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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #195 on: August 12, 2016, 01:46:33 PM »
My SKS is S-658840. If I read the charts correct, that makes it a 1981/1982.

Which make me wonder why they were still making so many SKS rifles at Zastava into the 1980s?


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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #196 on: March 12, 2017, 12:23:48 PM »
Hello im new here and i purchase a sks  Yugoslavia . im try n to figure out the year of make .. Its has  a serial letter c and 24191 does anyone know or can help me figure this out thanks

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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #197 on: March 12, 2017, 12:48:18 PM »
Most likely a 66 year build, but not definitive. Does your Yugo have bin parts that have numbers look like this: 1-000-000? If so then most likely it has been through several refurbishments.
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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #198 on: March 12, 2017, 12:57:55 PM »
Hello im new here and i purchase a sks  Yugoslavia . im try n to figure out the year of make .. Its has  a serial letter c and 24191 does anyone know or can help me figure this out thanks



http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=81.0

From the linked chart above the average yearly production of the Yugo M59 is  carbines per year for the eight year period from 1959-1966. Minimum/maximum productuion estimate of 24,600/44,600 rifles wold be an average of 3,075minimum to 5,575maximum M59's per year.

A rifle in the 24,000 range would fall somewhere in 7th and 8th year of production -- 1965-66.

EDITED: to correct math.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2017, 02:48:05 PM by Boris Badinov »
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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #199 on: March 12, 2017, 02:31:52 PM »
Hello im new here and i purchase a sks  Yugoslavia . im try n to figure out the year of make .. Its has  a serial letter c and 24191 does anyone know or can help me figure this out thanks
That C and those numbers indicate an early made one.  I assume yours has no grenade launcher on it. Most likely built in 1965 or 1966. M59 is a really good gun. My favorite type to shoot for accuracy with.
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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #200 on: April 01, 2017, 01:48:27 PM »
This is a great sticky.  Just wanted to add my info to the existing data.  Nothing out of the ordinary so far as I can tell.  Just adding another brick to the wall.

Serial Number H-276995.  So we're talking 1971...I was a high school freshman.  Yikes, that was a long time ago!

Believe it to have been issued due to a few proof marks in the stock, but lightly used for a very short period of time...condition looks brand new to me.  Phos. flip-up night sights.  Grenade launcher.  Import stamp:  "P.W.Arms,Redmond WA  Zastava,M59/66  7.62x39  Yugo".  All matching part numbers but for two exceptions:  gas tube cover has oddball 2-00-001 and underside of rear sight has number of 96547.  With these two odd numbers, I suspect some refurb.

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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #201 on: April 02, 2017, 10:14:45 AM »
Not sure about the five digit number under the rear sight but the gas tube number is a part number.
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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #202 on: June 05, 2017, 04:48:23 PM »
A few years back I started a survey to collect data on Yugo SKS rifles and log book entries.  With some help I was able to come up with a correlation between the serial number letter prefix and the year of manufacture in the logbooks.  I have also come up with a pattern of how the Yugo SKS design evolved.  I do not have any logbook data from any M59 rifles at this time and cannot determine date of manufacture.  The year of feature changes may be + or - 1 year. The data is summed up in the following chart:




Thanks for the info on this thread. I purchased an SKS yesterday that was made in 1975. It is THE most beautiful SKS I have ever owned. Absolutely no dings or wear on the stock. This is the 4th SKS, but first Yugo, that I have owned. Looking forward to getting it out to the range next weekend to see how she handles.


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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #203 on: September 27, 2017, 06:51:42 PM »
Hi Folks,

Mods are pulling a number of posts off the sticky list due to photobucket issues. Would the OP please consider re-hosting pics elsewhere and updating the thread. Thank you for taking the time to provide this valuable information.

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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #205 on: October 11, 2017, 09:57:09 AM »
For myself I consider Withergyld's raw data and notes to be the most useful, found it at Wayback Machine long ago.

http://web.archive.org/web/20071105072911/http://yugosks.net/
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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #206 on: July 19, 2018, 03:03:48 PM »
I have a yugo ser# 723946 no prefix fibro etched # 38683 chrome barrel and idea what year and model thanks.

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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #207 on: July 28, 2018, 11:35:04 PM »
Could this chart be made a "sticky" ?
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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #208 on: August 04, 2021, 10:11:38 PM »
hi.heres one i saw today,to add to your files.series and S/N are a bit off from the info in the chart you have,maybe this will help.i would send a pic if i could figure out how.

C-723214

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Re: Yugo SKS Date of manufacture and Design evolution *Updated*
« Reply #209 on: April 29, 2022, 11:49:14 PM »
I have a yugo m59 serial number C23610