Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association
Page 3 of 5 FirstFirst 12345 LastLast
Results 21 to 30 of 49
  1. #21
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    Near Indiana, Pennsylvania
    (Indiana County)
    Posts
    6,181
    Rep Power
    21474858

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Experts!

    Also, many of the old plastic kits used the original tube, pin and ferrule so you may just need the wood piece itself.

  2. #22
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    (Allegheny County)
    Posts
    5,440
    Rep Power
    16969192

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Owners!

    Quote Originally Posted by 39flathead View Post
    I'm not clear on which model you have, is it a 59 or 59/66?

    The parts you need are the same on a Chicom SKS if you have a M59.
    Some minor fitting might be required.
    I'm not sure about the interchangeability between the parts if it's a 59/66.

    Somewhere there is a SKS parts interchangeability chart, I'm on my phone so I don't have access right now, maybe try google.

    The 59/66 and Albanian SKS I know for sure have model specific parts and maybe some of the parts on the D and M models, most everything on any other ones interchange.
    I added a pic above.
    Toujours prêt

  3. #23
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    (Allegheny County)
    Posts
    5,440
    Rep Power
    16969192

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Experts!

    Quote Originally Posted by 39flathead View Post
    Also, many of the old plastic kits used the original tube, pin and ferrule so you may just need the wood piece itself.
    It has the Tapko complete aftermarket hand guard and tube. So, I would need the wood, tube and ferrule. I talked to the previous owner, he says he might have the original somewhere in his house. I asked him to look hard!
    Toujours prêt

  4. #24
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    Near Indiana, Pennsylvania
    (Indiana County)
    Posts
    6,181
    Rep Power
    21474858

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Owners!

    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    I added a pic above.
    You have a 59/66.

    You'll pay up for those parts.
    As someone said earlier, there was someone making an aftermarket gas system for those things, maybe you can find it on the internet.

    There are some of those floating around with bad bores and broken stocks, maybe put a WTB under the WTB section over on Gunboards and someone who has one of the junk ones can help you out.

    Yours is an "updated" M59.

    Here is one of my M59's:

  5. #25
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    Near Indiana, Pennsylvania
    (Indiana County)
    Posts
    6,181
    Rep Power
    21474858

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Owners!

    I might, might have a complete hg and tube at home.
    I'm only about 5% sure that I do.
    I bought a bunch of miscellaneous parts from a show a few years back to get a magazine, I know it had a gas piston I already sold and a complete SKS bolt, maybe there was a complete tube in there iirc.
    I know I don't have that pin.

    I'll check later this evening.

  6. #26
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    SW. Pa., Pennsylvania
    (Westmoreland County)
    Posts
    674
    Rep Power
    1296768

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Owners!

    Yep you have a 59 . Parts for the Romanian and Russian models should fit also chicom probably but not completely sure

  7. #27
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    Near Indiana, Pennsylvania
    (Indiana County)
    Posts
    6,181
    Rep Power
    21474858

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Owners!

    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Ault View Post
    Yep you have a 59 . Parts for the Romanian and Russian models should fit also chicom probably but not completely sure
    He has a 59/66.
    The gas tube, front sight base and bayonet are their own animal.
    Also there has been discussion whether the Yugo firing pins are also specific to Yugos only.


    Maybe a gas tube from a "regular" SKS will retrofit, but on that I have no idea since I own no 59/66

  8. #28
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    (Allegheny County)
    Posts
    5,440
    Rep Power
    16969192

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Owners!

    Quote Originally Posted by 39flathead View Post
    He has a 59/66.
    The gas tube, front sight base and bayonet are their own animal.
    Also there has been discussion whether the Yugo firing pins are also specific to Yugos only.


    Maybe a gas tube from a "regular" SKS will retrofit, but on that I have no idea since I own no 59/66
    Thanks for all the info! Nice M59 you have there!

    I got it now. The M59 didn't have the Grenade launcher. It was added later in 1966 hence the 59/66 designation (had to look that up). Plus I understand that their are 4 variations of the 59/66.

    I really got this rifle as a fun shooter that I can use in CMP events. That's the reason I want to return it to the original configuration. I took it out last Sunday and fired 20 round at 100 yards. I was impressed with the mild recoil. I was shooting steel cased Wolf and it grouped pretty well, my first group of 10 rounds was 3 MOA (resting the rifle on my range bag) It was shooting 12" low and 5" right. I made some elevation changes and shot several 2 round groups after each change. Those groups were 2 MOA". The bore is dark but shinny and I can't find a single crack in the stock. A previous owner stripped the stock and didn't refinish it. It has the SN stenciled on the side of the stock and someone a long time ago carved the word Meho' in small letters on the same side of the stock. The trigger was pretty bad compared to other milsurps I shoot. I took the trigger system apart and trued up the sear surfaces and polished them. The trigger feels better now even though it takes forever to break.

    I also need some stripper clips. Can't seem to locate a source for the "good" ones.
    Last edited by Hawk; June 7th, 2017 at 02:11 PM.
    Toujours prêt

  9. #29
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    PA, Pennsylvania
    (Bucks County)
    Posts
    553
    Rep Power
    1233422

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Experts!

    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    School me. I thought M59 = 59/66?
    Thought the the Yugo with the grenade launcher was 59/66A1

  10. #30
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    Near Indiana, Pennsylvania
    (Indiana County)
    Posts
    6,181
    Rep Power
    21474858

    Default Re: Calling All SKS Experts!

    There was a guy in Romania or somewhere on EBay selling real stripper clips.
    I bought 100 for $30 shipped iirc.

    Maybe he is still on there.

Page 3 of 5 FirstFirst 12345 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. Calling all FNH Five Seven owners
    By Chvyrs90 in forum Pistols
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: April 2nd, 2013, 02:51 AM
  2. SR9c Owners and former Owners
    By nickdigginz in forum Pistols
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: May 29th, 2011, 11:06 PM
  3. calling all hi point carbine owners
    By c_brutsche in forum Rifles
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: March 15th, 2010, 11:48 PM
  4. A little info for CW9 owners and future owners
    By Tony Fly in forum General
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: June 30th, 2009, 02:35 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •