7.62x39 Bolt action options

Brian46 said:
I have one of the last full stock ones imported from europe on the EE before the importer stopped bringing them in
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I have one of the Full Stock Zastavas as well, and am quite happy with it. Nice handy little gun, and with a shorter barrel than the sporters, even with the extra wood, it ends up being a lighter rifle.

The biggest drawback of the Zastavas is the stiff extraction, especially when firing lacquered cased ammo. If you're willing to put in the time and effort, the trigger is fully adjustable, and can be tuned quite well.

As for firing corrosive - I wouldn't worry about it. Corrosive ammo doesn't affect the wood at all, just requires a bit of attention to detail when cleaning. The main thing is to remember that you HAVE to do a thorough cleaning on the same day you shoot, you can't just set it aside for a few days and "get around to it."

My ideal for this cartridge would be the Zastava trigger and internal mag (the box mag on the CZ looks fugly to me), in a full stock, with the CZ bolt for smoother cycling and extraction.

With decent commercial ammo, you can get good accuracy out of any of these bolt guns.

If you can find a Zastava full stock at a reasonable price, no reason you shouldn't be happy with it.

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I have onwed the CZ for about 4 years now and love it. Super accurate with Barnual FMJ and any of my handloads. I did shoot some irons with it but prefer the 3-9 I put on it. I agree with the above comment on the grittiness of the trigger but it does almost act like a two stage. The set trigger is super but honestly it has been so accurate I have not bothered to do any trigger adjustments. The trigger is fully adjustable by the user. There is a great video online about making the trigger adjustments.
It just is awesome. It comes to shoulder great, is light and fits me great for standing shots. I hit a pig target out to 300 yards standing about 80% of the time (which for me, standing is excellent;).
That deal for the CZ is outstanding. Buy it! there will be no regrets.
 
grelmar said:
....The biggest drawback of the Zastavas is the stiff extraction, especially when firing lacquered cased ammo...
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I had to replace the extractor on my 799 (Zastava M85). It was rather weak when the rifle was new and eventually broke. Not sure if I just got a lemon or not.

Turns out that the extractor from a SAKO Vixen rifle fits and is more robust than the original extractor. Needed just a bit of filing to make it fit, and I got a spare extractor just in case but no issues at all so far.

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I got 2 of the M85's when CanAm had them on for $375. One got traded to a buddy and I still have one. Handloaded it's MOA, doesn't look too bad, but yes not the smoothest action out there.
 
Slamfire said:
I had to replace the extractor on my 799 (Zastava M85). It was rather weak when the rifle was new and eventually broke. Not sure if I just got a lemon or not.

Turns out that the extractor from a SAKO Vixen rifle fits and is more robust than the original extractor. Needed just a bit of filing to make it fit, and I got a spare extractor just in case but no issues at all so far.

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the zastava imported directly from europe market have upgraded extractor and firing pin for surplus ammo and primers, those imported through zastava/CZ usa and making their way to canada now at lower prices are not.
 
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Brian46 said:
the zastava imported directly from europe market have upgraded extractor and firing pin for surplus ammo and primers, those imported through CZ usa and making their way to canada now at lower prices are not.
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I did not know that. Thanks for sharing the information. I picked up my 799 about 10 years ago and like it a lot so I didn't think much of it.

The things we do for love. :p
 
350tracker said:
Well, I also thought Savage made one but just cannot find it at this time...
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They did, a Scout. I had one that was converted to a traditional setup. Light, accurate and quick handling. Sold it only because i had enough rifles that overlapped it's "purpose".
 
Slamfire said:
I did not know that. Thanks for sharing the information. I picked up my 799 about 10 years ago and like it a lot so I didn't think much of it.

The things we do for love. :p
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I do not know much about the 799, but likely because it was a Remington import it likely never got the upgrade considering the USA has had a ban not allowing the import of said corrosive surplus for many years
 
jparent said:
They did, a Scout. I had one that was converted to a traditional setup. Light, accurate and quick handling. Sold it only because i had enough rifles that overlapped it's "purpose".
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Savage made them with a 308 bore which did not help accuracy/performance
 
grelmar said:
If you can find a Zastava full stock at a reasonable price, no reason you shouldn't be happy with it.
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mine is new unfired on the EE, as a package considerably less than I paid retail before taxes and shipping

Shamefull plug lol
 
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Buying a 527 at a discount price was a no brainer, i have great satisfaction with my CZ 22 mag... JP.
 
Brian46 said:
I do not know much about the 799, but likely because it was a Remington import it likely never got the upgrade considering the USA has had a ban not allowing the import of said corrosive surplus for many years
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Remington had a deal with Zastava in the early 2000's to import Zastava barreled actions that Remington then re-branded and installed their own rifle stocks - the Remington 799 and 798 models. Discontinued about 10 years ago. The 798's feature Mauser actions and were a great value for the money. I have 300 WM and 458 WM 798's.
 
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