375 Zastava M70

[sestoppelman]

They are mostly very good rifles.
Was sort of taking a mental inventory the other day and found that I own probably more Winchesters than any other make as well, from bolts to levers to semi autos even.

 

[sgt_zim]

My thoughts on the Zastava MK M70 prior to buying one second hand was they were a very roughly finished POS. I purchaced one in 375H&H for $725.00
from a person that decided that ammo was too expensive & recoil from the bench with 300 grain factory ammo was too much, it had 15 rounds through it. I thought may be i could turn a pigs ear into a silk purse.
On stripping the rifle down & cleaning it up the metal work is very well finished. An all steel M98. With an Excellent internal barrel finish with a fully adjustable trigger, now set at 3 pounds.
The stock is very poorly finished & poorly bedded i think they must have a rat at the factory that chews out the barrel channel & with a brown finish like mud hiding some reasonable timber, after some reshaping & fitting a steel grip cap & Ebony fore end tip & Epoxy bedding the action it looks much better .
The magazine holds 3 it feeds & extracts like silk & i can not see how the action length or magazine is too short for the 375.
In all i think they are a hidden gem .

I have a high spot on my extractor that prevents the bolt from falling open from gravity. I worked on it with Flitz for a while, guess I'll need to take mine to somebody who knows what they're doing. Probably also have them polish up the bolt channels while they're at it.

But yeah, otherwise, quite a good rifle. I refinished the wood on mine with Belen's, think I'm going to have somebody cerakote it.

 

[sestoppelman]

I have a high spot on my extractor that prevents the bolt from falling open from gravity. I worked on it with Flitz for a while, guess I'll need to take mine to somebody who knows what they're doing. Probably also have them polish up the bolt channels while they're at it.

But yeah, otherwise, quite a good rifle. I refinished the wood on mine with Belen's, think I'm going to have somebody cerakote it.

Extractor drag is pretty common with all Mauser actions.

 

[sgt_zim]

That's where it catches on the way out, about 2" behind the bolt face. It falls due to gravity to that spot, and a little bump will have gravity pull it the rest of the way out.

 

[sestoppelman]

Pretty normal.

 

[rdog]

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That's where it catches on the way out, about 2" behind the bolt face. It falls due to gravity to that spot, and a little bump will have gravity pull it the rest of the way out.

Looking at the finish on the bolt the whole thing needs polishing , easy to do remove the extractor dissemble the bolt polish the bolt & extractor starting with
600 grit & finishing with 1000 grit emery cloth , wash in solvent & oil .

 

[rdog]

Looking at the finish on the bolt the whole thing needs polishing , easy to do remove the extractor dissemble the bolt polish the bolt & extractor starting with
600 grit & finishing with 1000 grit emery cloth , wash in solvent & oil .

A easy way to polish Mauser bolt race ways,remove barreled action from the stock remove the bolt stop ejector box, cut a piece of timber about 12 inches long & 1/4 high & a little narrower than the race way width , wrap it with 800 grit wet & dry paper & glue the paper to the timber with contact adhesive, slide the wood in & out from the rear of action & polish the race ways. Wash out the residue with solvent & blow off with compressed air
& patch out barrel & re oil

 

[rdog]

They are mostly very good rifles.
Was sort of taking a mental inventory the other day and found that I own probably more Winchesters than any other make as well, from bolts to levers to semi autos even.

My eldest son now 51 has 8 Winchester mod 70s a 243, 257 Roberts , 7x57, 270 ,
30/06 , 300 win mag, 338 win mag, & a 300 wsm. & 2 mod 94s 30/30 & 38/55.