SKS C&R or not ??

[Munny$hot]

I have a unfired Yugo SKS for sale and I keep getting questions if it's C&R eligible. I assume it's not because it has a muzzle break welded on the end of it in place of it's grenade launcher. Am I correct or how can I tell? Thanks

[FX-05 Xiuhcoatl]

Yugo 59/66 is not c&r

[Regula]

As far as I understand it no yugo SKS 59/66 is c&r. The welded part is for California compliance.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

Yes, it is C&R. Changing out the grenade launcher for a muzzle brake isn't enough of a modification to remove the C&R status.

But C&R long guns that are less than 50 years old have to be transfered through a dealer in California and that rifle is less than 50 years old.

[rromeo]

Can two California residents transfer a 59/66 in Nevada, if one or both parties possess an FFL 03?

[Chaos47]

Yes, it is C&R. Changing out the grenade launcher for a muzzle brake isn't enough of a modification to remove the C&R status.

But C&R long guns that are less than 50 years old have to be transfered through a dealer in California and that rifle is less than 50 years old.

^This.

http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-11/atf-p-5300-11.pdf

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

[Mssr. Eleganté]

Can two California residents transfer a 59/66 in Nevada, if one or both parties possess an FFL 03?

Yes they can. The person receiving the firearm would need to be a C&R FFL, or both parties could be C&R FFLs.

If just the seller is a C&R FFL and the buyer is not then it wouldn't be legal.

[Chaos47]

(a) It shall be unlawful -

[...]

(5) for any person (other than a licensed importer, licensed
manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector) to
transfer, sell, trade, give, transport, or deliver any firearm to
any person (other than a licensed importer, licensed
manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector) who the
transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not
reside in (or if the person is a corporation or other business
entity, does not maintain a place of business in) the State in
which the transferor resides

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I sold a Yugo 59/66 a while back and I got at least 6-7 PM's asking me if it was (California) C&R compliant. When I told them no, they didn't want it.

Do some people know it isn't but just hope the seller doesn't know better?

Are there people who can't pass a background check looking for C&R guns as an alternative to pocket knives and machetes?

It takes about 30 seconds of research to discover that the Yugo 59/66 is not old enough for a F2F direct transfer in California... Yet they keep asking.

Is a $35 fee and a 10 day wait a deal breaker on a gun you really want? I have had to go through 01's on some SKS's, and some were F2F deals.

CALIFONIA CASH &CARRY:
Russians
Romanians
SOME Chicoms
SOME Early Yugo 59's

NOT Cash and Carry:
Yugo 59/66
Albanians
Most Chicoms

I'm not flaming on the OP. I just had the exact same experience and it was quite frustrating. People should not even consider getting into C&R guns if they aren't willing to bother learning what does and doesn't qualify for direct sale.

[Capybara]

That's a sweet looking Yugo.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

That's a sweet looking Yugo.

The Yugo SKS is a fine rifle. Shoulders nice, shoots nice, and definitely looks nice.

IMHO much of the criticism of the Yugo and its supposed weak gas valve is overblown and just parroted by people who heard it on the web.

IF, and I mean IF, you shoot enough ammo through one to cause any sort of gas valve issue, the replacement valve is a drop in part that requires ZERO tools or skills to swap out.