MDL 59/66 yugo 7.62x39 C.A.I. Georgia VT.
I have this model with bayonette and grenade launcher, all matching numbers including in the stock. But there are about a dozen (several are round, flat, aprox. 1/4 inch across) metal pieces nailed randomnly in the stock on the right side. Is there any meaning behind this?
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Are they brass? Could be an arsenal repair of some sort, which is very common in military rifles. Otherwise some poor slob out in the field patrolling along the lonely stretch of frontier between the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria (and I can tell you for a fact that there is NOTHING out there) entertained himself with a few nails. 0 -
The Yugo troops would "decorate" the stock of these guns. I have seen many with carvings in the stock, I suspect this is what was done to yours. 0 -
As usual, Marks got it.
While lots of unissued ones make it to the USA, many of the Yugo SKS guns are true military guns; they were actually used in the Balkans civil war.
Consequently, graffitti-like stock carvings are pretty common on these things (see below). You're 19 years old, you're in the middle of nowhere, you're bored as hell and think you might die, you're in an irregular army with lax discipline. . .etc.
Anyway, it might be helpful to post a picture of yours.
The "graffitti" doesn't really add to the value of a gun, though it does add character.
Edit: No, none of these are mine. I just grabbed the images off of Google then hotlinked them. While I do actually own a 59/66 the stock is "unfortunately" pristine, and I don't really feel like carving it up. [;)]
For what its worth, the supply of surplus SKS rifles appears to have finally dried up because of the Obama "craze". none of the usual surplus dealers have had any in stock for several months. There are still tons of them on the used market, many in excellent shape, but I don't think many (or even any) more are going to be imported into the USA. Right now (or at least until relatively recently) these were "junk", but as probably the last of the actually issued semi-automatic military rifles, I think these are a future collectible.
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quote:Originally posted by beantownshootah
As usual, Marks got it.
While lots of unissued ones make it to the USA, many of the Yugo SKS guns are true military guns; they were actually used in the Balkans civil war.
Consequently, graffitti-like stock carvings are pretty common on these things (see below). You're 19 years old, you're in the middle of nowhere, you're bored as hell and think you might die, you're in an irregular army with lax discipline. . .etc.
Anyway, it might be helpful to post a picture of yours.
The "graffitti" doesn't really add to the value of a gun, though it does add character.
Are all of those yours? [:0]. I'm damned impressed!
The second rifle from the top shows the Albanian Coat of Arms and was no doubt used at some point by the KLA -Kosovo Liberation Army (Ushtria ?lirimtare e Kosov?s) during the Kosovo War. The fourth rifle has the word Toran etched in the stock.0 -
quote:Originally posted by beantownshootah
I had one similar... but it was a "Joan Collins Dynasty" stamp...0
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