Yugo 59/66 "unissued" SKS
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Frog48
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Depends where you are.
Around here, Cabelas in Fort Worth, TX has "new/unissued" Yugo M59/66's for either $149 or $159 (cant remember exactly). When I was there last week, they had at least a dozen in stock.
Around here, Cabelas in Fort Worth, TX has "new/unissued" Yugo M59/66's for either $149 or $159 (cant remember exactly). When I was there last week, they had at least a dozen in stock.
bill larry
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They are 149.00 at Cabelas. I bought two from them that are immaculate.
249 is pretty high, but it does depend on where you live. The Cabelas in Buda TX has three or four Chinese SKS's for 329.00!
I think the Yugo is a much better rifle than the Chinese...
They are 149.00 at Cabelas. I bought two from them that are immaculate.
249 is pretty high, but it does depend on where you live. The Cabelas in Buda TX has three or four Chinese SKS's for 329.00!
I think the Yugo is a much better rifle than the Chinese...
Vicious-Peanut
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Grant - really? wow, that may be worth a run up to fort worth for. Will cabelas ship to my ffl?
LeibstandarteAdH
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Is it All matching Numbers?
SKS's are very suceptable to bad/assorted serialized parts, especially in the gas system (aka gas tube area losing pressure and not cycling because of it)
And, Yeah the Yugos are built a lot heavier then any ive seen.
SKS's are very suceptable to bad/assorted serialized parts, especially in the gas system (aka gas tube area losing pressure and not cycling because of it)
And, Yeah the Yugos are built a lot heavier then any ive seen.
Frog48
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I have no idea if Cabelas will ship.
Yep, they're all matching numbers.
Yep, they're all matching numbers.
kingpin008
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I bought one two weeks ago at a gunshow here in MD for $280, and I think I got an OK deal. Like others said, depends on where you live. In MD, I got a decent deal. YMMV.
collateral
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Ive had 2 yugos. One was rated "very good" condition, I just sold that.
The other is an unissued. Both had all matching parts. I never had any problems with either of them. Just inspect the rifle before you buy it and you should be okay. I wouldnt get a gun unless it was all matching #s.
The other is an unissued. Both had all matching parts. I never had any problems with either of them. Just inspect the rifle before you buy it and you should be okay. I wouldnt get a gun unless it was all matching #s.
Frog48
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For whatever reason, it seems like prices are higher in areas that are less gun-friendly.
trickyasafox
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they are 180 by me in upstate. only 1 dealer i know carries surplus and he always does fair pricing.
kingpin008
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Grant - You're right on. Maryland is up there on the list of non-gun friendly states, and we have our troubles getting a number of guns. Particularly handguns that don't ship with a shot casing, and suchlike.
Like I said, I could have paid less, but for the area I'm in I didn't do too bad.
Like I said, I could have paid less, but for the area I'm in I didn't do too bad.
DMK
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Any SKS is a luck of the draw proposition. I've owned almost 20. I've gotten Russians with pretty shoddy work too(rough triggers, canted sights). Right now, my best shooter with the best trigger is a late model Chinese, stamped parts, pinned barrel and all. But my best Yugo is no slouch either.
However, I would not buy a Yugo SKS that wasn't unissued. Some of those were worked pretty hard and poorly maintained.
I wouldn't put a premium on matching parts though. Its not like these are hand fitted. When they built them, they randomly pulled the parts from a bin, put it on the rifle, headspaced it when complete, then force matched the SNs. Swapping anything but the bolt should make little difference.
The most common problem with the gas system in the Yugo is corrosion on the gas valve. Been there done that.
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All of the SKS's I have purchased have worked great.
My Yugo was bought unissued and has been reliable and the trigger is surprisingly very clean and crisp. Great rifle.
My Yugo was bought unissued and has been reliable and the trigger is surprisingly very clean and crisp. Great rifle.
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Outright lies. My Yugo trigger broke cleanly between 18 and 57 pounds, each and every time! Sort of cleanly, at least.
mrmeval
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This fellow is a supporter of surplusrifleforum and has gotten excellent reviews there. http://www.kivaari.com/index.cfm/SKS_trigger_info.
http://surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/skstriggermaster/index.asp
You might consider this as it adds a return spring to the SKS firing pin.
http://www.murraysguns.com/sksown.htm
Mr Murray has a semi-permanent version of the gas block but there are cheaper ones around and he's out of stock now.
http://surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/skstriggermaster/index.asp
You might consider this as it adds a return spring to the SKS firing pin.
http://www.murraysguns.com/sksown.htm
Mr Murray has a semi-permanent version of the gas block but there are cheaper ones around and he's out of stock now.
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I have a Russian and a Yugo. The Russian is a shooter, the Yugo is more like a conversation piece with a horrible trigger.
Outright lies. My Yugo trigger broke cleanly between 18 and 57 pounds, each and every time! Sort of cleanly, at least.
That Yugo trigger is on my "to do" list fer sure...
I have a Russian and a Yugo. The Russian is a shooter, the Yugo is more like a conversation piece with a horrible trigger.
Outright lies. My Yugo trigger broke cleanly between 18 and 57 pounds, each and every time! Sort of cleanly, at least.
That Yugo trigger is on my "to do" list fer sure...
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