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Picked up the 1958 Romanian that I posted questions about earlier. Numbers on the bolt and receiver match, but nothing else. the guy I got it from had it in a black dragonov stock with a 30 round mag. He had a pile of SKS parts and stocks and let me go through and piece it back together. I found a Romanian stock, a factory magazine that I think is Yugoslavian, a sling that I think is Romanian, and a handguard that matched color. He wanted $400, and was very firm on price, but I eventually convinced him it wasn't worth that much, without matching numbers. Got him down to $350. I have been looking all over for the sling to put in the pics, but I misplaced it....old age creeping in.
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Nice :thumbsup:

It is a Yugo mag, good job matching the handguard. The handguard wood looks kinda like the elm used on Yugoslavians.
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Greasemonkey wrote:Nice :thumbsup:

It is a Yugo mag, good job matching the handguard. The handguard wood looks kinda like the elm used on Yugoslavians.
Pretty sure it is a Yugo handguard. It was the closest thing he had in the pile. BTW, the Chinese mags wont fit in the Romanian. At least the ones he had there wouldn't.
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It more than likely would fit, but it would need fitting for the particular rifle. Most parts on them(except Yugo M59/66 gas system parts, Chinese long/short lug vs pinned stocks) are close enough that most parts are interchangeable.
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Nice. My 59 Romanian SKS was the rifle that put me on the road to collecting milsurps many moons ago.
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I love the Romanian SKS, I see you have finish on the metal, aren't you special lol that's beautiful!
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:vcool: :vcool: :vcool:
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Nice Romy there. Did you ever find the sling ?
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Still one of the holes in my collection. Nice addition! :vcool: :vcool:
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very nice romanian sks i picked one of them up recently too not as good of shape as yours is though i got mine for $300 with 60 rounds of chinese ammo and 2 stripper clips and a nice sock.
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nice find, it took me a few years to track down a 1960 dated one in good shape.
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