It's a Zastava Poluautomatska puška M59/66A1. Also known as a Yugo SKS.
My first gun in the dreaded 7.62x39mm. According to the log book that came with it, it was manufactured on October 31, 1973. Halloween is about my favorite holiday, so this ROCKS!
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It cleaned up nicely.
She's not a svelte lightweight at all. 9 lb. 12.8 oz. loaded. By the way, there was almost 3 oz. of cosmoline in her when I unboxed. That's a LOT of cosmoline!
By the way, MAJOR thanks to Marv for bankrolling my gun habit while these things were on sale for Black Friday.
I've also discovered that the front sight is wider than standard. I had to open up the slot in my sight tool to turn them.
My first gun in the dreaded 7.62x39mm. According to the log book that came with it, it was manufactured on October 31, 1973. Halloween is about my favorite holiday, so this ROCKS!
It cleaned up nicely.
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| With pig-sticker deployed. |
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| Ready to launch rifle grenades. |
She's not a svelte lightweight at all. 9 lb. 12.8 oz. loaded. By the way, there was almost 3 oz. of cosmoline in her when I unboxed. That's a LOT of cosmoline!
By the way, MAJOR thanks to Marv for bankrolling my gun habit while these things were on sale for Black Friday.
I've also discovered that the front sight is wider than standard. I had to open up the slot in my sight tool to turn them.