GB listings for July, 2015 - Yugoslavian

[running-man]

A really healthy 40 Yugos this month, $260 low, $655 high, $380.27 avg.

Please let me know any feedback (good or bad) to these.

-RM


Item Link   Description   # Bids   Final Price   Model   Block Letter   Arsenal Condtion   Current Condition   RM's Notes
490762998    Yugo SKS M59/66 penny auction   6   $315.00    M59/66   G   Force-Matched   Fair   Too bad about the force matched bolt.  Pretty clean looker here.
491291133   YUGOSLAV MODEL 59/66 SKS RIFLE-ALL MATCHING   16   $370.00    M59/66   J   All-Matching   Good   Nice looking gun here.  Decent listing with lots of photos, as much as you can ask for on GB!
491466056   No Rsrv Yugo SKS 59/66 Grenade Launcher Rifle 7.62   9   $425.00    M59/66   M   All-Matching   Good   Decent little carbine here.  Different importer; I think IAI, Knox TN which likely corresponds to Intrac Arms Inc. 
491477366   Yugo SKS 59/66A1 Century 7.62x39mm Excellent Shape Comes W/ 6 20rd Mags, Sling, Bayonet, DVD, 22" BL   1   $375.00    M59/66   J   Force-Matched   Fair   Here is a typical Yugo M59/66 right here.  Nothing special to see here.  Not a screaming deal, not a bad deal.
491668475    Yugo 59/66 SKS Rifle - Nice Condition   4   $375.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   Poor presentation on a good looking gun.  Seller cost himself $$ on this one.
491792957    Yugoslavian 59/66 SKS   1   $400.00    M59/66   R   Uncertain   Very Good   Nice gun.  I wish they had shown more S/Ns, but $400 is not a reach for this one based on what I can see.
491800813   Yugo SKS 59/66 Excellent, Matching NO Reserve   1   $450.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Force-Matched   Fair   Someone reached for this one too.  $450 is pretty steep in my book for a Yugo of this caliber….especially w/o better photos than this.
492032544   pre-ban preban Yugo MOD 59/66 SKS   2   $310.00    M59/66   H   Uncertain   Fair   Ok that's it, I'm officially adding 'pre-ban' to my list of worthless terms such as 'unissued', 'unfired', and 'unrefurbished'.  How the hell do you know it's pre-ban w/o having the documentation that proves it?  Not only does the term not mean anything to 95% of us in this country, to the 5% that it does mean something, they hopefully aren't stupid enough to take the word of a 'guy on the internet' on something that could get them arrested and/or imprisoned.
492388639    YUGO SKS 59/66 7.62X39 MATCHED EXCELLENT   23   $377.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Fair   Horsetrash listing.  Could be the deal of a lifetime or a total loser.  23 bid crapshoot on this one when far nicer guns were available at around the same price this month.
492394287   Yugo 59/66 SKS rifle, 7.62x39, California model   4   $260.00    M59/66   H   Bubba   Good   Every time I see a 'California compliant" Yugo M59/66, I cringe.  Aside from permanently altering C&R status in taking off the G/L, there is the legal issue of adding a non-sporting flash hider to the now non-C&R (i.e. non-importable) gun.  You'd think if a 922(r) violation were to be given, this would be the gun it's given for.
492511567   Yugo Yugoslavian 59/66 SKS Unissued Excellent NR   8   $655.00    M59/66   C (late)   All-Matching   Excellent   Man, this guy must have had a crate of 'Smithsonian grade' rifles.  S/N 721128 here.  Wonder where 721129 wound up?
492602525   Rare Yugo SKS M59 Black Russian Bayonet Matched NR   9   $381.06    M59   C   Non-Matching   Fair   Decent enough gun.  The bayo looks pimped a bit, m59s should be gray, not black like that.
492735849    Yogu, SKS, 7.62x39 Caliber, Semi Auto Rifle   5   $307.99    M59/66   J   Bubba   Fair   Does this banana mag make me look fat?
492766573   Yugoslavia Model 59/66 SKS 7.62x39, red dot, light   19   $330.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Yup, add some black plastic, a red dot, a flashlight and you're ready to go huntin' for Osama bin Laden!  Where's the fricken' sharks with fricken' laser beams!?
493211022    SKS Yugo 59/66, Gorgeous! With grenade launcher!   7   $365.35    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Very Good   This guy lost out on $100 if the rifle is as nice as he says it is.  Shame.
493625373    Zastava M59/66 Yugo SKS 7.62x39   4   $330.00    M59/66   D   Force-Matched   Fair   Another force matched gun.  Pretty decent buy most likely.
493668694   SKS Yugoslavian M59/66 Premium Condition!   1   $475.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   I don't know that I'd call this one 'pristine'.  It's not pristine under MY grading system, that's for certain!  The unfired comment is a ding for certain.  Probably a sewer pipe bore. :/
493828053   Yugo SKS 59/66 7.62x39 Excellent & Matching NR!   14   $362.00    M59/66   G   All-Matching   Very Good   Very nice rifle here.  Pretty good presentation too!
493956504   Yugo SKS 7.62x39   9   $265.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   One photo.  And you wonder why this gun sold well under three Benjamins?  I don't.
494259519    Yugo SKS 59/66 Gernade Launcher UnFired 7.62x39   9   $480.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Fair   I'm not a big fan of this gun.  That GL ladder sure looks like the Russian 'purple' bluing to me.  Interesting.
494285565   Century SKS 59/66 Yugo   1   $429.00    M59/66   G   Non-Matching   Fair   I had this gun in my lists already.  Looks like someone turned it over again.
494364869   Yugo Yugoslavian 59/66 SKS Unissued Excellent NR!   12   $515.00    M59/66   C (late)   All-Matching   Excellent   Man, this guy must have had a crate of 'Smithsonian grade' rifles.  S/N 721130 here.  Wonder where 721129 wound up?
494634520   Yugo Model 59/66 SKS New “Unissued” Yugoslavian   1   $499.95    M59/66   G   Uncertain   Good   I'm having a hard time determining if this stock has been coated with polyurethane or not.  Either way, $500 is a real reach for this one.
494729094   SKS Yugoslavian SKS M59/66 7.62/39mm   1   $299.99    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Fair   Decent enough looking gun.  Too bad about the horsetrash presentation on it.
494946388   Yugoslavian SKS 59/66 7.62x39 LAYAWAY!   1   $350.00    M59/66   N   Bubba   Good   Simple scope mount receiver cover, but it devastates the value of a once 'all-matching' Yugo.  "YOGU" marked CAI import stamp.
495010671    YUGO SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE CHAMBERED IN 7.62X39   2   $449.99    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Man, that's what I want on my Yugo, a black plastic handguard and a stock that look like they used two rattle cans of spray poly on it.    OOW import stamp on this one.
495574116   Century Arms Yugo SKS 59/66 7.62X39 SA Rifle   3   $295.45    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Bubba special, meh not much more to say.
495706801    Yugoslavian SKS M-59 Matching with bayonet   12   $467.00    M59   C   Uncertain   Fair   Yes it's an M59, but man that bayo is WAAAAY to shiny.  Either someone bubba'd it by 'cleaning' it or that's not a Yugo bayo.
495971985   SKS Yugo 59/66 7.62x39 Bayonet #s match   13   $375.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   Epitome of a horsetrash auction right here.  Three photos, one full right, one full left, and one import stamp.  Import stamp?  C'mon man!
495979569   Yugoslavian 59/66 SKS CA muzzle 7.62x39 Zastava   2   $375.00    M59/66   G   Uncertain   Fair   Another typical Yugo.  Decent price, decent gun.
495983411    Yugoslavian SKS M59/66A1 Zastava 59/66 No Reserve   6   $286.00    M59/66   R   Non-Matching   Good   Too bad the stock is mismatching, it's a nice looking stock!  If the gun is in good working condition, this one was a steal.
496203270   Yugoslavian SKS 7.62x39 W/Bayonet LAYAWAY!   1   $410.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Someone reached on the BIN for this one I think.  There's not $410 of value in this Bubba I think.
496238515   SKS Model 59 Yugo YUGO SKS 7.62X39 MODEL 59   1   $400.00    M59   C   Force-Matched   Good   Nice looking KBI import M59 here.
496371876   CAI SKS 7.62x39 Rifle with Bayonet   2   $400.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Fair   Horsetrash listing.  At least take it out of the gun case to photograph it.  C'mon man!
496403502   Yugoslavian SKS 59/66 YUGO 7.62x39 LAYAWAY!   1   $369.00    M59/66   T   Bubba   Fair   Hack job on the FSB mod on this one.  I understand that lots of people don't like the bayo and GL sight, but hat's a heck of a way to mod a gun to lighten things up.  Looks nekkid!
496406308   Yugoslavian 59/66A1 SKS Synthetic 7.62x39 LAYAWAY!   2   $315.00    M59/66   F   Bubba   Fair   Bubba special, meh not much more to say.
496407276   Yugoslavian 59/66A1 SKS Synthetic 7.62x39 LAYAWAY!   2   $310.00    M59/66   G   Bubba   Fair   Bubba special, meh not much more to say.
496637296    Yugo SKS 59/66 7.62x39 Excellent & Matching NR!   7   $346.00    M59/66   T   All-Matching   Good   Debated giving this one a 'fair', but it's clear with the price that others thought this was an above average specimen so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
497062420    Yugoslavian SKS Read Before Bidding!   6   $300.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Does the grenade launcher work?  No, the Yugoslavs put a worthless pound of extra metal on the end of 600,000 guns because they were bored.  C'mon man!
497803395   Yugoslavian SKS 59/66 7.62x39 LAYAWAY!   1   $410.00    M59/66   G   Bubba   Good   Holy polyurethane Batman!  Darn shame on this one.

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Smithsonian grade Yugios!!!