Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:48 am
Hello...any idea? no other marks apart serial number and a 02 on many parts
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Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:49 am
second pic
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:20 am
many thanks in advance for the answ
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:52 am
Thats a Yugo M53. Visually the giveaway is the lack of front AA mount, it should be just behind the front sight. See the pic below
Ah just looked at the second picture and I am not so sure about it being an M53 now.
Just compared my M53 and the pics you have and I have changed my mine back again. The example you have has the same style serial number as my M53 but yours has a lot less info on the receiver than mine. Looks like the Yugos stopped putting all the info on the gums like the Germans did towards the end of the war.
So there you go it is definitely possible that it may be a Yugo M53. Hope that clears this up for you
Ah just looked at the second picture and I am not so sure about it being an M53 now.
Just compared my M53 and the pics you have and I have changed my mine back again. The example you have has the same style serial number as my M53 but yours has a lot less info on the receiver than mine. Looks like the Yugos stopped putting all the info on the gums like the Germans did towards the end of the war.
So there you go it is definitely possible that it may be a Yugo M53. Hope that clears this up for you
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:02 am
confirm... the anti aircraft mount is missing....so it seems a yugo one ...but the strange is the absence of any mark on receiver and the lack of yugo crest on the top 
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:08 pm
I have several top covers that have no markings,I think they were 'scrubbed' to remove them.It makes the 53 look more like a 42.Look inside the cover for part numbers on the feed arm,etc. ---bil
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:52 pm
i have a m53 without a crest--and as longhorn said there no aa mount --soooo i'd say it's a m53----it looks great
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Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:21 pm
Waffendude,
Most of the Yugo-53 parts I have carry part numbers like this, S111-xxxxx or S113-xxxxx, maybe this will help to I.D. the gun.
Any one know if the Yugo's ever made m-53's for export? Some times exported guns were sent out unmarked, ie "sanitized".
later,cz2
Most of the Yugo-53 parts I have carry part numbers like this, S111-xxxxx or S113-xxxxx, maybe this will help to I.D. the gun.
Any one know if the Yugo's ever made m-53's for export? Some times exported guns were sent out unmarked, ie "sanitized".
later,cz2
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:41 pm
more detail...note no sign of others marks like mod 53 or similar and no "scrubbed"
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:09 pm
a picture of the barrel door would be an easy way to tell for sure.
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:14 pm
The serial number in the last pic looks yugo,not German. ---bil
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:07 am
drooling idiot wrote:a picture of the barrel door would be an easy way to tell for sure.
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:21 am
Yugo 53
Re: Yugo 53 or what ?
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:21 pm
The top cover *may* be German, but got included in the Yugo kit. I have one like that in mine. MOSTLY Yugo, but a few German parts in the mix.