percentages.

“The same goes for the bluing, however, to a far lesser extent. We have seen some guns with excessive bluing wear, but I would say that is the exception as most of these guns are running 80% plus in the blued department, with many being closer to 100%.”

If “most” and “closer” were a fact, then the rifle I got was that exception because the blue on the SKS I received was 10% and that 10% is under the wood as most of the firearm is in the white near to no blue at all. Add that to the stock being garbage, which was expected, with names and words carved or impressed to it, the resale value of this rifle is between $200.00 and $250.00, and that is ONLY because it does have matching numbers. So the way I look at it, I took a loss of $90.00 to $140.00 on this deal and would not be able to sell the SKS for the price I bought it.

I’m so disgusted with this buy that the SKS is still in the bubble wrap and box, in its cosmoline. If the outside if this SKS is any indicator, the inside of this rifle is going to be poor.

I bought this SKS from Classic because my prior purchase of a Romanian Tokarev pistol was fantastic. It was in excellent condition and met the AD’s description.

Will I buy from Classic Firearms Again? Well, that’s the question, I don’t necessarily trust what they write in their AD’s anymore. This is one of the reasons I have not bought one of their Italian M91 Carcano Cavalry Carbine they have right now, and I’m trying not to buy another rifle I don’t need. Had I a good experience with the SKS, my guess is I would have purchased the Carcano. Fool me once shame on them, fool me twice shame on me.

I’ll clean it up once I decide if I will reblued or parkerize this rifle, gotta do something or it's going to just sit here in the cosmoline.

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