Zastava 6.5x55 quick range report
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 2:54 pm
I finally got a chance to try out the new Zastava after handing in my honours thesis.
I was quite impressed pulling it out of the box. After reading that Zastavas were regarded as being quite "agricultural' i was pleasantly surprised to see a very deep blueing covering all the metal surfaces. On a purely aesthetic note i think they look quite good. The action is a bit rough but to date have not experienced any binding. I've now cycled the bolt hundreds of times and it has got noticeably smoother. After 50 rounds there has been no problems feeding or extracting. The stock is injected moulded plastic but it seems rigid enough (This is my first plastic stocked rifle). The rifle was covered in a liberal amount of preservative which took some elbow grease to remove. I originally was gonna buy a zeiss qonquest to mount on the rifle but in decided in the end to mount the sightron that came off my .223.
I've heard so many conflicting stories about barrel break in and because this was intended to be a knockabout rifle just gave it a good clean and then shot away. I'd decided to try some Nosler 100 grain ballistic tips and loaded up a number of charges over 2209. 47 grains showed the smallest group. I loaded up six more over 47 to make sure that it wasn't a fluke. Each group came in at under an inch which is definitely good enough for goats and the odd fox. The results were definitely better than i was expecting, not bad for a $500 rifle!
I was quite impressed pulling it out of the box. After reading that Zastavas were regarded as being quite "agricultural' i was pleasantly surprised to see a very deep blueing covering all the metal surfaces. On a purely aesthetic note i think they look quite good. The action is a bit rough but to date have not experienced any binding. I've now cycled the bolt hundreds of times and it has got noticeably smoother. After 50 rounds there has been no problems feeding or extracting. The stock is injected moulded plastic but it seems rigid enough (This is my first plastic stocked rifle). The rifle was covered in a liberal amount of preservative which took some elbow grease to remove. I originally was gonna buy a zeiss qonquest to mount on the rifle but in decided in the end to mount the sightron that came off my .223.
I've heard so many conflicting stories about barrel break in and because this was intended to be a knockabout rifle just gave it a good clean and then shot away. I'd decided to try some Nosler 100 grain ballistic tips and loaded up a number of charges over 2209. 47 grains showed the smallest group. I loaded up six more over 47 to make sure that it wasn't a fluke. Each group came in at under an inch which is definitely good enough for goats and the odd fox. The results were definitely better than i was expecting, not bad for a $500 rifle!