Issue condition Yugo SKS' out there?

[Selair_Chapman]

Hey everyone.
I am one of those collectors who doesn't like my milsurps factory-new. The more honest service wear the better, so long as its all still functional. I will pay far more for that that something unfired and unblemished. I have been searching for a issue-condition (ie Balkan war) Yugo SKS that has not been refurbished but in more than 5 years of active searching i've completely struck out. Just curious if such guns even exist in any numbers in Canada? Anyone here have one or seen more than one or two in their collecting journeys? My holy grail would be one with some soldier personalization, unit identifier or the like. I see pics online, but never once have I seen one come up for sale on CGN or similar forums/sites. Just curious what some of you might have squirreled away in your collections that you might tease me with.

 

[Horilka]

I agree. One need no efforts to find never issued factory original SKSs. There are tons of them in Canada.

I have seen two issued m59s, but never m59/66. I also have issued but still original and still factory matching Soviet SKS from Balkans, and also have seen only two other such rifles and not sure if they were matching. But I don't collect SKSs, so I might be not the best person to know.

 

[SA85M1]

I had one M59 years ago that had seen some serious use,but the 59/66's generally are almost as new surplus condition....the bulk of used rifles seems to have gone to the US and elsewhere...