Yugo semi-auto

Andurp said:
I kind of hope mine isn't chrome lined, I clean the hell out of my rifles and preserve them well anyway. I'm interested to see how the rifle shoots without chrome lining.

In case it's not obvious, I ordered the "As New" 59/66. :D

I am very excited! One can never have enough SKS's.
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Ordered a M59. I'd be curious to know what genre the 59/66 types are, even to get a "we have serial numbers range from "letter" to "letter" available" kind of statement. Might be hard to do depending on numbers.

You won't have to worry about whether you get a chrome lined or not. There are rumours that after 1970 some may have been, but the general consensus is that no Yugo SKS rifle was chrome lined. Other Yugo guns yes, but not the SKS.
 
fenceline said:
Ordered a M59. I'd be curious to know what genre the 59/66 types are, even to get a "we have serial numbers range from "letter" to "letter" available" kind of statement. Might be hard to do depending on numbers.

You won't have to worry about whether you get a chrome lined or not. There are rumours that after 1970 some may have been, but the general consensus is that no Yugo SKS rifle was chrome lined. Other Yugo guns yes, but not the SKS.
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I've heard they weren't ever chrome lined too, as well as the whole "they were after 1970" thing as well. Both seem to come from people who appear to know what they were talking about, so who knows? As for when my 59/66 was made, I'd be happy to let you know when I get it, I'm quite curious myself. Very excited for it to arrive.
 
Andurp said:
I've heard they weren't ever chrome lined too, as well as the whole "they were after 1970" thing as well. Both seem to come from people who appear to know what they were talking about, so who knows? As for when my 59/66 was made, I'd be happy to let you know when I get it, I'm quite curious myself. Very excited for it to arrive.
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I think where that 1970 thing comes from has to do with other guns made in Zastava after 1970 having chrome barrels and people assuming that the process was adapted for the SKS variant as well, which I don't believe it was. My 73 is not chrome lined.
 
fenceline said:
I think where that 1970 thing comes from has to do with other guns made in Zastava after 1970 having chrome barrels and people assuming that the process was adapted for the SKS variant as well, which I don't believe it was. My 73 is not chrome lined.
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Sounds reasonable to me. I've never even seen a Yugoslavian SKS in person! I think I'm in for a treat.
 
fenceline said:
^^^ Yugos are the smallest produced SKS type. Out of the Russians, Chinese and Yugos I've handled, my 59/66 is by far built better than any other. Well built and hard to find makes ofor a higher dollar. Yes its an SKS, but not all SKS carbines are equal.
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The funny thing is, in the US, yugos are going for what we pay for a chinese one, and Russian/Chinese ones are the rare ones.
I'd guess most yugos that were available went to America, creating high market value here. A lot of rusky and chinese ones couldn't be imported into the US, so the smaller markets were flooded and prices dropped here - remain high in the states.
 
lone-wolf said:
The funny thing is, in the US, yugos are going for what we pay for a chinese one, and Russian/Chinese ones are the rare ones.
I'd guess most yugos that were available went to America, creating high market value here. A lot of rusky and chinese ones couldn't be imported into the US, so the smaller markets were flooded and prices dropped here - remain high in the states.
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Yup, we get cheap Chinese and Russians. On another forum out of the US they talk about $300 to $350 being the going rate for a Chinese, and much more than that for a Russian. Just saw an ad in the US for an SVT40 for the low low price of $1350, AND IT WAS MISMATCHED!!!

They get their $300 Yugos, and their Albanians, and the Romanians. Hate to think what the Alby and Romy versions would go for here. And the US SKS rifles have these special 10 rounds mags.... why didn't we import those!!! :rolleyes:

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fenceline said:
Let me know how that goes!!!
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I haven't even begun to look into it yet, it's not something I can afford yet and it's still kind of daunting, but I'm serious about it. If I roll with it, CGN will be the first to know.

Anyway, on topic, when did Marstar first import these Yugo SKS's? Have they been here a while?
 
ANDURP;
" when did Marstar first import these Yugo SKS's? Have they been here a while?"

Marstar started doing business in the former Yugoslavia in 1984....
We exported close to 1 million weapons from that country to many destinations all around the world.
Most of what was exported over the years from Yugoslavia came from us....
Around 2000 we brought in yet another batch of Mausers and SKS rifles into Canada, some ran out some time ago....
Around 2010 we started cleaning out some remote depots and storage bases, hence the arrivals last week....
This shipment took 21 months to get here, long story.
John
 
johnone said:
ANDURP;
" when did Marstar first import these Yugo SKS's? Have they been here a while?"

Marstar started doing business in the former Yugoslavia in 1984....
We exported close to 1 million weapons from that country to many destinations all around the world.
Most of what was exported over the years from Yugoslavia came from us....
Around 2000 we brought in yet another batch of Mausers and SKS rifles into Canada, some ran out some time ago....
Around 2010 we started cleaning out some remote depots and storage bases, hence the arrivals last week....
This shipment took 21 months to get here, long story.
John
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Thanks John. Yeah, I had noticed that this thread has been going on for about as long as I've been on CGN. I'm sure it'll be worth the wait, you usually have to wait for good stuff. Thanks for bringing these rifles in.
 
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