[GlockMeister]

The safety is by the trigger. Right next to the trigger guard on the right side. On a Yugo 59/66 brand and model anyhow.

As for the "holes" on the grenade launcher, they aren't called holes, they are called "ports" or rather the grenade launcher is ported vs non-ported.. lol

G-Meister

[Philip]

anyone got a close up of one?

[Philip]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Philip

anyone got a close up of one?

[Philip]

so i have now seen what a yugo looks like in person -- i got one. i see where the safety is. there is a flip up night sights thing on the sight leaf, but no yellow radioactive glowy dot on the front post, is it missing, or did they just not come with one.

more info and pics later - i gotta go to bed - im tired

[billy]

front night sight down


and up


look ma
no ports!

[res45]

Your front night sight should be right behind the front sight down in between the grenade launcher ladder. It is folded down normally if its there just reach down and flip it up.

http://yugosks.net/threegrenadelaunchers.jpg

[GlockMeister]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Philip

so i have now seen what a yugo looks like in person -- i got one. i see where the safety is. there is a flip up night sights thing on the sight leaf, but no yellow radioactive glowy dot on the front post, is it missing, or did they just not come with one. more info and pics later - i gotta go to bed - im tired

If you have a flip up PHOSPHERUS rear sight, there should be a front one also. It may very well be missing. If you look on the internet, you can find one to replace it. Go to this link
Yugo SKS Variations
and figure out which variation you have and try and find the front sight, if it's missing and replace it.
Now, if I may correct you and others that think the flip up sights on some SKSs are RADIOACTIVE.

THEY AREN'T RADIOACTIVE. THE SIGHTS ON THE SKSs ARE PHOSPHORUS.
If you hold a light to or on them, they'll glow. Since some are worn, they won't or don't glow very strong or for very long. You can get some glow in the dark paint to put on them if you would like them to glow, just follow this link, Sight Paint Kit, Shooting Supplies, 20/20 Concepts, Shooting Glow Dark Pigment Aim at Sportsman's Guide
to make them glow a little better, but, I repeat, it is NOT RADIOACTIVE, if it was, most anyone that has handled the SKSs would more then likely be very, very ill from radiation poisoning. They would also be illegal to import into this country without first being fixed, removed or replaced.

The www.surplusrifle.com website has a link to pictures of variations of Yugo SKSs, the link abaove, and I've even emailed them asking that they change the description because again, they aren't as they describe them there either, as Tritium, which they have yet to fix, and because of it, people are mislead about the sights.

Tritium is radioactive hydrogen isotope (with a life of about 121/2 years) (most SKSs are way older then that first of all, and 2ndly, Tritium is nor affected by light so putting light on them would not at all re-activate them), and as you see it in the Trijicon and Meprolight night sights, it is encased in a small sealed glass vile for the very reason that it is RADIOACTIVE.

I'm glad you found the safety. I'm sure if you look you can find a front flip up PHOSPHORUS sight to replace the one on yours, if it is indeed missing.

Also, if you mean the flip up sight is there, but the stuff on the sight/s to make them glow, that yellow stuff you speak of, it could just mean it is worn off as i mentioned. Or, it could be that it broke out. The stuff they used dries out after time and chips and breaks. So that just may just all that has happened also? But again, get the paint I linked and your good to go if you want your sights to glow. It however will not last too long either before you'll have to reapply it.

G-Meister

[Philip]

hmm, i guess i didnt see that pop up thingy =)

concerning the radioactive thing, i just assumed it was tritium or something, like glocks. *note, the word "radioactive" does not mean something dangerous. there are 3 levels, alpha radiation, beta and gamma. alpha, which would be what is on a night sight, is so weak, a plastic baggie will stop its rays. that is what a smoke detector uses, because even smoke blocks its rays. also note that there are radioactive phosphorous isotopes, as well as about every other element on the periodic table.

Billy changed his picture back.

yeah, mine aint got no ports either, ill see if it has the tapered launcher, or one of the others.

[billy]

yeah,
i needed to get my best gal back on the forum.

[res45]

Actually some of the D,M,N & the I model M59/66 had the radioactive tritium nights sights http://www.qando.net/images/20060821_03.jpg

Another Glow paint product
Ultra Green v10 Glow in the Dark Paint -

[Zephri]

Quote:       Originally Posted by res45

Another Glow paint product Ultra Green v10 Glow in the Dark Paint -

I'd love to paint my house with that stuff. of course I'd be broke if i did.

[res45]

Zephri is this the scope you have on your SKS. I just did a drill and tap Choate mount on mine and was wondering your thoughts on it.

[Zephri]

Yes, but I would suggest going with a different scope. alot of people had problems with that scope like the reticle popping loose. That happened to mine but I screwed it back into place and loctited it. It worked but because of the dustcover mount it dosen't hold zero like I want. Personally, I'm going to mount a MOLOT side rail and use an 8x posp scope that I have.

[res45]

Thank for the info I looked at the rail your talking about and scope also, but I went with the choate mount it nice and strong,my smith only charged me $20 to drill and tap it plus cut the stock out really nice for free. I'm probably going to end up buying a scope with a straight tube up front so I can set it back far enough and still use stripper clips.

[Zephri]

Sounds like a plan to me, be sure to post pictures up when it's done.

[Philip]

so what exactly does one do to tell the age of one's yugo? it aint as easy as looking on the reciever like a mosin.

mine has the tapered grenade launcher end, unported, that puts it in a more modern age group, right.

anyway, the story on how i got it.

gunshow came to town, and i knew that i wouldn't want to wait for the next one to come around, so i go. i look around for sks's in general, they all look like potty, i saw about 3 yugos, and about 3 others (not quite sure what they were, im not an expert) , all of them looked like someone put them in a clothes dryer full of rocks, with about no finish left, and big dents in the stock. then i saw the one i would end up buying. it was a purty yellowish and looked nice. i look at price tag -- ouch $300. i didnt want to spend more than $250 on an sks... i talked to the guy, it is allegedly unissued, and unfired, nice gas tube and barrel, and still has cosmo in all the areas that a quick cleaner misses ( grenade launcher sight, cocking lever hollowed out part) i could have walked out of there with a $205 yugo, but i decided to get the nice one.

wow, this is likely the longest post i have ever put on a message board.


oh, and is anyone's bayo duller than a door nail on the actually bladeish side?

[billy]

the unissued ones are the way to go.
myself and all of my friends that own a sks bought a new or unissued one.
none of us have ever had the slightest problem with any of them.
congatulations!
you didnt buy sombody elses headache!
hey phillip whats the serial number and ill tell you when it was made.

[Reddbecca]

Mine's a Chinese issue, it was still coated in cosmoline when I got it. Likely never been used considering how much of that nasty stuff was in every orfice on it.

[billy]

i only need the 1st letter in the serial #

redbacca whats the 1st digit in yours?

[res45]

Chinese
this works for many factory codes but may not work for all of them

under 1 million under (999,999) is first year of production 1956
1 million (1,555,555) 1957
2 million (2,555,555) 1958
3 million (3,555,555) 1959

10 million (10,555,555) 1966

20 million (20,555,555) 1976

25 million (25,555,555) 1981

some factory's use different style serial number 9 (possibly run number or factory location number) then actual serial number 9 555,555 which is number of rifles as of that number made in that production run.

be careful to read the numbers and be sure whether they are below 1 million or above 1 million late commercial rifles made up from parts may have odd serial numbers they cannot be dated with this system