My new Yugo 59/66 SKS...[PICS] - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

mgeoffriau · 07-17-2006, 02:03 PM

Just got home from the gun show...here's what I picked up for $150. I wasn't looking to spend that much on an SKS, but prices were high...Yugo's at $175-200, and Chinese/Norinco's for $250 and up. Also a Chinese Paratrooper for $400.

I did manage to pick out one with matching serial numbers, as you can see in the 4th and 5th pics. The guy had a bore light, and it looked pretty good inside.

I thinking I'll remove the grenade launcher and ladder sight. What else do I need to do? I bought some Wolf ammo; is there any prep I need to do before shooting? Any reason I shouldn't have a local smithy cut the barrel down to 16"?

I've been googling for information...what's the best SKS resource on the web?

brian40 · 07-17-2006, 02:38 PM

Sweet gun, too bad surplus ammo is now so expensive.

**beardman2** · 07-17-2006, 02:40 PM

looks great!

**einheit 13** · 07-17-2006, 02:42 PM

Clean it real godd both inside and out. Check the gas switch on top of the gas block to make sure it moves freely and the seals are ok. If you cut the barrel down, you'll have to move the sights back...and if you want a 16" SKS you shoulda bought a Norinco 'para' or an AK. But its your weapon. Also if you take out the GL pins, and unscrew the GL, the barrel is threaded 14mm RH, which will accept a FAL 5 and 3 vent flash hiders.

kayl · 07-17-2006, 03:51 PM

Sweet! A friend of mine said that a local gunshop has Yugo SKS's for $95! I don't know if it's true, but if it is, poor college bankfunds be damned, I'm picking one up!

jdavionic · 07-17-2006, 04:43 PM

Very nice. I recently got a Yugo too. Mine was packed in cosmo. But yours looks like someone already cleaned it up. So aside from that, I'd say strip it down, clean & inspect it (e.g., gas valve), then go shoot it.

The only modification that I've done to mine was that I cleaned the stock and applied (via hand rub) polyurethane. I left everything else intact.

chupacabrachus · 07-17-2006, 04:43 PM

I love my Yugo, and you'll love yours assuming you don't have a crappy gas valve. I replaced mine for 11 bucks with a newly manufactured stainless steel one and it's never given me a hint of a problem.

jdavionic · 07-17-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by chupacabrachus

I love my Yugo, and you'll love yours assuming you don't have a crappy gas valve. I replaced mine for 11 bucks with a newly manufactured stainless steel one and it's never given me a hint of a problem.

I'm not sure I need one yet; but where did you get one for $11?

chupacabrachus · 07-17-2006, 05:59 PM

a guy over at the "survivor SKS" forums makes them.. I think his name is CNCWarrior or something, that's the company anywho.. If you're interested I can dig up a link for ya.

**hobocircus** · 07-18-2006, 04:43 AM

Clean it up real good, buy a sling and a front sight pusher tool.
Order some more ammo and have fun.
When I saw the first Yugos to come into the country many years ago at a local gun show, it was the grenade launcher, flip sight and that extra long bayonet that got me to buy one. I think it's one of the most impressive looking SKS's ever built. It's your rifle, but I think you bought it partly because of the price ($150). Why put more money into it by having Mr. Smith chop it up?

07-17-2006, 02:03 PM	#1
mgeoffriau XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jackson, MS Posts: 1,084	My new Yugo 59/66 SKS...[PICS] Just got home from the gun show...here's what I picked up for $150. I wasn't looking to spend that much on an SKS, but prices were high...Yugo's at $175-200, and Chinese/Norinco's for $250 and up. Also a Chinese Paratrooper for $400. I did manage to pick out one with matching serial numbers, as you can see in the 4th and 5th pics. The guy had a bore light, and it looked pretty good inside. I thinking I'll remove the grenade launcher and ladder sight. What else do I need to do? I bought some Wolf ammo; is there any prep I need to do before shooting? Any reason I shouldn't have a local smithy cut the barrel down to 16"? I've been googling for information...what's the best SKS resource on the web? __________________ I felt early on I wasn't going to be a respectable citizen. -- Cormac McCarthy We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

07-17-2006, 02:38 PM	#2
brian40 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,528	Sweet gun, too bad surplus ammo is now so expensive. __________________ Brian "Did I say that outloud?"

07-17-2006, 02:40 PM	#3
beardman2 XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,950	looks great! __________________ - He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. ~Thomas Paine I will not be involved with the dreams of angry men. Founding Documents Freedom isn't free: http://www.anysoldier.com

07-17-2006, 02:42 PM	#4
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,679	Clean it real godd both inside and out. Check the gas switch on top of the gas block to make sure it moves freely and the seals are ok. If you cut the barrel down, you'll have to move the sights back...and if you want a 16" SKS you shoulda bought a Norinco 'para' or an AK. But its your weapon. Also if you take out the GL pins, and unscrew the GL, the barrel is threaded 14mm RH, which will accept a FAL 5 and 3 vent flash hiders. __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

07-18-2006, 04:43 AM	#10
hobocircus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Nevada Desert on a Dry Lakebed. Living in a trailer with thunderstorms looming in the distance. Posts: 3,347	Clean it up real good, buy a sling and a front sight pusher tool. Order some more ammo and have fun. When I saw the first Yugos to come into the country many years ago at a local gun show, it was the grenade launcher, flip sight and that extra long bayonet that got me to buy one. I think it's one of the most impressive looking SKS's ever built. It's your rifle, but I think you bought it partly because of the price ($150). Why put more money into it by having Mr. Smith chop it up? __________________ Ported V-10 XD9 Service SOLD Tactical XD9 in Basic Black I like to shoot Wolf ammo out of my Hi-Point pistol and rifle.

07-17-2006, 03:51 PM	#5
kayl XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: WI Posts: 1,252	Sweet! A friend of mine said that a local gunshop has Yugo SKS's for $95! I don't know if it's true, but if it is, poor college bankfunds be damned, I'm picking one up!

07-17-2006, 04:43 PM	#6
jdavionic XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GA Posts: 5,105	Very nice. I recently got a Yugo too. Mine was packed in cosmo. But yours looks like someone already cleaned it up. So aside from that, I'd say strip it down, clean & inspect it (e.g., gas valve), then go shoot it. The only modification that I've done to mine was that I cleaned the stock and applied (via hand rub) polyurethane. I left everything else intact.

07-17-2006, 04:43 PM	#7
chupacabrachus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,394	I love my Yugo, and you'll love yours assuming you don't have a crappy gas valve. I replaced mine for 11 bucks with a newly manufactured stainless steel one and it's never given me a hint of a problem.

07-17-2006, 05:59 PM	#9
chupacabrachus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,394	a guy over at the "survivor SKS" forums makes them.. I think his name is CNCWarrior or something, that's the company anywho.. If you're interested I can dig up a link for ya.

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