Which SKS: Yugo M59/66 or Chinese?

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Local gunshop has Yugo M59/66s and one Chinese with the chrome barrel. Both are in excellent condition. Are there any advantages of the one over the other?

Also, which version tends to be more accurate? NOTE: yes, I know these are not target rifles, and yes I know it depends on the shooter and the ammo and all that jazz. I'm just looking for facts on whether one or the other is more accurate, even if it means 3MOA instead of 6MOA :D
 
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some of the Chinese will accept the regular Ak47 30 rnd mags. There will never be anymore Chinese weapons allowed into the US either.
CT
 
I have had a Norinco SKS in the past, and it was a fine weapon, just stock was too short. I fitted it with a 30 round fixed magazine as a trunk gun, then sold it when I lost my job.
We now have a Yugo 59/66 in the house, an unissued one from J&G, $161 delivered to the front door. It shoots exactly POA, works like a charm, and is larger and heavier than a standard SKS, making me call it a rifle, not carbine. They are cheap in price, not quality.
Long/short, buy whatever one is in your price range/looks the best/feels the best, etc. You will get a better/newer weapoon getting a yugo unissued, but i don't know what your dealer has on the shelf.
 
I have both. Accuracy is pretty close. I seems like the yugos are a little better made but both work and shoot fine. The stocks on the yugos are made with better wood. Chinese sks's are quite a bit lighter than the 59/66. Both are good guns, now go buy one. Mark
 
Either would be goo but to be honest I'm slightly biased against chinese made firearms. The ones I've shot are actually fine, but it's just a natural bias. Plus the Yugo is tougher even without the chrome barrel.
 
Look at it this way - Yugoslavia is no longer a communist country, but a new neighbor struggling for an identity...fragmented and divided.
China is still the implacable communist dragon waiting to devour and rend...
 
I have a Yugo M59/66, and love it. I just like the looks of it--that, and the knowledge that if WWIII broke out in my backyard, I could launch rifle grenades ;) . I like the lines of the Yugo model, and the bayonet, and the wood, and I just have something against a chinese weapon. YMMV.
 
Which SKS: Yugo M59/66 or Chinese?

Having both kinds, I'd say the ChiCom carbine with the chrome bore is best when using corrosive primed military surplus ammo, less vulnerable to corrosion.

If you're using non-corrosive ammunition like Wolf, the Yugo is built stronger and sturdier, and for me, the grenade launcher has something of a cool factor.
Mike
 
Politics aside :rolleyes: the Norinco will be lighter and handier than the Yugo, and more versatile as a result.
 
Quote: Politics aside the Norinco will be lighter and handier than the Yugo, and more versatile as a result.


Besides its not like the money is going to China anyway.
Or is it?
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Naw, it's already been bought and paid for by the importer, the distributor, the gunshop....

As for weight, my preferred weapon is an M1A with medium-weight barrel, tips the scales at 12 lbs loaded, so either SKS is a featherweight to me :D

The Yugo is $139 covered in cosmoline, excellent condition, the Norinco is $250 brand new.

I know recoil isn't much on these, but has anyone tried the pin-on or twist-on muzzle brakes available for the SKS?

The Norinco's trigger was actually rather good; didn't get to try the Yugo's trigger.

Is that grenade launcher sight easy to remove, or does it have to be WECSOGed off?
 
I have a Chinese and a Russian.
I did not buy the Yugo for 2 reasons.

Ther Fugly and I have a Chinese and a Russian.

Pick up the Chinese, ther harder to find. Then if you must have a Yugo get it.

RTFM
 
I have a Yugo, Chinese, and a Russian. I prefer the Chinese, and the Russian. They all shoot about the same, the Yugo is on the heavy side.
 
the clunky yugo stocks make them a breeze to shoot. I was surprised when I first shot mine after having shot my AK for so long. I was thinking "wow- is this really the same ammo?)

I think most of the perceived weight from the yugo comes from the grenade launcher and sights which subtracts from the balance of the weapon. there are a few modded ones out there with the GL and sights removed. A great deal IMO.

my yugo was 160 and came with it's armory book that showed it was only issued to one person before me. for a 20 year old rifle, it looks great! everything functioned like new out of the box. So far I've shot about a thousand rounds of wolf JSPs (possibly the dirtiest ammo ever made) through it and have never had to clear a jam.
 
I've got a Yugo 59/66 from AIM Surplus that appeared to have been unfired (since remedied THAT little defect ;) ) and a Chinese that I bought way back when, and of the two the Chinese is more accurate.

It got bubba'ed (yeah, I did it, sue me for the 90 bucks it cost along with the big spam can of ammo it came with) with a CTD Dragunov stock, and the uber-tactical receiver cover scope mount, scope included, but it's still lighter than the Yugo, and my long arms like the Drag stock better.

The Yugo's are way cool, though, the bayonet, grenade launcher, and night sights on mine kept me occupied for a couple days, like most shiny things. :evil:

S/F

Farnham
 
What I like about my yugo over the chinese is the ability to turn the gas port in a way that makes the yugo a non-auto loading weapon. This is the way that I prefer my son to shoot, like his bolt-action .22.
 
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