Is it Possible Yugo Serial B15001.......Yes Sir

[sksdude]

Hello, I just bought this Yugo B15001 M59
And the first 8 shots I took.....at 75 yds....Red Army fmj
Also a unique marking under rear sight...A-45

[BMont]

Thats an early bird.  What honey hole did you pull that out of?

[running-man]

Very nice.

You gotta tell us the rest of the story though!!

[Greasemonkey]

Very nice.

You gotta tell us the rest of the story though!!

Definitely nice.. and an even lower number.. back in the day, this would have been an awesome piece in a certain discussion.   Like RM said, details...  These don't just pop up everyday...

[Phosphorus32]

Very cool  Love that low serial number.

[echo1]

Super boss in great shape with a cool serial!!!PAX

[High Noon]

Wow.... 

I had to do a double take to recheck the number. 

[sksdude]

Well, I have a Norinco 8 mill Paratrooper 16", a 10 mill Norinco 20", 50 Tula Russian and a 54 Tula thought I might add a Yugo to the collection but I wanted just the M59.....the first day I looked it came right up on it on a local gun selling site. I drove several hours to buy it from the gentleman and when I got home to investigate it.......I said "DAMN" what a find. Now the firing pin block is a C range 24727.....The rifle shoots very well in grouping ......I'm wondering if there might be a bid war on it if I posted on Gunbroker?....What do you guys think? i will post a target pic of the first 8 shots I ever fired out of it at a 75 yrd target.
First 8 shots....Red Army fmj

[Weldrdave]

Very nice find!  They are nice shooters, check the gas tube, the one I found had corrosive ammo shot through it.

[running-man]

Well, I have a Norinco 8 mill Paratrooper 16", a 10 mill Norinco 20", 50 Tula Russian and a 54 Tula thought I might add a Yugo to the collection but I wanted just the M59.....the first day I looked it came right up on it on a local gun selling site. I drove several hours to buy it from the gentleman and when I got home to investigate it.......I said "DAMN" what a find. Now the firing pin block is a C range 24727.....The rifle shoots very well in grouping ......I'm wondering if there might be a bid war on it if I posted on Gunbroker?....What do you guys think? i will post a target pic of the first 5 shots I ever fired out of it at a 75 yrd target.

You'd get some kind of premium, that's for certain.  How much is anyone's guess though and the mismatch hardware is a definite ding on what it could potentially bring.
 
When you boil it all down, it's not really all that much different than B15312 (highest B series M59 that I've ever seen) though. 


Sometimes a number is just a number, but cool numbers definitely demand a bit of a premium.  If you really want to find out, I'd suggest setting a $0.99 initial bid auction with a healthy & high reserve that you're comfortable with and then let her fly. You might be pleasantly surprised.  If it doesn't reach the reserve, you're likely out a few bucks for the non-refunded GB fees.

[sksdude]

Haven't decided on if I would sell it or not....But a few have said it could fetch a bit? I'm going to completely clean and oil it up see how she shines. i might just set it on GB with a high reserve and start about 1800.00.....don't know???

[running-man]

You never know until you try. 

Some people are all about the numbers: I remember Long Barrel Yugo #007 went for a little bit more than LB #009 did when they were both being liquidated out of a newly revealed cache way back when. 

There was also a very neat SinoBanian /26\ with S/N 300,000 that I thought was just a neat, clean, and unusual number. 



Is it worth a few extra Andrew Jacksons?  Possibly.  A B series Yugo that could possibly be the *first* non-experimental production Yugo M59 off the line, that one may be worth several more Benjamin Franklins to the right collector who would appreciate the history...