I have not seen $400 Russian SKS in forever. $500 is the new norm. If you find one, not trashed, for $400 I will buy it right now.its what they all should be priced at. i refuse to pay over 300 for any chinese sks aside from type D and M. Russain sks's are a MAYBE at 400 unless its a rare model. Prices folks ask for them have gotten insane but thankfully in store and gunshow prices for htem seem to have stayed about the same.
And gas is worth a quarter a gallon too.69.95 is what they are worth