[Philip]

yet another question for the all knowing (about sks's) board...

one doesnt have to remove the grenade launcher to shoot correctly, does one?

and what purpose does the big hunk of metal serve in launching said grenade

[billy]

1 nope you dont hafta take it off.
2 i dunno.

[sammoh]

In the case of the Yugo SKS rifles, most (I do say most because every now and then you are lucky and find one not like this) of the grenade launchers have been drilled out so as to render them ineffective. If you look they will have small holes drilled into the sides of the launcher to release the pressure from a blank round so that you can't launch a grenade from it to any great distance. If you're really really lucky, you might be able to find one stateside that hasn't had this done to it but they're not going to be easy to find nor will they be cheap. I don't think they're exactly legal either.

Removing it, no. It isn't meant to be removable by the average rifleman.

Big hunk of steel... define big hunk of steel. The entire rifle could be considered a big hunk of steel.

[Philip]

Quote:       Originally Posted by sammoh

Big hunk of steel... define big hunk of steel. The entire rifle could be considered a big hunk of steel.

well all that launcher thing is is a big cylinder of steel, isnt it?

do you mean the 4 holes on the end of the launcher? i think i saw about that on yugosks.com (or some site with a name like that, i dont remember exactly.) and that seemed to be stock for a few years, apparently you are referring to something else?

sorry if that isnt phrased well.

[res45]

My target I posted on a previous post should answer your question about removing the grenade launcher to shoot accurately mine is just like it came from the factory when it was made except for the sling. The grenade launcher on the end of the barrel is the same size a a NATO spec rifle grenade it just slips over the end of the tube and you set the gas block to single shot and use a blank to launch that sucker out to 300 Meters or more depending on the type of blank you use.

Bloom Automatic Golf Ball Launchers

[billy]

holes?
i have bought two yugo sks's and neither have any holes .

[res45]

The older YUGO's have holes around the tip of the launcher. The newer ones don't.

Yugo SKS Variations

[Philip]

Quote:       Originally Posted by billy

holes? i have bought two yugo sks's and neither have any holes .

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[res45]

Yep you have it.

[Philip]

res 45 -- i dont think you saw my post from before, but i dont feel bad at saying it again, your yugo is pretty, (i wanna find one with nice stock color like yours.)

[sammoh]

Hmm, they're just ports? I had read in a pamphlet in one of the gun stores I frequent that the ports were the product of drilling to render the grenade launchers unusable so that they weren't considered WMD. It sounded logical so I believed it... besides my thoughts were that the place I read it at was reliable and their guys there knew a lot about guns that had never steered me wrong... Ah well, goes to show you shouldn't believe everything you read in print.

My bad.

Sammoh

[res45]

I spent allot of time cleaning it up,especially the stock which I wrapped n paper towels and put in a black trash bag and left it in my hot care during a couple summer days to boil the cosmo out of it I checked it ever few hours wiped the cosmo off replaced the towels and put it back into bake more. It took allot long doing it like that but I didn't want to put anything on the wood to swell the grain or affect the original fit of the stock.
They are extra holes drilled in the launcher if it going to be sent to CA to make it state complaint l plus the launcher is welded to the barrel so it cant be removed. My 1970 YUGO was unissued and the launcher factory ported . Mine is an H Series. Mine is ported and it is VERY USABLE.
Yugo M59/66 Survey Serial Number Data H2036xx thru M5218xx

[Philip]

Quote:       Originally Posted by res45

I spent allot of time cleaning it up,especially the stock which i wrapped n paper towels and put in a black trash bag and left it in my hot care during a couple summer days to boil the cosmo out of it i check it ever few hours wiped the cosmo off replaced the towels and put it back into bake more. It took allot long doing it like that but I didn't want to put anything on the wood to swell the grain or affect the original fit of the stock.

hmm so when yall talk about cleaning cosmoline out of your guns, there is actually a whole lot of it, not just a little, like in the case of my 91/30..

[res45]

Well that depends my YUGO was never issued so it was fully coated inside and out however my Mosin M44 was totally absent of the stuff all I had to do was clean it like a normal rifle. Most will have some degree form just a light coating to a very heavy one you just never know till you look at it.

[Philip]

my 91/30 just had a little gunk in the stock, and those hard to reach little nooks and crannies.

[Philip]

well the gun shop i would have gotten the sks from was robbed. i dont know if the thief took the sks, i plan to ask them some day here. seems like i may have to wait until the next gunshow comes around in my area, and hope for a nice one at a good price. (if the pricing is like what people wanted for m91/30's [i got mine for $99 {everyone at the show wanted more like $140}],then i may be SOL until i fine one cheap.)

wow, thats alot of bracket thingys

[Philip]

one last question (i think), do yall's sks's ever jam? jamming is a bummer.

[jmp8927]

I have had a few very minor jams. They were fixed by simply pulling the bolt back and letting the casing fall out. In every instance, the casing simply didn't make it all the way out the receiver before the bolt came back forward. Hasn't happened very much at all though.

[res45]

Mine jammed when I first got it bad gas valve replaced it and It's work ever since.

[Philip]

where exactly is the safety on an sks? i havent been able to discern whereit is in the pictures ive seen