Finally got a chance to shoot it. The accuracy was disappointing, at least compared to the Howa. Tried 8 or 9 different loads, cheap wolf, golden tiger, etc.......along with some brass ammo, American Eagle, PPU and Hornady Black SST. Everything pretty much sucked. 2.5 maybe 2 MOA at 100 was the best I got. Most where 3+ MOA! Actually shot 124 FMJ Golden tiger as well as anything, and that?s good because I?ve got ship load of it! IDK, 6,7,8000+ rounds of it. Anyway I?ll work a handload or two and see what happens.
And.........the internal mag is very fiddlely to load. The first round want to slide underneath the bolt and jam. Once that happens, there?s no forcing the other ro7nds on top to try and push the first round into position. The trick seems to be, load the gun with it level, and things go much smoother. And brass ammo loads much easier the poly or lacquered steel. Who knew?
I also made the mistake of using a full rail. There?s just not enough room, at least for me, to comfortably load the gun with a full rail. It was the first thing I came across for the gun, so, went with it. It?s coming off as soon as possible and replaced with either 2 piece bases or ?backcountry? style rings.
The good news is, picked up the CZ on the way home from the range. I got lucky and won the wood lottery, it?s got pretty nice grain orientation and an appealing color. Almost Teak like. Anyway, I?m very happy with it, hope it shoots. The CZ is a true ?Mauser? type action where the Zastava is more of a conventional push feed, even though they claim it’s a “mini Mauser”. CZ fit and finish, machine work and bolt manipulation all feel/look better with the CZ, much nicer. Of course it cost $100 more too. What?s the saying, ?you?ll continue to enjoy the quality, long after the price point is forgotten?.
Edited: also, what’s up with all the quotation marks in my post, being replaced with question marks? This has been going on for a while, kind of irritating!
And.........the internal mag is very fiddlely to load. The first round want to slide underneath the bolt and jam. Once that happens, there?s no forcing the other ro7nds on top to try and push the first round into position. The trick seems to be, load the gun with it level, and things go much smoother. And brass ammo loads much easier the poly or lacquered steel. Who knew?
I also made the mistake of using a full rail. There?s just not enough room, at least for me, to comfortably load the gun with a full rail. It was the first thing I came across for the gun, so, went with it. It?s coming off as soon as possible and replaced with either 2 piece bases or ?backcountry? style rings.
The good news is, picked up the CZ on the way home from the range. I got lucky and won the wood lottery, it?s got pretty nice grain orientation and an appealing color. Almost Teak like. Anyway, I?m very happy with it, hope it shoots. The CZ is a true ?Mauser? type action where the Zastava is more of a conventional push feed, even though they claim it’s a “mini Mauser”. CZ fit and finish, machine work and bolt manipulation all feel/look better with the CZ, much nicer. Of course it cost $100 more too. What?s the saying, ?you?ll continue to enjoy the quality, long after the price point is forgotten?.
Edited: also, what’s up with all the quotation marks in my post, being replaced with question marks? This has been going on for a while, kind of irritating!