What say Y'all

[MrSmitty]

I have an SKS....I have found a Rock Island 1911 FS, that a guy wants to trade me...My question to the brain trust that is INGO...should I go for it? Should I give up a medium range 10 roung mag rifle for a 1911?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I have an SKS....I have found a Rock Island 1911 FS, that a guy wants to trade me...My question to the brain trust that is INGO...should I go for it? Should I give up a medium range 10 roung mag rifle for a 1911?

What kind of SKS? Russian? Yugo? Norinco? Albanian?

 

[armalitesheepdog]

I you want a 1911 more than you want a SKS....Then yes. I think retail used prices are close enough.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I you want a 1911 more than you want a SKS....Then yes. I think retail used prices are close enough.

Depends on the type, which is why I asked. A Chinese via Albania like Classic, PSA and AIM had recently would be a pretty even trade. A Russian would need cash on the Rock Island side. Same as a true Albanian. Yugo would probably be pretty close, although those have gone up too.

 

[Ark]

1911: Still being manufactured.

SKS: Fewer in existence every year.

No sell, only buy.

 

[indyjohn]

No sell, only buy.

This is the mode I've been operating under for a few years. I seem to never get the money I want (read need) and I seem to always regret letting go of the firearm I sold.

 

[MrSmitty]

Chinese, pre-Norinco, so not stamped parts.. indyjohn, that is what I've been thinking...regret.....But 1911.....regret....1911......

 

[92FSTech]

You're talking about trading a moderately desirable mil-surp rifle that is getting harder to find for a bargain basement 1911. Both are decent, functional guns...neither is great.

Unless there's some issue with the SKS, or you don't like it for some reason, I tend to agree with Ark. Save your pennies and buy the 1911 outright. Our local Dunhams has a whole case of RIA 1911s. Those things are not going anywhere soon, they're nothing special, and I doubt we'll be seeing a huge spike in their value. That SKS is only going to appreciate the longer you keep it. They're not making them any more, and they've apparently become rather desirable over the years. It will be hard and expensive to replace later if you let it go now.

Now if you don't like the SKS, or never shoot it, then by all means trade it for something that you will. I'm not a collector, so I would never be one to advocate for a safe full of guns that you don't shoot. But from reading your posts, that doesn't seem to be the case here.

 

[JeepHammer]

I have an SKS....I have found a Rock Island 1911 FS, that a guy wants to trade me...My question to the brain trust that is INGO...should I go for it? Should I give up a medium range 10 roung mag rifle for a 1911?

What are you shooting?
For me, a 1911 never gets old...

SKS is about as rare as sand grains on a beach.
Reasonably reliable if it's actual military, still a 4 MOA rifle with crap imported ammo, shooting an underpowered cartridge,
... And it doesn't fit in your pants.

I'm a fan of 1911, particularly if its colt factory pattern & has good sights.

... But if you don't shoot either one, what's the point?
Which one would you rather look at?

 

[DadSmith]

To me it depends on the condition of my sks. I have a Yugoslavia 59/66 very good condition all matching numbers on it. I won't be selling it. It's going to the family when I pass on. My job is to keep it in the condition it is now. If it was anything else, as in non matching serial numbers the condition good and the Rock Ultra is a good shooter I probably would.


Like mine but my serial number is much lower.

 

[Robert Richardson]

Which model Rock is it?

 

[DadSmith]

Which model Rock is it?

The most important question so far.

 

[MrSmitty]

FS full size....

 

[Robert Richardson]

Which Full size model, they make a couple different models of the full size. A bunch of difference between a Government model and a Tactical. The Tactical is a pretty good piece, they have upped their game a lot from the old standard model.

 

[MrSmitty]

It looked like it had Novak sights, but I've decided the SKS is a pretty good gun, and I'll keep it around.....ask me next month......

 

[MrSmitty]

Admins, can you close, or lock this thread? Can't close it myself...