Zastava M98

I also had a quick look at these rifles off of the link. I can't help but think that a rifle in the 9.3 and one in the 6.5 would have everything covered for my hunting needs. A matched pair would be great and could be had for under 2 grand taxes in. I would also like to learn more about these rifles.

Fuzzy
 
Interesting, a bit more than Im willing to pay for a Zastava but some of the wood is really nice and worth considering depending on how the trigger is. I wouldnt' worry about the 9 twist unless you want shoot the 140-142 VLD's. I shot regular 140's just fine with a 9 twist before.
 
Pathfinder said:
Interesting, a bit more than Im willing to pay for a Zastava but some of the wood is really nice and worth considering depending on how the trigger is. I wouldnt' worry about the 9 twist unless you want shoot the 140-142 VLD's. I shot regular 140's just fine with a 9 twist before.
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How about 160 Woodleigh`s? I am interested in the 160 grain and 140 grain bullets. I thinking the 1 in 8 twist would be better suited. More for bear and moose and maybe deer.
 
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How about 160 Woodleigh`s? I am interested in the 160 grain and 140 grain bullets. I thinking the 1 in 8 twist would be better suited. More for bear and moose and maybe deer.
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Never tried. it depends on bullet lenght and havent had my hand on a Woodleigh...if know it you can run the calculations. look up the greenhill formula (I believe) I think the 160 hornady was ok.....these heavy RN's were not all that long because of the design. Of course if you had an 8" twist you never had to worry about it.
 
Why do these sell for $500 or less in other calibers and now the 6.5 is $700?

Edit. They have sights. I guess that might explain it
 
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I have one in 375 H&H. Decent wood and fully adjustable trigger on it. Managed to get it shooting 300gr tsx sub MOA. Really they are great guns for the money and if you polish up the action they are even better. The 375 H&H has the issue of being a cut out action so load options can be limited along with the potential for feeding issues depending on your load due to the tight fit.

The rifles themselves are produced on the old FN equipment using modern steel with a hammer forged barrel. So really the material quality is far above wartime manufacture but the fit and finish is lower due to mass production and dull tooling at times.
 
Interesting, any one else have some more info? How would one of these compare to a Ruger or cz or husqvarna in a " bang for your buck" comparison?

Fuzzy
 
fIt's comparable to the FN 300 (Supreme) action and "Santa Barbara", as it's the same and only very slightly modified, so, if you want to compare it to a HVA 640 series, the Zastava have the benefit of hinged floorpalte, side mounted sliding safety and (not bad) factory adjustable trigger (on most models, not all though) and factory drilled and tapped for scope mount.
Mechanically, it compares to both small small rings Brno 21/22 and HVA 1640, but it's a large ring.
So, it compares to Ruger and Cz 550 just like a any other "commercial" "Supreme" M/98 type action compares to them.
The below 500.00 $ price they now go for is somewhat Baïkal Canada's (the actual Canadian Importer) fault, as they liquidated a big bunch of them to bring in the "modernized" versions in (which I still didn't see any yet).
Do not expect the next arrivals to be so low in price, unless Baïkal gets a top deal, but I personally doubt it.
The ones in European calibers are, for sure, of a different source, so the price may (should) reflect their "standard" pricing.
Make a search on the Forum, as Zastava's rifles are very often discussed and it's always the same questions that arose and were repeatidly answered.
 
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Baribal said:
It's comparable to the FN 300 (Supreme) action and "Santa Barbara", as it's the same and only very slightly modified, so, if you want to compare it to a HVA 640 series, the Zastava have the benefit of hinged floorpalte, side mounted sliding safety and (not bad) factory adjustable trigger (on most models, not all though) and factory drilled and tapped for scope mount.
Mechanically, it compares to both small small rings Brno 21/22 and HVA 1640, but it's a large ring.
So, it compares to Ruger and Cz 550 just like a any other "commercial" "Supreme" M/98 type action compares to them.
The below 500.00 $ price they now go for is somewhat Baïkal Canada's (the actual Canadian Importer) fault, as they liquidated a big bunch of them to bring in the "modernized" versions in (which I still didn't see any yet).
Do not expect the next arrivals to be so low in price, unless Baïkal gets a top deal, but I personally doubt it.
The ones in European calibers are, for sure, of a different source, so the price may (should) reflect their "standard" pricing.
Make a search on the Furom, as Zastava's rifles are very often discussed and it's always the same questions that arose and were repeatidly answered.
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Exactly....I've read enough here to satisfy myself that my newly puchased Zastava 9.3x62 is gonna be a good buy all around.
 
Yu'all got me sniffing on these and licking me chops.
Once the lower end priced ones are gone, we as a
consumer will be anti-ing up the extra moohlah for the
prices on the new inventory.
Just goes to show you the honesty in this father/son team.
 
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