Seeking C&R SKS Source

[Maggotman]

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[Gunaria]

Check the forsale thread and post a WTB ad. Go to gunshows. Get a C&R license and look on other gunboards. Expect to pay $300-$400 or more. Good luck on your search.

[Gator Monroe]

Olde West Gun & Loan (Redding Ca.) has 4-6 Russians including a 51 Tula and a pristine Laminate stock 54 Izevesk , 8-12 Yugo's including consequtive serial # rifles and unissued, an M59 and various Original Chinese and a couple of Bubba'd Russians ...

[EastBayRidge]

http://allans-armory.com/aaresult.php?PageId=32

[paul0660]

m59's aren't C and R yet. Russians only at this point.

[Gator Monroe]

M59/66's are C&R so M59's must be also ?

[Mssr. Eleganté]

Yes, M59 and M59/66 rifles are both C&R. They are listed by name on the Federal C&R list.

But paul0660 probably meant to say that they weren't 50 years old yet. So they aren't yet eligible for Dealerless transfers in California.

[ke6guj]

They are both C&R because they are specifically listed in the BATF C&R lists. They are not 50 years old yet, so they aren't C&R per age, but because of the "rarity". That also means that you don't get to do FTF transactions, but must PPT them if bought from a private party.

Yugoslavian manufactured rifles M59 and M59/66, 7.62 x 39mm caliber, all semiautomatic variations and having a fixed magazine, manufactured from 1947 to 1992.

Even though ATF shows manufacturing starting in 1947, I thought that the Yugos started in 1959.

[Sabot]

I think California's 50 year old rule overrides the BATF C&R list. Also, the guns need to be modified if they have a grenade launcher.

[jamesob]

where are you at?

[paul0660]

since it is Calguns, I was referring to the California regs concerning C and R.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

since it is Calguns, I was referring to the California regs concerning C and R.

The Yugos are still C&R according to the California regs. The fact that they need to be transfered through a Dealer doesn't mean they aren't C&R in California. It just means California has restrictions on some C&R firearms.

[zatoh]

With a COE and 003FFL you can forgo the 10 day wait on C&R firearms.

21. Who is exempt from the waiting period?
c. Persons who have a curio and relic collector's license issued by the BATF and who have a valid COE issued by the DOJ are exempt from the waiting period only when purchasing curio and relic firearms. The dealer must retain a copy of the FFL collector's license and the COE.
http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/dlrfaqs.htm#21G

[weezil_boi]

so will the 59/66 be cash and carry in Jan 09?

[Mssr. Eleganté]

so will the 59/66 be cash and carry in Jan 09?

The 50 year old requirement is based on when the actual firearm was made, not on when the model was introduced.

The M59 will be cash and carry for sure in California after the year 2017 since they were made up until 1967. If anybody can figure out how to correlate the serial numbers to the date of production then some M59's could start being cash and carry after 2009.

M59/66's could start becoming cash and carry in 2017 if we could figure out the serial number/date of production correlation. I don't know when they would all be cash and carry. Some sources say M59/66 production only lasted until 1970 while others say it lasted until the 1990's.

I think all of the records about serial numbers and production dates were lost when we blew up the factory in 1998.