Yugoslavian SKS 7.62x39

SKS
SKS Carbine from the collections of Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	See Users
Production history
Designer	Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov
Designed	1944
Number built	15,000,000[1]
Variants	Chinese Type 56; Yugoslavian PAP; Romanian SKS; Albanian SKS; East German SKS; (North) Vietnamese SKS; North Korean SKS
Specifications
Weight	3.85 kg (8 lb 8 oz).[2]
Length	1,020 millimetres (40 in),.[2] M59/66 length 1,117 millimetres (44.0 in)
Barrel length	520 millimetres (20 in),.[2] M59/66 558.8 millimetres (22.00 in).
Cartridge	7.62×39mm.[2]
Action	Short stroke gas piston, tilting bolt, self-loading
Rate of fire	Semi-automatic 35–40 (rd/min).[2]
Muzzle velocity	735 m/s (2,411 ft/s).[2]
Effective range	400 metres (440 yd).[2]
Feed system	10 round stripper clip-fed or individual round loading.[2]
Sights	Hooded post front sight, tangent notch rear sight graduated from 100 to 1,000 meters.[2]

         The Yugo was my first assault  weapon. Over the years I've replaced the old wood stock for a new Tapco stock.The Yugo is a fun weapon to shoot. 7.62x39 is a very inexpensive ammo to shoot you can pick up a box for about 5 bucks(20 rounds) The first picture you will see is what the Yugo used to look like when I first got it.Then next three pictures is what it looks like now with the Tapco stock and the BSA Red Dot Scope. The SKS is a Soviet semi-automatic rifle chambered for the 7.62x39mm round,designed in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov .The SKS is a gas-operated weapon that has a spring rod and gas piston rod that work the action locking system. During the time when there was a ban on assault weapons they were disassembled.When the ban was lifted they were put back together, but matching serial numbers really didn't happen So having an SKS or an AK with all matching serial numbers has more value.