Yugo SKS modification question
If I replace the stock on my Yugo sks with a folding Advanced Technology stock, do I need to replace any parts in the rifle with US made parts to make it legal?
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Oh, yeah. For a Yugo, you would need 7 new American parts. 6, if you threw away the grenade launcher ("flash hider" to the BATF). A US-made trigger group (I don't know of any, but it's not a bad idea...) would count as 3. A US-made magazine also counts as 3. Most people replace the op rod, piston, and cylinder, as well.
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if you need help, I have the stocks, U.S. made 30rd mags, op rods, pistons, and can get you the gas tube. hatchettman2003@yahoo.com 0 -
Thanks for the info guys, and when I decide to do something to it I'll give you a call Hatchettman.
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I did my Yugo a month or so ago, haven't gotten around to shooting it yet though ... I replace the stock, op rod, piston, gas tube (which itself isn't a "named part" but the hand guard that comes on it is) and mags(3 parts; body, floorplate and follower) which gives me the magic 7! [8D] .
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The trick is to find mags that actually work... You are correct about it being the hand guard on the gas tube that's the named part, not the tube itself. One question, though, if you are gonna go through all that to get a side folder, why keep the bayonet on it? I thought the idea was light weight. Oh, and, uh, I'd go ahead and take the grenade launcher off the end of the barrel, BATF might get cranky and call it a "flash hider" and count it as a foreign-made named part, landing you for ten years in Club Fed.
"Every child had a pretty good shot,
To get at least as far as their old man got,
But something happened on the way to that place,
They threw an American flag in our face."
-Billy Joel, "Allentown"0 -
The common SKS has 16 named parts, the Yugo has 17 because of the muzzel attachment, these parts are named in the Imported Parts Law(1990)
With the Yugo, in order to be legal, you need to replace 7 of the imported specified parts with US made parts if you keep the launcher; I have 7.
More importantly I only have 10 imported parts. Once I reduce my number of imported parts to 10 or less, the BTAFE can call my muzzel attachment anything they like [^]
C&P from 922(r) 3 c
The Imported Parts Law(1990)
178.39 otherwise known as 922(r) 10 Foreign parts law on semiauto Rifles & Shotguns
http://www.atf.treas.gov/regulations/27cfr178.html
Sec. 178.39 Assembly of semiautomatic rifles or shotguns.
(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
The SKS is imported as a C&R or Curio and Relic item ... simply changing the stock to a folder takes it out of this catagory and makes it by definition an "assault weapon" because of the features and due to the number of imported parts, illegal.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) The assembly of such rifle or shotgun for sale or distribution
by a licensed manufacturer to the United States or any department or agency thereof or to any State or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or
(2) The assembly of such rifle or shotgun for the purposes of
testing or experimentation authorized by the Director under the
provisions of Sec. 178.151; or
(3) The repair of any rifle or shotgun which had been imported into or assembled in the United States prior to November 30, 1990, or the replacement of any part of such firearm.
Section "c" defines exactly what constitutes an imported firearm, so my reducing the number of imported parts to 10 or less, gives my SKS "Domestic Firearm Status" ... because it no longer fits the imported firearm profile.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term imported parts are:
(1) Frames, receivers, receiver castings, forgings or stampings
(2) Barrels
(3) Barrel extensions
(4) Mounting blocks (trunions)
(5) Muzzle attachments
(6) Bolts
(7) Bolt carriers
(8) Operating rods
(9) Gas pistons
(10) Trigger housings
(11) Triggers
(12) Hammers
(13) Sears
(14) Disconnectors
(15) Buttstocks
(16) Pistol grips
(17) Forearms, handguards
(18) Magazine bodies
(19) Followers
(20) Floorplates
Now, since the AWB has expired, the folding stock, bayonett lug, granade launcher, threaded muzzel and flash hider are no longer prohibited configurations.
Lastly, the folder isn't to save weight, as with any other folder, its to make the weapon more maneuverable ... any weight savings is negligible for a folder ... look at AK's with folders, HK's & AR's with collapsible stocks ... the stock isn't that heavy so any weight savings is "spent" on the folding hinge and lock mechanism..If you really want to do something, you'll find a way ...
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