Grenade Launcher CA LEGAL SKS Yugo 59/66 Rifle

[SoCal Bob]

Could drilling holes at the end negate its use as a GL? While it does not give dimensions the picture of the Tapco MB looks just like the original GL except it has holes drilled in it.

https://www.buymilsurp.com/sks-yugo-muzzle-brake-p-3118.html

[gatesbox]

If the holes constitute demillng then it is just a decoration correct? Not that it would be a good idea with the freak out factor.....remember the kid in Novato with the defunct rocket tube.... Crazy CA

[morrcarr67]

I think there is a pin you have to knock out before you heat it and crank it off, I could be wrong though. Ask Morrcarr67, I think it was him last spring that was getting a group buy together and had the means to make them legal before bringing them back.

It was but I only got one person who wanted to do it.

Here is how you remove the GL from a Yugo M59/66

http://207.36.233.89/sks/grenadesightremoval/pdf/grenadesightshs.pdf

[0321jarhead]

It was but I only got one person who wanted to do it.

Here is how you remove the GL from a Yugo M59/66

http://207.36.233.89/sks/grenadesigh...desightshs.pdf

That is for removing "The Grenade Launcher Site." Not the Grenade Launcher" itself.

[morrcarr67]

Yeah, jarhead Bob told me too. I'll have to check my other thread for the GL removal.

[morrcarr67]

OK here is the removal PDF.

http://207.36.233.89/shooting2005/grlaunchremove/pdf/grenadelaunchremove.pdf

[ReDgUaRd008]

Thats a No Go on that Milsurplus Brake. That is still a grenade spigot. Yugo M59/66 with the letters D-I used ported Grenade Spigot which the Milsurplus "CA Legal" one are. From letters J-C used Non ported Spigots. I would just get a Tapco Brake. I got one on mines and it looks great compared to the Century Brake. The Tapco Brake is a few millimeters smaller then the Yugo Grenade spigot. With it being smaller and with 25 port holes it wouldnt have enough pressure to launch the 22mm grenade.

[0321jarhead]

OK here is the removal PDF.

http://207.36.233.89/shooting2005/gr...unchremove.pdf

That is the removal of the one that I bought through www.Buymilsurp.com and put on my yugo. As I mentioned before, the Kal-legal one is what I removed.

[bwiese]

1. I have no idea if drilling a hole in a M59/66 grenade launcher disables it; I doubt it.

2. The accepted method employs welding a sleeve over it to permanently
disable it.

3. The G/L device itself is not only an 'evil feature' disallowing use with
a detachable magazine under Calif's AW laws, but is an intrinsically illegal
device even separated from gun. One should not own, possess, or try
to acquire a Yugo M59/66 G/L device even alone and even if you do not
own the matching gun. Stupid, yes, but that's the way the law is
constructed.

4. I believe disabled/removed G/Ls for local compliance do not change any relevant C&R status.

[OHOD]

1. I have no idea if drilling a hole in a M59/66 grenade launcher disables it; I doubt it.

2. The accepted method employs welding a sleeve over it to permanently
disable it.

3. The G/L device itself is not only an 'evil feature' disallowing use with
a detachable magazine under Calif's AW laws, but is an intrinsically illegal
device even separated from gun. One should not own, possess, or try
to acquire a Yugo M59/66 G/L device even alone and even if you do not
own the matching gun. Stupid, yes, but that's the way the law is
constructed.

4. I believe disabled/removed G/Ls for local compliance do not change any relevant C&R status.

Thank you for clearing this up, at least for me.

[SVT-40]

I don't think simply drilling holes in the "grenade launcher" attached to the muzzle of a Yugo 59/66 would negate it's status as a "grenade launcher". Actually some of them have holes in them from the factory. So adding a few more would not change it's status.

In the photo below you can see the holes in the top muzzle device. It appears the holes were an attempt to add a flash hider effect or muzzle break to the device in addition to it's ability to "launch grenades".

These rifles are not mine. The pic was obtained from the net years ago when this same subject came up in another forum.

In reality the whole "grenade launcher" issue is really silly, especially when related to devices which are attached to muzzles of rifles. Anyone know why the "flash hiders" or "muzzle breaks" found on just about every AR type rifle are the diameter they are? I'll just leave it at that.


A cut away of the Yugo muzzle device.

[OniKoroshi]

Bringing this up from the dead.

Would using a grinder and just grinding off 2 sides to make it relatively flat constitute a legal rifle? Won't look pretty but would it be a legal configuration?

If so then would it be legal for myself to replace the GL and permanently fix a muzzle brake on?

[CEDaytonaRydr]

I removed the muzzle-brake (was not a flash-hider), took off the set-ring, AND removed the Grenade sights. Then reinstalled the muzzle brake.

So, you had a "type 2" MAS muzzle brake? Did that come with yours, or did you buy it aftermarket...

I REALLY need one of those...

[Toyman321]

Bringing this up from the dead.

Would using a grinder and just grinding off 2 sides to make it relatively flat constitute a legal rifle? Won't look pretty but would it be a legal configuration?

If so then would it be legal for myself to replace the GL and permanently fix a muzzle brake on?

Similar idea, what if I took a mig welder and left a bead on the outside of the GL? Reason I ask is I'm going to J&G in a week, were staying at a buddy's that has a mig, so if this would work I could get it Cali legal without much work and deal with pulling it off once I got home.