[trickyasafox]

i need something else to do:)

to keep this firearms related, anyone know where to find 59 sks? not 59/66 ones?

[Smokey Joe]

Trickyasafox--Congrats on being a 1K'er! As to SKS's, there was an ad for Yugo 59's in the latest Shotgun News. (Not being in the market I didn't pay it much attention, but it's in the SGN on the newsstands currently.)

[Combat-wombat]

Congratulations, and I think www.southernohiogun.com is still selling the Yugo M59s.

[Lennyjoe]

i need something else to do
Looks like your are doing something else other than posting. Join date Dec 04 and in 15 months you only have 1,000 posts?

Rookie:neener:

[trickyasafox]

i try to balence my useful (at least in my mind) comments with my less than thoughtful "+1" or nice stuff! comments :neener:

i refuse to allow myself to be a true post ho, as i know i would be if i didnt exercise restraint:)

[Dionysusigma]

Congrats ;)

Out of curiosity, what are the differences between a 59 and a 59/66? Is a 59 devoid of all the toys the 59/66 has? :confused:

[Smokey Joe]

Dionysusigma--You got it right. The Yugo 59 is the "basic" SKS; looks much like a Russian or Romanian SKS. The 59/66 is the one with the gas tube cut-off, grenade sight and launcher.

Aside from that they are twins AFAIK.

Yugo SKS's are built a little heavier than other SKS's (Yugo ammo was hotter?) and the bores are not chrome-lined (Yugoslavia didn't have any chromium of its own, and didn't want to ask the USSR for any.)

Not having a chrome-lined bore doesn't matter if you never shoot corrosive ammo, and the lack of a chrome lining may contribute to accuracy.