Zastava M70
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Well the Oiled Hog-Back one I ended up with is highly figured, but was indeed dull and flat looking when I got it; the checkering could have been cut a bit deeper, and the bolt was sticky. I discovered the bolt was dragging on the stock, the groove in the stock just behind the tang was not quite deep enough but a few strokes with a file took enough wood out and it is like butter now. As for the finish, the manual says that the stock is sealed with linseed oil so, I took it off, wiped it down with white gas and applied 5 hand rubbed coats of Tung oil, polishing with a light rubbing of extra fine steel wool. That certainly brought out grain and the figure, and it now has a nice luster. For the money, unbeatable.
One of the dealers/distributors answered a question about when they were getting more in. The answer was not right now as production had been diverted to military contracts, and when they do start coming back in, it will be at a substantially higher price.
who is the importer for canada now?
there is usa zastava now and i will contact them but the problem is not where the production is at or not as the tooling for doing a bolt rifle m70 or an ak is not the same at all except for the barrel ...
as of today there is no demand for the bolt action rifles in the main market: usa thus the reason to not produce plus all the manpower is going to military as you re saying but i will add that they learn the capitalistic world and are creating the demand ...
Oh! What a surprise. Not. I'm hoping the one I ordered will come, and that it doesn't have a "gloss" finish. Not my thing, but if it is, I guess I'll be able to struggle along, somehow.
if it is not in canada you will get it one day lol ... i ordered/asked tradeex to get me a pair in left hand for 30-06 and 9.3x62 with mannlicher stocks and i do know that i will never get them ... the facility can do them but the paper work to export a different version was not cost relevant.
i wish you the best in your waiting time.
Well this is what they are supposed to look like, and finish and handling can always be refined.
I think it's a nice looking rifle, reminds me of my old Brno ZKK-602...
Mine was a bit drier looking that that one. As I posted above, I was fortunate to get a stock with a nice figure in the wood, and after 5 coats of tung oil, it has a nice sheen, but is not glossy:
Opened up the Archangel Stock this morning (very impressed with the quality, fit and finish, and features BTW), and did a test fit. Regrettably, these do not fit as the front action screw is considerably farther forward than even the adjustment blocks allow for. Additional inletting would be required for the Zastava trigger; not a big deal, but being unable to utilize the front action screw, it is a no-go.
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Ellwood epps have a few in stock.
https://ellwoodepps.com/zastava-lkm-70-standard-blued-walnut-sights-264610.html
I'm an Engineer with a lot of tool and die experience (over 45 years), it's not if it could be fixed, but a question of "Should it be fixed". In this case, either modifying the gun, or the stock is not really feasible; just enough difference that neither are a good option.
Is a Mauser M-98 action, or the Zastava M-70 as strong as say a Rem M-700 or Win M-70?
I have a Russian capture M-98, which is of course all re-assembled components from multiple rifles.
Curious of the relative strength of that action and the Zastava?
I have a Russian capture M-98, which is of course all re-assembled components from multiple rifles.
Curious of the relative strength of that action and the Zastava?
Original 98's like your wartime K98 have a C ring barrel abutment, only cut out for the extractor on the right side. Commercial 98's have a broach cut straight through the receiver, these are typically called H cut, and have basically extractor cuts on the right and left side. The original design is definitely a little better in the strength of the design, but not really anything to be concerned about, they are all solid actions.
A 98 Mauser vents gas in the event of case failure very very well, much better then almost every other design out there.
A Rem 700 is a different design, it seals the chamber and contains the gas so it all blows down the bore and out the muzzle. It works very well at this, and arguably the safest action ever produced.
