The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

My favorite SKS is my only SKS, a 1973 "Yugo" M59/66A1.
It's a little front heavy like all Yugo's, but it's a great shooter.

Nice looking gun, love the stock on it! As far as putting it together, did you check the firing pin length? There are several YouTube videos that show how to do it. Thanks for the tip. Glad I didn't shoot it yet because it was a little long. This is the second time this forum has saved me some grie...

Thanks everyone. Hopefully it will be a good shooting rifle, provided that I actually put the gun together correctly after I stripped and cleaned it. I think I got it right but since it's my first time with this particular firearm I still a little nervous to pull it's trigger the first time. :big sh...

Happy New Year! I just picked up my brand new 70 year old rifle yesterday, and since my wife was at work and the kids were sleeping I spent my New Year's eve cleaning off the Cosmoline. From what I've learned thanks to this forum is it's a 1942 Izhevsk? It was imported by Century arms and cost me $1...