And a couple of years before that they cost 80-120.
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"Those that give up essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.
I got my 1st one in '93 and I believe I paid 115 dollars for it and that was unissued still in a packing crate with about a dozen others just in from southeast asia
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"what gives a government that arms the whole world the right to disarm it's own citizens?"
The Chi-com SKS are still less than $250 here in Los Angeles, CA. The Romanian SKS is also $200 at Turners. Nothing has change. "The more things change the more they remain the same". -Snake.