Thread: Zastava m85

Thanks Guys makes me feel positive about getting it now. Just have to figure how to move it from South Canterbury to here.

Originally Posted by Tasbay

Thanks Guys makes me feel positive about getting it now. Just have to figure how to move it from South Canterbury to here.

I may be able to help with that @Tasbay.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

well let me put a different opinion out there
they are awesome rifles
I own two of them
one in .223 one in .308
both Ive rebedded,the .223 with a hot glue gun 5min job (18 years on its still doing good) the .308 got the works,a Nathan Foster bedding kit used.
both shoot better than I can..the .223 will be half inch if I do my bit,the .308 doesnt get on paper often but it was sub inch last time I sighted it in
rough bolt....set infront of telly and work the plurry thing for 15mins at a time over a week...smooths it out well...sure its never going to be sako smooth buts its better than a norinco by a country mile...and they work ok too if you dont baby them.
breaking extractors is (I believe ) common if you take a mauser action and single feed round then force bolt to override rim rather than mag feed...never been an issue for me....and sometimes I will single feed a round in.
dont over full the mag....they fit one more round than they should and dont feed it well...
I cant see me ever selling the .223,the .308 was aquired in a horse trade ,didnt need it as such ,already owning a poohseventy and a shorty bush hobbits bush rifle...BUT its sort of grown on me being long and heavy makes it soft to shoot,the couple of animals its been pointed at in anger have all fallen over quite dead so it may stay in my possession for ever too.

I've found single feeding that way just jams the round in the chamber and the extractor can't get past.

the issue is that with most scope mounts you can't drop it onto the bolt face as you would with stripper clips.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I may be able to help with that @Tasbay.

Thanks Gadget, Have a mate picking it up for me and will hold it. Good excuse for a wallaby trip.

Originally Posted by Tasbay

Thanks Gadget, Have a mate picking it up for me and will hold it. Good excuse for a wallaby trip.

No prob. My wagon and trailer are scheduled to wander up to Nelson next Friday.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

I've found single feeding that way just jams the round in the chamber and the extractor can't get past.

the issue is that with most scope mounts you can't drop it onto the bolt face as you would with stripper clips.

Is your extractor the same as this? When the bolts open its at 11 oclock and the round rides under it on chambering from the floorplate. Ive never had problems with single feeding the only time ive had fail to extracts is with steel cases and opening the bolt slowly like you would if you decided not to shoot and went back to "half cock"

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Is your extractor the same as this? When the bolts open its at 11 oclock and the round rides under it on chambering from the floorplate. Ive never had problems with single feeding the only time ive had fail to extracts is with steel cases and opening the bolt slowly like you would if you decided not to shoot and went back to "half cock"

No. Mine has a much larger extractor claw. That goes along the length of the bolt.

When it opens it is at 2 o clock.

so....the one shown above (same as my .223) works/preforms more like a post 64 winchester push fed action
and the other type is more like a pre 64 winchester/true mauser

I Think people are getting confused and its the norincos that break the extracter claw....there was a chap making them out of car spring a while back..

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

No. Mine has a much larger extractor claw. That goes along the length of the bolt.

When it opens it is at 2 o clock.

That's my zastavas bolt (223) and yes from the business end its 2 oclock open. Just called someone with a more recent early serbian marked one bought in 2011 and the extractors the same. Maybe theyve changed the design to controlled feed?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

That's my zastavas bolt (223) and yes from the business end its 2 oclock open. Just called someone with a more recent early serbian marked one bought in 2011 and the extractors the same. Maybe theyve changed the design to controlled feed?

Mine is a model 98. The original M 85 hahah