Type 56 SKS... keeping the value? - The Firearms Forum

ShawnDow · 11-07-2012, 07:37 PM

O.K.,
I know the type 56 SKS's are a "dime a dozen" (thats .0083 cents by the way). But.. I have one that has all #'s matching, and it needs a better stock to make it a safer useable firearm.
My question here in lyes.. Would the unit be worth more with its matching S.N. beat up stock.. or with the safer, better looking replacement stock?
The reason I ask.. I had the notion of stripping the replacement stock and giving it a "snow pattern" type of grey stain job (medium and light grey stain in no particular pattern). Or would I be killing the value of the better stock?
I plan on keeping the original just because of the S.N.'s
Thanks for any info,
Shawn

Ken W · 11-08-2012, 11:01 AM

I'd keep both stocks the way they are. If the original is too damaged to safely use than just use the other one but keep it around just to have the one it was made with. Altering anything on a milsurp always devalues it as far as I'm concerned.

jmace57 · 11-08-2012, 09:59 PM

I had one in even worse shape. It was a Vietnam bring-back. It set in a garage or somewhere humid and the stock literally was dissolving in my hand. I felt like I had no choice but to re-blue the metal and got a new Chinese stock. I know it is no longer original, but at least it is now functional.

Here is the "before" picture when I disassembled it... Stock was literally crumbling apart

All parts:

After photos:

11-07-2012, 07:37 PM	#1
ShawnDow V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Tawas City, Michigan Posts: 395	Type 56 SKS... keeping the value? O.K., I know the type 56 SKS's are a "dime a dozen" (thats .0083 cents by the way). But.. I have one that has all #'s matching, and it needs a better stock to make it a safer useable firearm. My question here in lyes.. Would the unit be worth more with its matching S.N. beat up stock.. or with the safer, better looking replacement stock? The reason I ask.. I had the notion of stripping the replacement stock and giving it a "snow pattern" type of grey stain job (medium and light grey stain in no particular pattern). Or would I be killing the value of the better stock? I plan on keeping the original just because of the S.N.'s Thanks for any info, Shawn Attached Images __________________ You can't prevent the inevitable.. only alter its time span! -->

11-08-2012, 11:01 AM	#2
Ken W V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 346	Re: Type 56 SKS... keeping the value? I'd keep both stocks the way they are. If the original is too damaged to safely use than just use the other one but keep it around just to have the one it was made with. Altering anything on a milsurp always devalues it as far as I'm concerned. __________________ We need to keep the damn politics out of our 2nd Amendment rights. They just create a means to our own destruction by making us turn on each other while obfuscating the truth and logic of the matter at hand.

11-08-2012, 09:59 PM	#3
jmace57 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 119	Re: Type 56 SKS... keeping the value? I had one in even worse shape. It was a Vietnam bring-back. It set in a garage or somewhere humid and the stock literally was dissolving in my hand. I felt like I had no choice but to re-blue the metal and got a new Chinese stock. I know it is no longer original, but at least it is now functional. Here is the "before" picture when I disassembled it... Stock was literally crumbling apart All parts: After photos: Last edited by jmace57; 11-08-2012 at 10:00 PM..