Yugo SKS thread protector?

[.22guy]

Hey guys,
I have a Yugo SKS that had a welded on sleeve over the GL. I filed the sleeve down and knocked the pin out and removed the whole assembly and tossed it in the trash.

Now I have a rifle with the threads exposed. I've searched google and a few other forums and haven't found what I'm looking for. Is there any way to buy a thread protector for this, or something light, like a flash hider? I found this:
http://brakes.ricksmuzzlebrakesandgu....com/index.htm but am not sure about CA legality and 922r compliance. Plus I'd rather spend less than 20 bucks if possible.

Please help me out! Thanks,
Russ

[kalibob]

Brake

I have one of ricks muzzle brakes on my sks and it works very well and it looks orignal.

[JHC]

This one looks closer to the original and is almost in budget http://www.tapco.com/proddesc.aspx?i...4-24e0fe9a6591

[tygerpaw]

I bought the Tapco brake which looks original. But before I got it, I cut the sleeve off of the GL and cut the GL in front of the first ridge, making a thread protector. I filed it flat and cold blued it. It looked better than nothing until I got the Tapco brake. FWW.

[milsurpshooter]

only prob is how do you get one now days? 56/99's are illegal here right. and i dont think you can get one outta state either right?

[Res]

Hey guys,
I have a Yugo SKS that had a welded on sleeve over the GL.

Some places make and sell Ca. legal rifles by welding a sleeve over the g/l to make it legal. Although every now and then you might stumble upon an establishment in the state that are selling them without the sleeve .

If anyone knows, if you remove the g/l do you run any risk of violating 922r compliancy??

[AJAX22]

only prob is how do you get one now days? 56/99's are illegal here right. and i dont think you can get one outta state either right?

Nope, they're legal, there are a dozen of them at martin B reddings in culver city at any given time.

They're getting a bit harder to find online but if you have a c&R licence you can buy as many as you want at out of state gunshows.

[AJAX22]

Some places make and sell Ca. legal rifles by welding a sleeve over the g/l to make it legal. Although every now and then you might stumble upon an establishment in the state that are selling them without the sleeve .

If anyone knows, if you remove the g/l do you run any risk of violating 922r compliancy??

Acording to CA no, feds? well its a definite possibility.

any alteration from original military configuration could be a 922R violation.

however the welding of a sleeve doesnt remove any of the features, nor does drilling holes in it to be a muzzlebreak... and it doesn't substantially alter the original configuration so I think they are letting it slide.

The BATFE doesn't want any more to do with Californias laws than they have to.

[.22guy]

OK, so can I legally put the Ricks AR15 style flash hider on mine? Those stupid AW laws still confuse me.

[bwiese]

Somewhere out there there's ATF paperwork saying Yugo G/Ls can be removed for CA compliance.

I would not put on another flash hider. Thread protector, fine.

And I believe 922(r) stuff can be avoided if it's rendered into an ordinary rifle by losing all the mil features - FH, night sights, bayonet & mount. Then it's just an ordinary semiauto rifle.

[bigthaiboy]

If you're after a "Plain Jane" muzzle thread protector, this might work :

http://cgi.ebay.com/CZECH-VZ58-PART-MUZZEL-THREAD-PROTECTOR_W0QQitemZ200156391084QQihZ010QQcategoryZ13982QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

It's an unissued muzzle thread protector for a Czech VZ-58, which has the the same 14x1 RIGHT hand thread as the M59/66. All AK-47's have 14x1 LEFT hand thread.

[Dieter]

OK, so can I legally put the Ricks AR15 style flash hider on mine? Those stupid AW laws still confuse me.

No, not in California. Muzzle brakes yes, but if it in anyway can be construed as a flash hider, or is sold as such, it is illegal. The muzzle brake and 922r thing is a gray area for sure. I've been told by BATFE (FTB Chief) that if you a change the G/L for one, you must play the game. I've also been told by a BATFE lawyer here in California, that it does NOT force you to play the game. It does seem they look the other way on this. I don't think BATFE is out to bust nuts on issues like this. It is too ridiculous and they lack the resources. Could they if they wanted to? Yes.

If anyone knows, if you remove the g/l do you run any risk of violating 922r compliancy??

No. According to BATFE FTB Chief, simply removing a feature does not bring 922r into play. Removing it and replacing it with something else does. You do however lose C&R status. Another gray area, seems that certain features like the bayonet maybe removed for "shooting" purposes.

All of this can chnage with the direction the wind blows, and the opinions of the current people in power. What is THIS today, could easily be THAT tomorrow.