C&R Status of Yugo SKS

[brufener]

I have a C&R license, and am looking to get a Yugo SKS in the near future. I was looking at the "Firearms Curios or Relics List" published by the ATF (http://www.atf.gov/firearms/curios/2001index.htm), and I couldn't find any Yugo SKS's listed (although I did see Russian and Romanian SKS's listed).

I know that all semi-auto or bolt-action military rifles made before 1946 are C&R, but I was under the impression that the M59 was made in 1959, and that many 59/66 rifles were made in the 60s and 70s. Do I have my dates wrong?

Can anyone tell me why Yugo SKS's are C&R eligible?

Thanks.

 

[MikeH]

Yugo SKS were added sometime between 2001 and 2005:

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/curios/0301to0505update.htm

Yugoslavian manufactured rifles M59 and M59/66, 7.62 x 39mm caliber, all semiautomatic variations and having a fixed magazine, manufactured from 1947 to 1992.

 

[tinygnat219]

It's definitely a Curio and Relic, although not on the list. It's the grenade launcher and bayonet design that make it a "curio" and thus allow it to be listed as such. The Albanian rifles are on it and they aren't 50 years old either. Mine was made in 1978.

Hope this helps!

 

[gezzer]

I know that all semi-auto or bolt-action military rifles made before 1946 are C&R

This is 2007 any firearm made in 1956 or before is automaticly a C&R (50 years old)

 

[karlsgunbunker]

Check out Samco Global Arms.

And yes they are C&R.