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That looks awesome! I love those Yugo fixed stock AKs. I need to find a kit and build one up. I don't know the first damned thing about it, but it'd sure be a helluva lot of fun!
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That is absoultly amazing! I'd make sure I held on to that one. Man if that wood could only talk.
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lol you can tell they're in The Peoples Republic of Kalifornia in that top pic...she had to crack the weapon open to reload
Thats a great looking rifle you've got there. There's just something really appealing about beat up and used looking rifles that I like, new just looks to clean and pretty and almost fake. Plus with that wood, you're giving it the respect it deserves. |
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Looks really good. I'm not often a fan of the battlefield / distressed look but with the wood it just seems right. The only thing I would probably do if it were mine would be to take a chunk of metal / brick and hit the metal in a couple places to have some (minor) dents, dings, and scratches to make it look a little less polished. But that's me, ya know?
Regardless, REALLY nice job! |
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I've never seen wood that has been so personalized. It makes me wonder happened to the man who owned it. It looks like he took pride in his weapon, so I can't see him giving it up by choice!
I suppose he's probably |
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That turned out great Denny!
Thanks for sharing the pics with us. |
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This should be a sticky. Allowing everyone to post their artistic stocks and HG's. Great pics all and thanks Denny! BTW, love the new site!
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those are kinda sad....very personal, those people (guy and girl) could be dead or separated by war. I would have a hard time keeping those, too emotional and personal for me.
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i got a stupid question:
is there a method for dating the carvings on the stocks? i'm just wondering. |
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Well the one stock had 1995 carved in it. What I think is interesting is that it is a Serbian stock, but that the letters aren't cyrillic. As I understand, Serbia usually uses the cyrillic alphabet and the western part of former Yugoslavia (Croatia) uses the Roman aplhabet.
Overall everything is very interesting and a rare piece of history. All of you please hold onto these and pass on any knowledge that you have of them to future generations. |
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So cool. What are the chances of finding carved stocks like that? Anyway to seek them out?
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definetely cool. i'd like to know how you guys found them too. |
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They were mixed in with the other Yugo kits, I paid extra for "Hand Picked" at Centerfire for mine. |
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My gunstore had 10 crates of the rifles in stock. I was perusing the inventory when I noticed mine., |
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I called CFS during their $79 sale. They had just found "Sara" and were all looking at it and talking about it. I told them I'd love to rebuild it. I paid a $20 hand pick fee for it. $99 kit! Just happened to call at just the right time. Kind of like hitting the lottery. Back then the kits were a real hit or miss thing. You never knew what you'd get. I got some OK ones, I got Sara and I got one really horrible one. It all worked out. They were cheap kits. I didn't mind rebarreling them if I had to. Another way to get wood like this is to contact folks on boards who post pics of it. I've already had two folks offer me up to $400 just for the stock set from Sara! Nice tries, but I passed. I served over there in our Navy during that conflict. Three different cruises. So this is a keepsake of my service. |
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Wow, thats an awsome looking rifle that had been there and done that.
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Thanks everybody for the info. I'm going to try to track one of these done myself...
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Guys,
I am sure glad I posted this thread. I am seeing some great historical rifles here that maybe we would have not had an opportunity to view. Thanks and let's keep them coming. D |
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What type of ammo is in those crates? |
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Denny- real quick- in the second pick where you show the two names, you have them reversed. Slaja is the name that appears first. It all together might be his first and last name.
You show the bottom of the handguard that looks like a "3"- that's the same "z" as the first letter of the first name. I like the "no fate" part. Either that's a common old saying or they truly were T2 fans. There are all sorts of references to this phrase on the internet but the earliest is T2. I can't find anything earlier than that. |
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Thanks Mitch I am sure the "3" is a "Z" so it makes sense. We do see the "no Fate" on quite a few Bosnian Serb kits. I guess I should rummage thru them and wee what else we have. |
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Thats Yugoslavian 7.62x39 |
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nooneimportant Team Member The writing is from a Bosnian Serb. In the Box is the name of a village in Bosnia, "Bileca" then "15X" the three letters next I am still trying to figure out. it is apparently the abbreviation for something. The rest of the translation looks right. Thats a valuable piece of information, there are alot of haunted forests in the area around Bileca from that time period. |
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Is that the M67 stuff that fragments? To bad its corrosive. |
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Wow, that's nice. I would have lightly sanded it and put new varnish on it w/clear coat to preserve it and used it on a new-looking AK, but that's nice too.
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Was with 1/1 Cav in Bosnia in '96 and '98. I was told the the two fingers stick up was a V for VICTORY and the thumb stick out was for SERBIA, so it stood for SERBIA VICTORY. Was given this sign and alot of middle fingers the time I was there. |
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Yes,this is the M67, I've had it for several years. The Yugoslavian M67 is some of the best surplus that hit this Country, I don't mind it being corrosive. I use Hoppes #9 for cleaning and have never had a problem. |
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This thread is so full of WIN that it is hard to not want to find a carved up rifle.
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"WIN"? I'm an old guy. You'll have to fill me in. 1970's- Whip Inflation Now or Women In Navy? I'm just not up on this new jargon. |
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You guys need to get that wood sanded down to get all that crap off them to make them smooth again
Those really give a whole new character to the rifle - thanks for sharing them! |
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They very easily could be in reference to T2. One of my Yugos had Beverly Hills 90210 stickers all over it. |
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