Rusty 0 Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 (edited) Alright, I just sold another firearm and am looking to replace the hole in my collection. To fill said hole, I am looking at an SKS, but I'm not sure which SKS to buy. I've been seeing Yugo M59/66s in the grease (with bayos and grenade launchers) at the gun shows for <$129 and M59s (sans grenade launcher) for <$189. As far as I know, the Yugos don't have chrome lined barrels, but I'm not sure what that would mean to a guy shooting <2000 rounds per year. Are there any other major things I should be looking for in an SKS? Are there any other nationalities I should be looking for? Is there anything I'm not asking that I should be asking? Thanks Edited August 28, 2005 by Rusty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Get the Yugo. There are muzle breaks available to replace the gernade launcher, and bi-pods to replace the bayonet. OR you can just use it like it is for a cheap/cool plinker and brush gun. Besides-if you get one of the M1 adapters and a dummy gernade (about $25) it just blows peoples mind when you open the gun safe and they see it for the first time! G O B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okie shooter 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Yugos are the easiest to get now. I would recomend if you can find a Chinese one they are good too. Another good one is a sks-d/m they are a blast too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ffrogg 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 i have the m love it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Laminated Ruskie's are the most desireable, AND the priceyest! Yugo's are cheap and work well. G O B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunboy69 50 Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I've got a couple yugos, and they are good shooters. I bought one good quality, and one unissued. The only cosmetic difference was the stock. The steel was good on both. Heres the cheap one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BattleRifleG3 16 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Not so cheap now, huh? Looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknown Poster 5 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 (edited) I have seen the Russian SKS's NIB refurbs w/black bolts and laminated stocks selling for around $250 at gun shows lately. The Chinese Norinco SKS's average between $175 to $225 still in new looking condition. It depends on where you live across our country too the prices om sks's do vary too. If I was just going to have one sks I would go for a chinese with the chrome lined barrel. With the hard industrial chrome in the barrel you can shoot any ammo wether its corrosive or not. If you plan on shooting it a lot the chrome lined barrel will last a lot longer too. Now there is two different chinese sks's one has a barrel that is threaded into the reciever and the other one is pressed and pinned into place. They say the pinned barrel is more accurate of the two. You have other choices too the Romanian sks is another good sks too and they have just hit the market again too. The Albanian sks's are a bit pricey now too. I think you can find a used chinese rather easily they seem to pop up time to time. Most of the chinese sks's i see here still have cosmoline in them so they still need a good G.I. cleaning. No matter which sks you get remember to take the firing pin out of the bolt and clean it out good if left full of crud(cosmo) it can cause slam fires. I take them apart even if they feel free just to be sure they are ok. BTW; Once the sks is all clean and ready for reassembly I moly everything up like bolt, bolt carrier, trigger sear, reciever cover rails and i put a little on the gas piston too. Same lube job as my saiga gets too then its hammer time!!!! WARNING>>>> After you shoot your first one you may have the desire to collect them all they are habit forming too.....just like the saiga's are too..if your going to collect sks's now is the time before the yugo's runout because all the prices can only go up when the supply runs dry. Collect them all.... Edited August 31, 2005 by Unknown Poster Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okie shooter 0 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Do remember the regulations for high cap magazines is a little grey here, Some sources say if you use a detachable magazine(I think ATF has said the duckbills are detachable), you have to the us parts conversions to make the gun us made. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty 0 Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 I'd probably just stick with stripper clips and the 10 round magazine. The only upgrades I might look into doing would be a stock, sights, and maybe a bipod if I had more money to spend than I knew what to do with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okie shooter 0 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Rusty, stripers or loading one by one is the way to go(watch you fingers, dont trip the bolt hold open while loading them), they are fun guns. I have a yugo, a chinese police, and two sks-d/m's. I used to think the things were poor mans ak's but the sks d is as fun to shoot as any of my ak's just no pistol grip on them. Keep you eyes open, I picked but both of my sks-d for less than two hundred out the door and got the dealer to toss a extra mag for the more expensive one. The yugo 59/66 are plentyful and cheep. If I only had a Dunhams here I am sure I would own another with the sale they are running. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunboy69 50 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 I got the one in the pic for $98.00. Shoot I remember when I could walk into Kesselrings ( master dealer ) around my house, and they had barrels and boxes of them all over the place. Those days are long gone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Got my Yugo at a gunshow for $100 OTD. Damn good price for this area. (very nice rifle too) G O B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M15A4spr 0 Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 (edited) I have seen the Russian SKS's NIB refurbs w/black bolts and laminated stocks selling for around $250 at gun shows lately. WHERE!?! I want one (dozen)! Edited September 1, 2005 by M15A4spr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lollygagger 1 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) The SKS? Major fun gun... Well made, reliable and tough. It's hard to go wrong. It was the Saiga before the Saiga. I've bought, traded, sold dozens over the years. And, have had a big time hacking & wacking on them, mostly when they were dirt cheap. Like this... and this... And this... And, others (some hardly dinkered with). Just dive in and have fun. Edited October 21, 2005 by lollygagger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunboy69 50 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 The SKS? Major fun gun... Well made, reliable and tough. It's hard to go wrong. It was the Saiga before the Saiga. I've bought, traded, sold dozens over the years. And, have had a big time hacking & wacking on them, mostly when they were dirt cheap. Like this... and this... And this... And, others (some hardly dinkered with). Just dive in and have fun. Lollygagger <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lollygagger, is that sks with the drum a paratrooper. Or did you rig it to take the ak drum. That is really bad looking!! I'd like to do that to both sks I have before these gas prices spark a civil war! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lollygagger 1 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) Edited October 21, 2005 by lollygagger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OKGUY91 0 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 my Yugo has a chrome bore but most do not. But my was made in 1989 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MadDog 3 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Here is one of my SKS Paratroopers w/USA parts...heheh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknown Poster 5 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) I can remember when this strange new caliber was new to our shores and they tried to sell the very first Chinese Norinco SKS for $1,000 and when they didn't sell the price eventually dropped to $59 and i got a free 1,000rd case of ammo with it too. I think most were gun shy of this new strange "MM" caliber. I got the ammo because my co worker was an FFL01 dealer and he passed the savings on to me he got both for $59. Other wise it was $59 for the sks and $59 for the ammo too. History does repeat itself too because when the very first yugo sks's were $1,200 some bought them I guess they forgot about the chinese sks. I still have my very first chinese norinco sks with all the chinese norinco ammo i stock piled too. Something told me to buy plenty of chinese norinco ammo when it was available and cheap back then. I can remember seeing crates and crates of new chinese paratroopers too back then. The guns you could of bought for under $100. It sure brings back memories....... My hat is off to my co-worker who told me about this new chinese gun i had to have....and he was right. I was in the right place at the right time I just got thru fabricating a roof mount for his twin 30 browings for his volvo back then it made the front cover of machine gun news. He was a machine gun guru too.(classIII) Edited September 2, 2005 by Unknown Poster Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknown Poster 5 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I have seen the Russian SKS's NIB refurbs w/black bolts and laminated stocks selling for around $250 at gun shows lately. WHERE!?! I want one (dozen)! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> YES i've seen them still in the box unshot for $250 here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M15A4spr 0 Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 YES i've seen them still in the box unshot for $250 here. Where abouts is 'here' I need to plan a trip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknown Poster 5 Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 In the northeast at gun shows its the common price for a Russian refurb sks's here. I see them at gun shows often still in the box new. I don't think there ever was a yugo with a chrome barrel ever made its just shiney from being shot. Thats the only drawback about the yugo's no chrome lined barrel I put them on the bottom of the sks list because of that. Chrome lining matters with barrel life. I tried to put a chinese chrome lined sks barrel in a yugo but the thread timing was 180 degrees off it locks up upside down the pin slots are off plus the ejection port is 180 degrees off too so it won't work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty 0 Posted September 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Stupid gun show... I found a Yugo M59/66 with blade style bayo, grendate launcher/sights, still in the grease for $119 out the door. Rifle was in excelent shape, but no manuals, slings, or anything like that. Not that I'm complaining. Anyway, I'll go see how it fires in a couple of weeks, after I get the cosmoline out and school calms down a bit. Anybody know of a decent scope/reddot mount that is pretty cheap? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M15A4spr 0 Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Stupid gun show... I found a Yugo M59/66 with blade style bayo, grendate launcher/sights, still in the grease for $119 out the door. Rifle was in excelent shape, but no manuals, slings, or anything like that. Not that I'm complaining. Anyway, I'll go see how it fires in a couple of weeks, after I get the cosmoline out and school calms down a bit. Anybody know of a decent scope/reddot mount that is pretty cheap? I've yet to hear of a cover mount that will hold zero. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ironhead7544 35 Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 The scope mount from Choate is about the best Ive seen. Has to be drilled and tapped but its worth it. The chrome barrel is okay but with todays non-corrsive ammo I dont think it makes much of a difference. The non chrome barrels are more accurate in my experiance. The chrome has to be apllied evenly throughout the bore and I think that is why some guns like the AK vary so much in accuracy. I know of a Steyr rifle that shot nice groups but the guy wanted the have the chrome bore. He sent it out for the plating and when it came back it shot 4 inch groups at 100 yards when before it shot 3/4 in groups. The chrome bore will not rust easily though. Back in the early 70's when I was a small arms repairman for the Army, we would get in SKS and AK rifles from the field. Some of them were badly rusted and almost unrecognizable but the bore would be perfect. I do like the chrome bore on my Saiga-12. The lead comes out easily. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okie shooter 0 Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 I have a chinese one with a large locking knob that you tighten up the top cover up with after you lock in the cover. Havent shot it, but seems like it will be stable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BattleRifleG3 16 Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 (edited) I'd love to hear the story behind this one! Is that a 1911 grip and a FAL stock, or what? Edited September 29, 2005 by BattleRifleG3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pistonring8 1 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Im going to take a wild guess and say that the stock was cut to look like an RPK and the pistol grip bolted on. Looks kinda cool though, I love the background. Thanks for the pics! Im hot rodding an M59/66 Yugo (Dunhams $99.00) for a friend. I forgot how cool these things were! Too bad this ones going to be mostly a wall hanger, I dug through about 20 of them until I found this one, great shape. I remember when I bought my Chineese paratrooper SKS from a little gun store for $89.00 They said it fired a "weird round" I wish I woulda kept that rifle, it was great! Nobody seems to be doing any extreme conversions or hot rod makeovers on these huh? I searched the net, nothing special. US stocks and AK mags are about it. Thats a shame, I see so much potential when the barrel and action are out of the wood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crosshair 1 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 lollygagger What did you have to do to get the fixed 20 round mag to work. Mine keeps jamming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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