SKS Guru's...Which one do I have?

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I just picked up a wood-furnitured SKS, but I don't know a whole lot more about it. (Bough it from a friend in a cash-emergency situation, told him I wouldn't sell to anyone else but to him, and for what he sold it to me for.)

Where do I look, and What do I look for, to determine things I need to know, like country & date of manufacture.

This one has the 10-round mag, with an openable floor plate. Has what I think is a flash supressor, and the flip-out from the bottom bayo. Has the hooded front sight, leaf rear sight slide adjustable for elevation, marked 1-10.

Thanks in advance to all for the info.
 
Are there any markings on the receiver? Does it have a bayonet, and if so, blade or spike? Is the stock solid wood or laminated?
 
From what it sounds like, you might have a Yugoslavian M59/66. I only say this because you mention a 'flash suppressor'. If it is indeed a Yugo, that is actually a grenade launcher. One way to tell is if there is another flip-up sight directly behind the front sight post. It has 3 or 4 bars with 'v' notches in it and is about 5 inches long. The last time I had one was in August, so my description may be a little off.

Hope this helps.
 
This may help:
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They all look about the same except for the Albanian and the Yugo M59/66
 

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Or just post some pictures so that we could see too :evil: .

As mentioned most all look very similar so we would need an idea of what markings are on the receiver to help narrow it down.

Greg
 
Thanks, guys, I'll try a pic or 2 tonight.

It appears to be most like "Withergyld's" '70's vintage Yugo 59/66. Has the heavy blade bayo, not the skinny 'pike' type that you frequently see with Mosin-Nagants.

Also has the extra fold-up sight near the muzzle, so that must be the greande launcher sight. What I though was a flash hider is probably the grenade launcher muzzle extension.

Stock appears to be solid wood of some sort, not layered or laminated.

Butt plate is more like a recoil pad, seems to be a rubber material.

Thanks for all the help, and I'll see if my photo skills have improved.:D
 
As promised, a couple pf pix of my new (to me!) SKS...

This is the front end, with extra sight folded up, and heavy blade bayo extended.
 
This is the overall view.....

The only marking I could find, other than serial numbers, was a kind of twisty-looking upper-case "D" inside a triangle. I was going to fill in the marks with my "grease pencil", also known as china marker, but I couldn't locate it.

Thanksw to all for the info and links.
 
That's definately a Yugoslavian 59/66. Date of manufacture is difficult. the factory that made these was bombed by NATO in the mid-90's so the records were destroyed.

Yours does not have any muzzle brake type holes in the grenade launcher, some do. What kind of night sights does it have? Some have thin glass Tritium vials and some have phosphorescent paint. (shine a flashlight on them in a dark room and see if they glow)


There's some good info for you stuck to the top of this page:

http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=358
 
What is the letter prefix to the serial number on the left side of the receiver? I believe this corresponds to the year of manufacture.
 
The serial number is I-3275xx.

Here is a pic of some sort of adjustment near the grenade launcher site. Is this used to set the rifle from say 'normal ammo' to 'grenade launch ammo'?

I checked out the links all of you recommended, but I didn't see anything on this specific function.

Thanks to all for the replies and info. I am new to the SKS series, and I don't really want to do anything incredibly stupid with this rifle, like blowing myself up.
 
Here is a pic of some sort of adjustment near the grenade launcher site. Is this used to set the rifle from say 'normal ammo' to 'grenade launch ammo'?
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Yep, it blocks off the gas tube. I'm wondering what happens if you fire a regular round with it blocked. Does it just not cycle?
 
The part you show is the gas shut off. With the button to the right it locks the grenade sight down and allows the rifle to function in semi auto mode. It the button is moved to the straight up position it ii in the grenade mode. If to do not attatch a rifle grenade it is perfectly safe to shoot normal ammunition in the rifle. While it is in grenade mode no gas is allowed to cat on the gas piston. The action of the rifle will not be cycled when a bullet is fired. It will be necessary to manually eject the fired cartridge similar to a bolt action rifle.

The "I" prefix would indicate that the rifle was built in 1972, based on the data I have collected/compiled.
 
Thanks to all for all the info, links, and assistance. Will be a couple of weeks before I get to test fire this rifle, but it looks like it will be at least a decent shooter.

One other question...I have seen references to chrome-lined bores in some SKS series. Is there a quick and easy way to tell? The bore looks to be in pretty godd shape on this one.
 
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