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I purchased this 1975 Yugo M59/66 back in 2004 for around $225 out the door iirc. I instantly fell in love with it and wanted to modify it to make it a little more "tactical" but found out the hard way that most of the aftermarket sks parts out there are pretty much crap and wouldn't hold up at all under any sort of combat strain. I decided my goal with this gun was to keep it simple and have a function over fashion mindset. The current specs are as follows:
Weight empty: 10 lbs.
Tapco T6 w/ Butt Pad
Mil Spec M249 Pistol grip
Magpul AFG1 Fore Grip
ATI Heatshield
Murrays Spring Loaded Firing Pin
Tech Sights T100 w/ M4 Aperture
3 Point Sling
Bolt Recoil Buffer
My most recent addition was the Tech Sight T100. After reading many reviews I decided to snatch one up. I got the T100 over the T200 because I wanted to replace the M16A1 sight aperture with an A2/M4 style with the larger "combat" 0-2 side for faster target acquisition. The only thing that concerns me with the sight is the quality of medal they used on the sight body. It's far from mil spec and if the rifle was ever dropped it could be bad. The box says it's made in Taiwan which none of the reviews mentioned but for the price it's pretty good. Might get a chance to test it out tomorrow. Here's a couple pics of the sight after the aperture swap.
This is about how much will need to be shaved if you have a Tapco stock.
I found that the stock and rifle had some slop so I used the soft sides of some stick on velcro to give it a nice tight fit.
Here's a shot of the Tapco grip vs. a Mil Spec M249 SAW grip. The mil spec version is much higher quality, slightly bigger, better thicker plastic, and even has a slightly stippled surface to it. It makes the rifle feel a little higher quality when you pick it up rather than feeling like it has a cheap plastic stock on it.
I used to run Tapco 10 round mags but their doesn't seem to be a good way to carry spare mags due to their shape. I decided to put the old box mag back in and bought a chest rig to hold 280 rounds in stripper clips.
Weight empty: 10 lbs.
Tapco T6 w/ Butt Pad
Mil Spec M249 Pistol grip
Magpul AFG1 Fore Grip
ATI Heatshield
Murrays Spring Loaded Firing Pin
Tech Sights T100 w/ M4 Aperture
3 Point Sling
Bolt Recoil Buffer
My most recent addition was the Tech Sight T100. After reading many reviews I decided to snatch one up. I got the T100 over the T200 because I wanted to replace the M16A1 sight aperture with an A2/M4 style with the larger "combat" 0-2 side for faster target acquisition. The only thing that concerns me with the sight is the quality of medal they used on the sight body. It's far from mil spec and if the rifle was ever dropped it could be bad. The box says it's made in Taiwan which none of the reviews mentioned but for the price it's pretty good. Might get a chance to test it out tomorrow. Here's a couple pics of the sight after the aperture swap.
This is about how much will need to be shaved if you have a Tapco stock.
I found that the stock and rifle had some slop so I used the soft sides of some stick on velcro to give it a nice tight fit.
Here's a shot of the Tapco grip vs. a Mil Spec M249 SAW grip. The mil spec version is much higher quality, slightly bigger, better thicker plastic, and even has a slightly stippled surface to it. It makes the rifle feel a little higher quality when you pick it up rather than feeling like it has a cheap plastic stock on it.
I used to run Tapco 10 round mags but their doesn't seem to be a good way to carry spare mags due to their shape. I decided to put the old box mag back in and bought a chest rig to hold 280 rounds in stripper clips.
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