GB listings for October, 2015 - Yugoslavian

[running-man]

25 Yugos this month, $230.00 low, $550.00 high, $367.92 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
509701583   Yugo SKS 22" 7.62x39 Nice No Reserve   20   $360.00    M59/66   R   Bubba   Fair   
509743205   Yugo SKS 59/66 7.62X39 Matched #'s Samco NoReserve   8   $300.98    M59/66   O   Bubba   Fair   
510681620   Yugo SKS Unissued Mint 1977 Plus Extras READ! Yugoslavian SKS Unissued Mint Condition   6   $550.00    M59/66   N   Bubba   Good   $50 for shipping?!  Seriously?!
511171968   Yugoslavian Model 59/66 SKS. Beautiful! VG/EXC.   2   $495.00    M59/66   I   All-Matching   Good   
511303400   Yugo SKS 59/66 7.62x39 Grenade Launcher VG+ Curio and Relic   11   $371.01    M59/66   M   All-Matching   Good   
511545499   Yugoslavian SKS 7.62x39 Bayonet, Launcher Sights   17   $260.00    M59/66   G   Bubba   Fair   Neat trench art, but gun gets a bubba because of the jacked GL.
511598904   * Yugo 7.62x39 SKS semi auto rifle * OD Green   24   $417.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Meh, more plastic on this one than on most celebs in Hollywood!
511676095   YUGO SKS with Tapco adjustable stock   2   $300.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   
511970867   CAI Yugo SKS 7.62x39 - #s Matching   11   $305.00    M59/66   G   All-Matching   Good   
512031806   M59/66 Yugo SKS. (Used, Excellant)   1   $385.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   
512076831   Yugo 59/66 SKS Excellent Condition #s Matching   21   $539.00    M59/66   G   All-Matching   Very Good   Pretty gun!
512384888   Yugo SKS   1   $300.00    M59/66   G   Bubba   Good   
513321144   Yugo SKS 7.62x39   1   $350.00    M59/66   I   Force-Matched   Fair   
513427282   Yugo M59/66 SKS rifle, 7.62x39 59 66 Like Norinco   5   $330.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Force-Matched   Good   
513517373   SKS, Timbersmith Stock ,7.62x39 aimpoint , ak 47 custom SKS   2   $500.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Lipstick on a pig.  Can't believe it went for $500.
513638674   Yugoslavian SKS 7.62x39mm (ALL SN Match)   7   $380.00    M59/66   Uncertain   All-Matching   Good   
514637734   YUGO MODEL 59/66 SKS 7.62x39mm   11   $315.00    M59/66   K   Non-Matching   Good   
514918808   YUGO SKS   3   $275.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Poor Yugo.
515457981   Yugoslavian Mod 59/66 SKS in 7.62x39 w/ drum mag   2   $504.98    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Man, someone paid a hefty premium for this one!
515472311   Zastava Yugo M59 66A1 7.62x39 Matching SKS 99%   7   $425.00    M59   J   All-Matching   Good   Nice gun here.
516616658   CAI Yugoslavia Yugo SKS 7.62X39 FOR PARTS   21   $230.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   
516664749   CAI SKS 59/66 Grenade sights (NICE)(LOOK)NR   2   $335.00    M59/66   Uncertain   All-Matching   Good   
516978990   Yugo SKS Trench Art   1   $370.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Neat bit of trench art on this one.
518790846   Yugo 59/66 SKS 7.62X39   2   $305.00    M59/66   D   Force-Matched   Good   Too bad this gun went through the A1 conversion.  Still a pretty nice gun with an unusual stock.
519060329   Yugo SKS Model 59/66, 7.62x39mm   1   $295.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Horsetrash!

[Loose}{Cannon]

I thought I saw like 2-3 HGs on broker last month... ?..

Or did they end the first week of this month?

[running-man]

They did not sell.  One guy wanted $1000 for his, got a lower bid around $800 but it didn't sell.  Th second one that I'm truly shocked didn't sell failed to even get something like an $800 BIN.  No idea what's up with the market on these.  I wish I'd saved the auction #'s on these two. 

[SKhiSm 59-66A1]

Th second one that I'm truly shocked didn't sell failed to even get something like an $800 BIN.  No idea what's up with the market on these.

Yeah I didn't see that but someone told me about it and I was astonished, that's not a lot of mark-up and they flew out the door a few weeks ago.

[Phosphorus32]

Most of the people who currently want one, bought one at retail?
Christmas is coming and and discretionary income is going to gift purchasing?
Nobody currently wants to pay $800 for a Yugo SKS, no matter how much bling it has? 

[Greasemonkey]

Couple of weeks a go, they was 625, now they want a 800 to a grand....uuhhh no.. Even precious metals and oil don't increase that quick.

Like P32 said, Christmas/Black Friday is right around the bend, 80inch lcds etc... And anyone who wanted one probably got one, it's more of a specialty item that possibly has limited interest.  If the interest and desire was really there, someone left out woulda dropped the coin for it.

Give it time, fakes will appear, given the amount of M59/66s available, like faked paras and such, bubba won't pass up a money making opportunity. And bubba can fake'em good.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Going to be a bit hard to fake one very well with multiple special features other then chrome.

[Greasemonkey]

Thats just it.....he has thousands of M59/66 rifles to practice on, and where there is a will, there is way. . You stuck a machine gun barrel on a Yugo, people hump the hell out of Garands and Carbines, even Civil War era weapons to eek that extra dime out of them. They even stamp and restamp stuff, with fake stamps. It all boils down to getten them $$$$$

Never underestimate bubba, he is the modern day Kyber Pass in moms garage in faking stuff, and even better equiped to do so than those guys in that mountain pass.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Welp they going to have to use a brand new unissued gun with the same import mark, chrome it, fabricate a wole new stock made of a completely dif wood incuding finish, delrin bayo stopper, buttplate, fabricate the sight covers, sling, and then perfectly fake the paperwork and log book.

How many fake sks have you seen?  How much money would it take to do all the above things including price of unissued gun, and how much is can a sucker get taken for?

Faking sks carbines will bankrupt you......

[Greasemonkey]

Faked paras are everywhere, faked Polish even pop up, M59s , just sayin..never under estimate the power of bubba when making money is involved.

Unissued M59/66 rifles aint hard to find, the wood, find a stock the wood grain close, which really ain't difficult, carefully refinish it, cause it aint teak , the rest he can and will work out. Like a delrin thingymabob is gonna stop him, chrome shops, thats another easy thing. With the advent of HD printers and such, forging papers, books, its all possible.

After some time, he may spend 700-800 to do it, but if he gets a grand or more from some hard up gotta have it sap, a year or two later after it's all died down, he won.

[Loose}{Cannon]

And those guns are easy to spot.... 

I know unissued yugos are everywhere, but usually have a dif import mark and the price is what.. $550 to $600?    How you gonna buy a $600 gun and put atleast $300 in it and sell it for a jackpot of $900.   

Ill pass on the sks fake making theory.... No money in it.

Your mauser guys are buying a $800 gun and putting a chicken stamp here/there and getting $4000.   

[SKhiSm 59-66A1]

Couple of weeks a go, they was 625

Ah, that's where I got sideways, I was thinking they went for 725$. Shoulda known better, that's not your typical mark-up.

[Loose}{Cannon]

They were $695 with free shipping. 

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=F3SKSY5966CG&name=Ceremonial+Guard+Yugoslavian+Model+59%2f66+7.62x39+SKS+Rifles&groupid=213