Thread: Zastava but unbranded

Perhaps someone can help me out here. I have what is clearly a walnut/blue Zastava M70 bolt action in .308 Win, but when I visited the register, I noticed for the first time that it doesn't actually have Zastava or their CZ (Crvena Zastava) logo anywhere on it. I duly removed the stock and found a date code for 1991, but not a trace of the Zastava brand anywhere. I know they made rifles that were rebranded as Remington 798 and Charles Daly rifles, but haven't come across a 'cleanskin' one before. The only thing that makes any sense is the UN sanctions on Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1995 that prohibited the export of rifles made by Zastava, and this one somehow made it out.

^serial no. obliterated in pic.