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Yugo SKS parts

beararms2beararms2 Member Posts: 79 ✭✭
edited March 2013 in Ask the Experts
Anybody know what nationality parts kit can be successfully built on a Yugo SKS receiver? I know in the AK world, Yugos are their own thing. This is my first build on the SKS and I need to be sure I procure the correct parts kit without buying something that either won't work at all, or will require major smithing to render it operable. Any firsthand experience?
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,891 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As you said, Yugos are their own world. It is the heaviest SKS because some parts are larger than those of other makers; supposedly, that is because they lacked some element needed for steel production & compensated by enlarging some parts. Which ones, we don't know; you are on your own.

    Only complete rifles were imported, to my knowledge. Stripped receivers & parts kits are likely from individuals who lost or damaged parts, & are trying to get something out of what they have left.

    Good luck with your build, & I'm sure others on this forum would appreciate learning the problems you encounter.

    Neal
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Unless you really luck out. The only surplus parts that will be readily available are Chinese. Like Neal said, trying to fit ChiCom parts to a Yugo receiver likely is going to turn into a can of worms.

    Unless you know for a absolute fact that the parts are from another Yugo. Don't buy them unless you can get a return guarantee, if they aren't a drop in fit. If the parts have to be fitted, your aren't going to know if it really will work?
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