Wifes .243 Zastava (i am now selling ALL of my rifles)

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Wifes .243 Zastava (i am now selling ALL of my rifles)

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Ok, after today I am selling all my Tikka's / The Cooper / CZ's and Brno's . . . . and buying bloody Zastava's. . . . . :shock:

Ok well not really :lol: :lol:

Zastava Mod 70
Left Hand model (the missus is another one of them kack handed fools)
.243 Winchester
The action has been bedded (I am pretty unhappy at how much I paid for it to be done, and the end result - It looks a very rushed Friday arvo job)
Factory trigger weight (Needs a bit of attention for creep, and weight)
Action has not been "smoothed" so is a little "gritty"
Weaver base with Burris Signature Zee 1" rings
Rudolph Optics 4-12x50 (Set parallax of 100m)
(I will compile a review on these scopes later)
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Same load I made for the Cooper - same OAL, same everything. . .

Winchester Case
CCI LR primer
40gn ADI 2208
70gn Taipan HP

0.679" group
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Zastava Group 2.JPG
Do you think she is happy ?? Hell YES.
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Give you 2 cartons of vb for the cooper! :mrgreen:
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BP72 wrote:Give you 2 cartons of vb for the cooper! :mrgreen:

Haha if you had of said that at the range, it would have damn tempting but not VB haha
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Mates zastava shot like that. Hope mine does
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Trevort, even my 9.3 will go under MOA - I don"t think you will be disappointed.
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From what I have seen and experienced with them, they are a very honest performer for the price of them. I wont be getting rid of any of mine.
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Whats the difference between the M70 & the M85? Which is the better one?
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Mini action eg 223 cartridges M85

and M70 is for the longer cals 308 type and longer.

Not sure other than that Bullcat.

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stinkitup wrote:Mini action eg 223 cartridges M85

and M70 is for the longer cals 308 type and longer.

Not sure other than that Bullcat.

Ryan

Also the M70 is a modern full mauser type action, where as the M85 is a clone of early Sako l46 front and mauser rear.

Neither is better than the other, they are different critters designed to use different cartridges.
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Camel does that mean that the bolt doesn't look like the cz 527 ? which looks just like a true mauser but 'mini'

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Yep, the bolt body on a M85 looks just like a Sako, doesn't have a full length extractor like mauser, but has a guide rib like Sako, the extractor is a hinged hook setup around 6mm wide but that doesn't seem to hinder extraction at all.
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Thanks Camel


Sorry to Hijack Mick :D That banana handed zastava def shoots well! :D

And I'll up the offer for the cooper to carton of rum :lol:

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Thanks guys...
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