New toy fer da home

[bubbawitha4570]

Picked up a traded in Yugo SKS 59/66A1 from the gunshop on Sat. The outside said "well used", but the internals...UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! Almost undfired condition, not rusting/pitting anywhere. The only problem encountered when test firing was that the firing pin stuck on the first round. Almost had a slamfire condition. Now I know why the original owner had traded it off instead of fixing it. All that I did was order a replacement pin from www.murraysguns.com/sksown.html and I'm on my way.


When I finally get to taking pics and transferring from my phone, then I'll post some. Otherwise it looks alot like this one:
www.samcoglobal.com/sks.html

[GrampaJer]

Nice enough. I'm drawn toward the old military rifles. Had a 303 British once.

[bigblue]

Bubba,
I had a type 59/66 Yugoslavian SKS and of course it came with the grenade launcher attachment. I removed the grenade launcher and bought a flash hider for it from someone on one of the SKS forums. It was very functional and very capable to do the job for which it was designed. I was not overly impressed with it's accuracy and didn't like the fact that I had to use stripper clips rather than detachable magazines. Without a doubt it has better accuracy than my AK. The price of the SKS was the real draw, I think I paid about $115 if I remember correctly. It is a very practical rifle.
I had read that the Russians had produced the SKS to replace their 1891/30 Mosin Nagants which were considered too bulky and too heavy. The Mosins 7.62x54R had a longer range(about 2000m) than the 7.62x39(about 650-800m), but the extra range was rarely needed in real world combat and didn't justify the extra weight and bulk of those rifles. Early prototype versions of the Russian SKS had actually seen duty on the front lines against the German Army in WWII which surprised me. I had always thought the AK-47 was produced to replace the SKS, but they were produced side by side following WWII. Funny, but I sold the SKS and kept the Mosin Nagant Model 1938, still have that one. It doesn't spit 'em out as fast as the SKS, but I like it's solidity.
Don

[bubbawitha4570]

I used to have a Chinese SKS back in the 90's and always did like the rugged simplicity of them. The big reason that I wanted this one is still the same, rugged simplicity, cost, and like I said above: excellent internally. This one is as clean as the day it came off the production line.


Just could NOT justify $5-600 (local prices) for the AK just yet.....I still have the BIG brother to the AK anyway