Grenade launcher
- Witchdoctor
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Grenade launcher
Hello all, question about the SKS grenade launcher attachment, are they legal ? Have seen some models that come with it already installed...and if they are in fact legal to own, will the Yugo model fit the Chinese version or is there one made that will fit ?
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Re: Grenade launcher
On the subject of the grenade launcher, it depends on your state laws. Some Yugo's do not have the launcher. I don't know of anyone that tried to put one on another rifle. The Yugo rifles with the launcher will also have the launcher sights and gas block.
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Re: Grenade launcher
Gotcha, it's not that it's real important just a curiosity thing really....never see a Chinese model with one but Yugo's quite frequently, thanks...been doing research on them all and just making inquiries about the different ones.
Re: Grenade launcher
M59/66A1's have it, M59/66's do not. Quite frankly, I found it more an annoyance and extra weight than any potential advantage.
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
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Re: Grenade launcher
Speaking of the launcher were can a person get a dummy grenade that will fit. It would be fun to be able to shoot it. they say they will go a couple hundred yds.
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Re: Grenade launcher
The launcher is likely legal in most places, the grenade it uses will get you tossed in the joint every place.
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Re: Grenade launcher
A couple years ago there was a guy that made an attachment for Yugo's that shot tennis balls.
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Re: Grenade launcher
There are some outfits that manufacture the piece required to launch an item using the grenade launcher. Most of them are made to fit golf or tennis balls. If someone has a training grenade (inert), they might be able to shoot it at a range (depending on rules). At any rate, the user needs to remember that only blanks should be used when launching anything.
IIRC, the launcher on the Yugoslavian SKS is welded to the muzzle. Only reason to cut it off is to comply with laws in certain states or the now dead Clinton Gun Ban.
IIRC, the launcher on the Yugoslavian SKS is welded to the muzzle. Only reason to cut it off is to comply with laws in certain states or the now dead Clinton Gun Ban.
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Re: Grenade launcher
I could haul out my 59/66A1 and look but it's hotter than the winds of hell today, all my energy is gone, and digging guns out of my vaults is work. We will see.
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Re: Grenade launcher
The only removal process I can recall for the Yugo SKS grenade launcher involves using a hacksaw-rather permanent in nature. Only practical use I can think of for the grenade launcher would be line throwing-Coasties and the Navy still use rifles for that purpose. The United States Life Saving Service used small mortars for that purpose.
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Re: Grenade launcher
Yugo SKS grenade launcher is screwed on, then pinned. And has the same threads as a L1A1 FAL. 9/16 x 14 right hand thread.
Practice grenades were available for $50 each. Lost the link but it could be found again.
Practice grenades were available for $50 each. Lost the link but it could be found again.
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Re: Grenade launcher
Yugo SKS practice grenade, do a google search
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht ... mrc&uact=8
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Re: Grenade launcher
Found this: http://www.keepshooting.com/rifle-grena ... enade.html
The description says it fits a Yugo SKS launcher
The description says it fits a Yugo SKS launcher