Zastava M70

Anyone had any experience with them? Looking for a synthetic stainless centre fire and came across them. Seems to be a commercial Mauser design.

The others I was looking at was your usual Howa, Tikka, Savage. And maybe a browning.

Cheers.

Yep as you say a Mauser 98 so a modern day Parker Hale, not a glamour queen but shoot just fine.

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Yep as you say a Mauser 98 so a modern day Parker Hale, not a glamour queen but shoot just fine.

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Ok. The didn't have any in stock sadly.

I have access to a couple of new ones. I know there is a 270 there, and there was a 308. About $850 for a bare rifle from memory but blued steel / synthetic stock. I had one myself in 6.5x55 that was a very good shooter, had I had a 7mmRemMag that I sold to someone on here (Pipe up if you want to, but I wont say who in case they dont want to)

Well made, reliable design, and they do shoot well. Worth looking at. We had one set up for a customer just prior to the quakes, scoped, bedded and a full set up from the gunsmith, and he never came back. I think that was a 308 but I would have to check and I am pretty sure it is still in storage there somewhere.

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I have access to a couple of new ones. I know there is a 270 there, and there was a 308. About $850 for a bare rifle from memory but blued steel / synthetic stock. I had one myself in 6.5x55 that was a very good shooter, had I had a 7mmRemMag that I sold to someone on here (Pipe up if you want to, but I wont say who in case they dont want to)

Well made, reliable design, and they do shoot well. Worth looking at. We had one set up for a customer just prior to the quakes, scoped, bedded and a full set up from the gunsmith, and he never came back. I think that was a 308 but I would have to check and I am pretty sure it is still in storage there somewhere.

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Hope you're not out of pocket for the 308.

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Hope you're not out of pocket for the 308.

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Have not "lost" any money on it as we still have it. (You wont lose money selling your car if you dont sell the car....)

Do you deal with the Zastava importer @timattalon ?

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I have access to a couple of new ones. I know there is a 270 there, and there was a 308. About $850 for a bare rifle from memory but blued steel / synthetic stock. I had one myself in 6.5x55 that was a very good shooter, had I had a 7mmRemMag that I sold to someone on here (Pipe up if you want to, but I wont say who in case they dont want to)

Well made, reliable design, and they do shoot well. Worth looking at. We had one set up for a customer just prior to the quakes, scoped, bedded and a full set up from the gunsmith, and he never came back. I think that was a 308 but I would have to check and I am pretty sure it is still in storage there somewhere.

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Yes @timattalon, I really like that 7mmRM. Uses Mauser 98 bases and just takes a little inletting for the safety to fit a 98 stock. Shoots really well.

Good reliable, no frills rifles, although a bit on the heavy side (especially the wood stocked version) compared to some other offerings. Trigger can be worked on at home with moderate skills. There us a good video on YouTube about this.

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Do you deal with the Zastava importer @timattalon ?

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We did. We dont really deal with any importers now as we have not bought stock since the shop was damaged after the earthquakes. I am not really sure which way the Gunsmith (its his business and premises) wants to go. From what I understand there was a separate agency for the north island and the south Island but having not done any buyingI do not now if this is still the case. The 6.5x55 mentioned earlier was one I got from Gun City on one of their big sales and was my own rather than a shop one..

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Good reliable, no frills rifles, although a bit on the heavy side (especially the wood stocked version) compared to some other offerings. Trigger can be worked on at home with moderate skills. There us a good video on YouTube about this.

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I'll have to check the weight again. Not keje on anything overly heavy

It reckons 3.6 kg for the walnut.

Savage 116 light weight hunter is $1200 and 2.7 kg.

Un-scoped, it weighs about the same as a similar Remington M700 with a 3-9x40 (not a special lightweight model)

3260g for the synthetic stock version.

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Un-scoped, it weighs about the same as a similar Remington M700 with a 3-9x40 (not a special lightweight model)

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Ok cool. Thanks for the heads up.

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3260g for the synthetic stock version.

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Cheers. :)

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We did. We dont really deal with any importers now as we have not bought stock since the shop was damaged after the earthquakes. I am not really sure which way the Gunsmith (its his business and premises) wants to go. From what I understand there was a separate agency for the north island and the south Island but having not done any buyingI do not now if this is still the case. The 6.5x55 mentioned earlier was one I got from Gun City on one of their big sales and was my own rather than a shop one..

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SR Marston are the Zastava distributor
Zastava Arms — SR Marston & Co

I really rated my 223 when I had it. Was a wee tack driver.
Should really get another...... for the boy to use of course :)

A word of warning though, I had one in .308 drove tacks all day long and build quality was great. But I would recomend not getting one in a medium length cartridge. the put a spacer in the front of the magazine. I always had cycling issues. My mates one in .270 was fine without the spacer. I would defiantly would still recommend them but in a long action caliber. Food for thought is all.

i have one in 6.5x55 blue synth. love it wanted to get one in 8x57 but when i emailed the distributer to see if they would bring any in they didnt even bother to reply, even to say no would have been something so when the time comes that i can afford a new rifle i will get something else . dunno why everyone thinks they are heavy guess i was always used to lugging th 8mm round cos i consider the zastava to be light.
on the first hunt the end cap off the pistol grip fell off so have glued a brass cap in stamped with the calibre
and one day i was showing the wife the difference between types of safetys ...... the old brno with the safety on the bolt locking the firing pin , then the zastava which locks the trigger which when i dry fired goes click and well obviously it didnt work screw must have worked loose as it did function when i bought it. pulled it out of the stock and reset it . check it now before i use it every time

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A word of warning though, I had one in .308 drove tacks all day long and build quality was great. But I would recomend not getting one in a medium length cartridge. the put a spacer in the front of the magazine. I always had cycling issues. My mates one in .270 was fine without the spacer. I would defiantly would still recommend them but in a long action caliber. Food for thought is all.

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Thanks for the heads up.

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i have one in 6.5x55 blue synth. love it wanted to get one in 8x57 but when i emailed the distributer to see if they would bring any in they didnt even bother to reply, even to say no would have been something so when the time comes that i can afford a new rifle i will get something else . dunno why everyone thinks they are heavy guess i was always used to lugging th 8mm round cos i consider the zastava to be light.
on the first hunt the end cap off the pistol grip fell off so have glued a brass cap in stamped with the calibre
and one day i was showing the wife the difference between types of safetys ...... the old brno with the safety on the bolt locking the firing pin , then the zastava which locks the trigger which when i dry fired goes click and well obviously it didnt work screw must have worked loose as it did function when i bought it. pulled it out of the stock and reset it . check it now before i use it every time

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Well that 308 Mauser I bought off you has been adequate. I got used to the weight.

I am just after a quieter stainless steel rifle :)

love both of mine...the .223 is an honest sub inch rifle no matter which load we use...the .308 kils deer fine and dandy...what more can a fella ask????