Back in the 80s, the Bulgarian Border Army captured two of these, and my unit was given one to play with. We did not know what to do with it. We did not have much of the right ammo, the optics would not fit our rails, etc. At the end we just replaced the optics' rail, and stuck it on an old rifle, which I think was an ancient Mossin-Nagant. Then at some point we came into quite a bit of 7.92x57 ammo, and decided to try shooting it (without optics). It was surprisingly accurate... the actual snipers said it was worse than the Dragunov, but I thought it was a much friendlier gun. Way more accurate than an AK, and a much better gun to have in the Rodopi mountains, where we had to operate for a while. As no one was tracking its ammo, we used it as a hunting rifle, to supplement our rations, which were pilfered by everyone in the supply chain. This gun will always have a place in my heart... by way of the stomach.

@therideneverends1697

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting story! out of curiosity in the 80s was bulgaria issueing AK74s commonly or was it still largely Milled 7.62 guns?

@WardenWolf

4 жыл бұрын

That's a great story! Thank you for sharing! I have a VEPR .308 with a 16" barrel for similar reasons: it's a lightweight, handy, heavy-hitting rifle.

@negativeanalysis

4 жыл бұрын

love these types of comments

@FlamosSnow

4 жыл бұрын

It is awesome to meet a fellow bulgarian with such stories. Thank you for sharing

@Ethnarches

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this great story! If you have any other stories about your time in the army or about the guns, please do share that as well. Thank you and all the best!

I honestly can't believe how lucky we are to have someone like Ian, making all of this amazing historical content that would otherwise been largely obscured and forgotten. He is truly a pillar of this community and I can't appreciate him enough.

@mabamabam

4 жыл бұрын

Are there some kind of citizens awards in the US that would recognise Ian for his services as a historian?

@marks_sparks1

4 жыл бұрын

@@mabamabam top award for a civilian is the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It's been awarded by various presidents to political supporters over the last 20 years, so Ian is more than worthy to receive that award or any other honour below it.

@connfizzle882

4 жыл бұрын

Amen! The dedication of the man is truly astonishing. Most content creators offer 1/2 quality videos a week, or 1 rubbish one per day. Yet Ian not only manages a truly intriguing video every day, but manages to get nearly all historical/ mechanical information accurately without clearly reading a script. His LMP April Fools video still stands out in my mind as a work of true off- script mastery.

@wehex6947

3 жыл бұрын

ionic pillar

@mladengrozdanovic5515

3 жыл бұрын

This is still very good and danger veapon, with that price and simple sistem that's best

Contrary to the Dragunov, this is an actually scaled-up AK.

@Iroc3132

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty interesting how many different variations there are of scaled up AKs. Always thought the psl was the outlier.

@yungpindakaas

4 жыл бұрын

sooo basically if you turn this action upside down you have a PK machinegun? As thats basically an upscaled AK put upside down to make it able to belt feed.

@anh413

4 жыл бұрын

Iroc3132 Brandon Herrera: 50BMG AK

@762gunr

4 жыл бұрын

Just like the PSL. This is common knowledge.

@Authan65

4 жыл бұрын

Guns N' Games almost like he said that

Zastava's Heavy Hit- wait, what? Ah, HITTER

@fuhq5121

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@matejmatej3554

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@memillionthdoot4436

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Khalrua

4 жыл бұрын

me too

@KazzArie

4 жыл бұрын

Me three

An AK based DMR in 8mm Mauser.... I'm salivating

@winkleried

4 жыл бұрын

Sockem Wait till you shoot it. I am competing with one in a two gun shoot in MO next week.

@murderouskitten2577

4 жыл бұрын

you are not alone in this activity my friend :)

@paulramsey5695

4 жыл бұрын

Im shaking and drooling like a rabid dog foaming at the mouth i want one sooo bad

@winkleried

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Ramsey Assault Weapons of Ohio is where I got mine from. They still have them in stock.

@winkleried

4 жыл бұрын

Red Bull Sauber Petronas Until it comes to the cost of feeding it here in the United States. Then the PSL is better.

My father was in the Yugoslav army and he was the best shooter at his academy one year. That same year some important people from the Soviet Union came to visit his academy and he had 2 weeks and 2000 bullets to practice for that day. They gave him a task to shoot at targets as far as 1800 meters to impress the important military dudes, and he made hits. He never told me how big the targets were, but I recall for certain that he told me if you were good enough you could hit a man sized target up to 900 meters away without much trouble. Edit: forgot to mention he used the M76

@Windwalker85

Жыл бұрын

Dude, what is your father's name? I think my dad knows him - they served together probably, I remember this same story being told to me by my father.

@690409

Жыл бұрын

Shit you guys must be fucking with me, ive heard the exact same story from my father. Where did you dads serve?

Forgotten Weapons doing a lot of Yugo guns. Love how Zastava Arms is getting a lot of credit.

@Rake3577

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently zastava guns aren’t popular in the Middle East because they overheat faster then other Eastern European weapons, maybe it’s a metallurgy problem, if they fix it I guarantee they will become very popular because the designs are very appealing

@zacharyrollick6169

4 жыл бұрын

They also make new production Tokarevs.

@Pajdas610

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rake3577 Yugoslav era ones are usually better quality.

@altergreenhorn

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rake3577 Yugoslavia sold a lot of guns to the Arab countries back in time for example in the time of iraq-Iran war Yugoslavia sold weapons to the both sides my grandfather as engineer worked in both countries during the war because yugoslavia build a lot of staf there he went to the museum of captured guns in Iraq and he recognised a lot of C. Zastava guns a few years later he was in Iran and visited their museum of captured Iraki guns and there was C. Zastava weapons as well (Crvena Zastava vas a complete name back in yugoslavia and mean Crvena-Red Zastava-Flag About Irak he recognized same buildings blown up by the US during invasion as his building when he watched TV it was quite emotional for him. If I remembered right even one of the Saddam bunkers was made by yugoslavia but I'm not shure if I remember right cant ask anymore.

@pauldavidson6321

4 жыл бұрын

Zastava make very good bolt action sporting rifles as well.

"It is illuminated by tritium" - well, not any more - "which has a half life of 12 years" - nice.

@elu9780

4 жыл бұрын

Rise and shine, Mister Freeman. Rise and... shine. Not that I imply you've not been cleaning your guns... No one is more deserving of a G11, and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until … well … let's just say your hour has come again. The right man in the wrong gun warehouse can make all the difference … in the world. So, wake up, Mister Freeman. Wake up and … smell the gunpowder.

@okarowarrior

4 жыл бұрын

@@elu9780 λ

@HappyBeezerStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure tritium could be sourced to "refill" the optics. Assuming that it could actually be revived that way.

@mikesweeney5244

4 жыл бұрын

Bombard with isotopes in a reactor?Whole gun would glow!

@Sockem1223

4 жыл бұрын

@@HappyBeezerStudios scope is completely sealed you can't just open it in a non-destructive way

Dang I remember drooling over these as a kid in the j&g sales catalog and shotgun news back in the day. Still Would love one today.

@mosinnagant266

4 жыл бұрын

You can get a M76 built by Assault weapons of Ohio(weird name I know). They use all matching parts kits and you don’t have to completely pay them till their done. I have one made by them and I love it.

@therideneverends1697

4 жыл бұрын

@@mosinnagant266 How much did yours run you? i seem to recall it used to be around 12 but now their website says call in

@bobthompson4319

4 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing one somewhere that had a 30rnd magazine. I think it was in 30-06. Or am I mistaken? Has anyone else seen something like that?

@bobthompson4319

4 жыл бұрын

Now there's also some AR platforms that are 30-06 .300 wim mag ect and are around the same price point

@wpeniche

4 жыл бұрын

Justin it’s funny you mention the J&G as that’s where I got mine from

The gun has a out of battery safety that the ATF considers a Auto Sear. Instead of removing the sear a plugging the hole the receivers have to be destroyed. The ATFs logic is astounding.

@Orzorn

4 жыл бұрын

Typical ATF bullcrap. They can't make up their mind and when they do it causes companies and people undue amounts of stress and financial harm.

@kushkiller7108

4 жыл бұрын

You just have to remember that the ATF is stil part of the US government. Even though it should be better, it never will be.

@michaellesak6912

4 жыл бұрын

That’s because the ‘out of battery safety’ is in fact an auto sear in other rifles. That means a full auto fire control group from an ak would fit in its place, meaning the rifle is easily convertible into a machine gun. Plugging a hole is insufficient to change its ability to accept machine gun parts, the receiver needed to be redesigned so that many hours of precision machining work would need to be done before it could accept machine gun parts. This isn’t hard to follow, this is how the law has worked for decades.

@sandep1

4 жыл бұрын

Here in Italy all the M76 has been confiscated and the importers are in judicial action due to the fact that disconnector and bolt carrier has not been modified before selling the rifle. :(

@ivanhorvat1995

4 жыл бұрын

The rifle fires fully auto if you set it to the right position between safe and semi - auto, a not so well known fact of the M76.

You can tell Ian is a big Zastava fan by the way of his accurate prounanciation

Ahh yes... Yugo Mauser AK Dragunov

Markings on the scope: levo-left desno-right gore-up dole-down I also heard that you could make it full auto if you stick the safety lever in the inbetween position but idk if it's true

@BaldursLicht

4 жыл бұрын

It is true, but not funny with 8mm Mauser😂

@gcart7675

4 жыл бұрын

BaldursLicht its not funny either way itd be awesome to have a full auto setting just in case you needed it in close quarters

@sandep1

4 жыл бұрын

It's true, infact in Italy all the M76 has been confiscated and the importers are in judicial action due to the fact that disconnector and bolt carrier has not been modified before selling the rifle. :(

@gcart7675

4 жыл бұрын

Alessandro Depetri shoulda fought for your right to keep them whether you have a constituion like ours or not tyranny should bever be accepted

@winkleried

4 жыл бұрын

Not true. Sadly that rumor has been used to confiscate these rifles in Europe. Italy I am looking at you....

Grandfathers friend , was in Yugaslav military and by some epic miracle ( Yugaslavia was not part of soviet block )managed to get one with him after he moved to be our neighbor ( in Latvia , LPSR ) . Used it as hunting rifle and even gramps was praising it as good rifle. Then again , it was mid 80ties , the time when guys where smugling living crocodiles over borders , by wraping a living crocodile baby around body and leg with duct tape and one guy even managed to steal and trade red army's BDRM for Ford Escort :D

Zrak isn't an abbreviation, it means ray and it's the name of the company based in Sarajevo that used to make them.

@mkgzt

3 жыл бұрын

zraka is ray, zrak means 'air'

@_evil00_

3 жыл бұрын

@@mkgzt Not in Serbian.

Looking forward to the range time on this weapon. Another comment mentioned this weapon as an item his unit captured in the 80s. I was also active duty ( late 1987 to early 1996) and I remember weapons that (if I remember correctly) seemed similar (but I cannot say if it was this item just a longer barreled AK with a scope) unfortunately I didn’t pay any attention at the time and honestly didn’t care. While I would never want to repeat that period in my life, I do wish I had pictures of the unique weapons that I saw.(Edit: I didn’t even own a camera back then.) Just the pictures alone would have been a great collection to show my grandsons. Thank you Mr Ian for all the time and effort you put into this fantastic content! I wish good health and all the best to you and yours!

First thing I noticed when I first picked one up was how seemingly _massive_ the furniture is, especially the pistol grip.

This is my favorite Yugoslavian firearm. Edit: I checked out Black Arrow/M93 and Black Spear/M12. M93 is now my favorite.

@nesa1126

4 жыл бұрын

Not a Black Arrow?

@KristianHerdi

4 жыл бұрын

@@nesa1126 He doesn't know what Black Arrow is!

@ognjenradosavljevic9519

4 жыл бұрын

@Kilroy Robo the m93 black arrow and m12 black spear are serbian-made anti-materiel rifles :)

@northernu.s.a3995

3 жыл бұрын

I want a M93 Black Arrow so bad!

AK-47 but the dudes are way over there

@pulkinpulman2028

4 жыл бұрын

That's what i thought

@tacticalsocialist8060

3 жыл бұрын

The gun is based on a Zastava M70

@gasperpancur8142

3 жыл бұрын

and you only have german bullets

Hi. That was my weapon in 1990 serving Yugoslav Army as a sniper unit.Respect for video.

@klaw8336

3 жыл бұрын

gdje si ratovao

@SHOX551

3 жыл бұрын

@@klaw8336 .. skinuo se pre rata.. Inace u Kočevski Reki

Once again proving that ATF should be a convenience store, not a government bureaucracy.

Fun fact, it can shoot full automatic! Tried it several times, you need to push fire selector just pass fire position and the miracle is bound to happen. You can be trained to give two or three rounds bursts and they can be very effective. Keep up the great work, regards from Serbia

Woohoo! Nothing like Forgotten Weapons in the morning.

@sorryociffer

4 жыл бұрын

This and Flannel daddy...

@hardware199

4 жыл бұрын

smell of napalm beats it

@gonnegottkehaskamp1667

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuagibson2520 Garand Thumb

@williamjackson5942

4 жыл бұрын

@Judge Dredd Every one is affected by the incompetence of agent orange!

@ArjunaKunti

4 жыл бұрын

I like the smell of The Forgotten Weapons in the morning!

"Join me tomorrow out at the range" Already had the calendar marked like every other Saturday :)

Brandon Herrera would absolutely fall head over heels in love with this rifle.

@weebtrash6177

4 жыл бұрын

You forget he has his mind fixed on making the AK .50

@andrewstewart1464

4 жыл бұрын

It would still be a great thing to mess around with in the interim, at least until the AK .50 is released . . . in 2050.

My father used to be a marksman for the Yugoslav army in 1990. He barely avoided millitary action because it was the year before the war. He got the marksman role because he had some experience with air rifles in the past and got this rifle as his main weapon. He doesn't want to talk about it that much though because it was depressing knowing that some day, all of the friendships that have been made in the army would be torn apart by war and ethnical conflict.

@chrisredfield8590

3 жыл бұрын

Svaka čast za komentar,ova zadnja rečenica me točno rastužila. Inače iako sam 1993. godište i rođen sam u Zagrebu baš žalim za Jugoslavijom.Nikad nisam živio u njoj,ali po pričanju ljudi koje poznajem koji nisu nacionalisti i pogotovo po tome što su mi mama i baka pričale,vidim da je tad prijateljstvo i sloga bila puno veća.Ljudi iz Jugoslavije su se slagali i bili kao braća (osim iznimaka koji su oduvijek bili idioti).Takva šteta što se zbog prokletih političara i njihove korisiti sve raspalo.Inače ne pripadam ni jednoj političkoj stranci niti ih podržavam,ali mogu ti reći kao nepristrana osoba da stanje u Hrvatskoj ne može biti gore nego što trenutno je.Sve je prepuno nacionalista i mrzitelja,ustaštvo se promovira i promiče kao nešto najnormalnije i časno,ljudi tj. ovce glasaju za jednu te istu stranku jer ih smatraju domoljubima,ali ih ta ista stranka pokrada na svakom koraku i manipulira s njima da je to prestrašno.Točno me sram pred Srbijom i ostatkom svijeta u što se ta država pretvorila.Pokušavaju na sve načine naći razlog da vas proglase zlim,lošim i koljačima,iako sam tokom života upoznao puno Srba s kojima sam sklopio lijepša prijateljstva nego s bilo kojim Hrvatom.Sve ta tuga,bol,nepravda i razdor koji se dogodio između milijuna ljudi jedne lijepe države je da bi profitiralo nekoliko stotina đubradi koji su je na posljetku i uništili.Takva šteta.Pozdravi soca i reci mu da Jugoslavija nikad neće potpuno nestati dok god žive ljudi poput njega i moje mame.

@flameuptheherbwoofdownthebeer

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisredfield8590 Veliki respect za komentar, takvi ljudi kao ti bi nam veoma trebali na balkanu, a ne nacionalisti koji bacaju uvrede okolo svaki dan. Pozdrav iz Srbije!

"Tune in tomorrow, same Gun Jesus time, same Gun Jesus channel."

@StefanBlagojevic

4 жыл бұрын

@ James Uthmann Let's hope Ian figured out how to zero DMR's with sniping scopes offset to the left, as he did an EPIC FAIL with a same pattern rifle, the Zastava M91 (same rifle only in 7.62x54R). Fired twenty rounds, failed to zero the sights, indeed, stay tuned!

@seanseanston

4 жыл бұрын

RIP Adam West ;_; 7

After watching a video that you made using this rifle in a two gun match I had to buy one too. I got mine from AWO, I really like it too. Thanks for sharing yours Ian. Oh there is a guy back on the east coast that works on the scopes too should you ever need it repaired.

Yugoslav weapons are so cool. I love them.

Now I finally know that this thing in the scope is a rangefinder. I always thought that is for general distance without having to adjust

I managed to adapt a PSO 8x42 to my M76 by way of utilizing an SVD clamp. Some simple adjustments and it's on there rock solid! Really shines when complemented with match grade 8mm!

Man you post these vids at 5 in the morning for me and it's worth it

ian is single-handedly gonna boost zastava arms' sales with his videos, really cool to see how much people like our guns

I would love to see Ian get his hands on an intact M64. That would be amazing!!!!!

When i saw that hazard sign on the scope, i was like: "Hello, tritium, nice to see you again!" I had to wait for Ian's confirmation, and as soon as i recovered from the spontaneous outburst of laughter, i commented... Yes, i enjoy these videos that much! Thank you for teaching me new things, and for the good fun!

forgotten weapons aka Ian's ever growing collection of really cool guns and hats.

funnily enough, i just finished watching the Dragunov and the PSL video so i thought this was just a video recommended by YT for that reason, until i noticed it said the vid was only 1 hour old

Woah nice gun Ian!

I have one, about ten years ago a batch was imported trough a Dutch dealer. They were in brand new condition and sold for 750€ including the scope and pouch with spare mag and cleaning kit. Used they go for 500€.

I still remember when a small lot of these came into the country and were sold, only for the BATFE to discover that they came with the safety sear installed. Sadly, they all had to be returned and demilled into parts kits. Crazy!-John in Texas

Original military M76 had the same trigger group as the M70, which means that you can fire it in full-auto if you put the selector at the right spot. It's not recommended though :/

@winkleried

4 жыл бұрын

Mehmed Čvorić I and other M-76 owners would love to see official documentation of the full auto ability of this rifle. That rumor is being used to confiscate M-76 rifle in various countries.

@PeliKarhu600

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@den2k885

4 жыл бұрын

@@winkleried in Italy. About 1500 confiscated rifles with no refund and no evidence of this behavior.

@Aaaa-tv6iw

4 жыл бұрын

@@den2k885 www.armietiro.it/sequestro-generale-degli-zastava-m76-armi-6033 In some rifles, placing the fire selector in the intermediate position between the safety and semi-automatic fire allowed the full-auto.

@jten1116

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aaaa-tv6iw Next video of Forgotten Weapons " Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another video of Forgotten Weapons, I'm Ian McCollum and today we can't do any shooting with my M76. This unpleasantness is caused by some comments on my previous video which lead ATF to confiscate all M76 rifles in USA since some guy in Italy was said to be able to fire M76 in fullauto. Italy has its share of cool weapons by the way, for instance Carcanos which I just made series of videos, I will post a link below. Anyways, back to M76. Now this fullauto feature is all a rumor, sorts of, but it lead to my neighbors dog being shot after ATF went by mistake to his place instead of mine. At any rate, tune in to another video tomorrow about Forgotten Shanks in federal prisons. Thanks for watching!"

- Mom, can we have, an SVD? - No, there is an SVD at home. The SVD at home:

@owllymannstein7113

4 жыл бұрын

Except this happens to be better than the svd.

@avtomaticeskijrazdatcikgus2713

4 жыл бұрын

@@owllymannstein7113 How?

@owllymannstein7113

4 жыл бұрын

The ergonomics are much better, its chambered for a round that is more suited for a semi-auto and its designed for use with a surpressor. .

@F1ghteR41

4 жыл бұрын

@@owllymannstein7113 How exactly is it better in terms of ergonomics and why on Earth is 7.92×57 is 'more suited for a semi-auto', given its ungodly recoil impulse? Not to mention that it's not exactly built for accuracy even by DMR standards.

@owllymannstein7113

4 жыл бұрын

Have you never handled a PSL or Dragunov? The grips are too big and the stocks are much too short. 8mm mauser is more suited to a semi-auto because its rimless (and is more inherently accurate because its a straight walled case). For instance the SVD mag took years to design to prevent rim lock. You are also incorrect that the 7.9x57 has a worse recoil impulse than 7.62x54r, loaded with similar weight bullets with similar pressure rounds they will both recoil about the same in similar weight guns. 8mm mauser has the perception of a worse recoil because most military loads are 198 grain bullets (or the 154 grain Turk surplus, which is loaded very hot), while most military 7.62x54r are between 147 and 160 grains.

Sharp looking weapon. Hope it shoots as good as it looks. Can't wait to find out.

I have a century arms VSKA in 7.62x39mm and I love it. Rings steel constantly at 400 yards, the only issue I had with it is when I bought it, the reset spring wasn't on the trigger bar so it didnt reset. Fixxed that before the first range outing. Being through 1k rounds so far and no hiccups

Well, Dragunov and equivalents were not really a Squad-level weapon. At least with the Dragunov, It was one rifle per platoon according to US Manuals. But then again, Apparently M60 was never part of US rifle squad.

@raics101

4 жыл бұрын

And it wasn't, M60 was typically carried by a single guy going alone into the jungle, laughing like a maniac in 7.62x51, from the hip :)

@hjorturerlend

4 жыл бұрын

It was embedded into one of the 3 rifle squads, replacing a rifleman. Hence the confusion. Makes sense to do it that way when you consider that the platoon and squads are organized around BMPs and BTRs, tho I guess you could also have put the marksman in the commanders vehicle.

@Turgz

4 жыл бұрын

You're right, the SVD is a platoon level weapon. They're issued to the support squad where the PK, grenade MGs and RPGs are. A russian sniper with an SVD is not the equivalent of a western squad designated marksman and other soviet countries copied the russian sniper doctrine, not western doctrine.

@chromicm6686

4 жыл бұрын

@@Strawberry92fs looking something like this www.battleorder.org/ussr-bmp-1980s

@izvitz

4 жыл бұрын

There were various organizational changes through the years; certain BTR & MT-LB equipped units had one issued to each squad/3 per platoon, while others only had one per platoon. There were different organizations in various Warsaw Pact countries - East Germany appears to have only issued one per company. Poland issued one per platoon like the Soviets, however, unlike the Soviets, the sniper/marksman stayed with the Lieutenant and platoon Sargeant in a 3 man cell. Romania seems to have over produced the PSL to the point where every infantry squad had one, to even include some of the 'Patriotic Guards' militia units. The above mainly applies to mid to late 1980s and onward (yes I'm aware by this point Romania was no longer a WP nation) As for Yugoslavia (again from the mid to late 1980s and onward) M76s were issued one per squad in mountain, light infantry and APC equipped mechanized infantry formations; none were issued to units equipped with IFVs. This is of course 'on paper' only and things probably varied on the ground.

Лепо друже, лепо.

In my town Kiseljak in Bosnia ZRAK had a factory and it was abandend but the machines are still in there for making the scopes . I would love to see the rebirth of this .

One of my favorite DMRs honestly, i might get one in the future

This was my favorite gun in the old 0.692 version of the OGSE mod for STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl. Accurate, powerful, decently light and pretty easy to get one too.

I love the straight line stock on these rifles, I wonder what a regular AK would be like with the M76 style wood stocks. It's almost like an M16 stock, except in wood.

@michaelhatfield3430

4 жыл бұрын

Look at the Zastava M70

@jessb91106

4 жыл бұрын

My only experience with straight line AK stocks is through the Magpul Zhukov stock. Speaking bluntly it is miserable. Because of the recoil of the 7.62x36 it sure beats the hell out of your cheek.

@PeliKarhu600

4 жыл бұрын

RK-62 wood stocks are best

@winkleried

4 жыл бұрын

The standard AK stock would be Way too short for the eye relief for the optic.

@jakalmekara

3 жыл бұрын

straight line stocks help with the upward twisting force coming from the recoil as far as i know

Thanks for the constant vids

Hi. Nice video. In fact the M77 (in 7,62x51 Nato) was used by Cyprus national guard as their standard assault rifle in the early 80s (it was Cyprus standard assault rifle together with Greek made G-3s until recently). They decided to sell them to Lebanon in 2017-2018...

"Replaced by M91 in 7.62x54r" No, not that M91

Been shot at by that one for years in croatia

@caveman7729

4 жыл бұрын

@CIA BETA Wing yes .. was a nice shot

@florianschobesberger7244

4 жыл бұрын

@@caveman7729 whoosh. Then you could not write that comment. Logic

@eygon7925

4 жыл бұрын

The history Yugoslavia is beyond depressing god help the rodents there

@Dapstart

4 жыл бұрын

Hans Florian Schobesberger you're dumb haha

WooHoo! Been waiting for you to do this rifle. I want one in a bad way, but they're hard to find.

Wish I had a love for yugo rifle's back when the Century M77 was being sold for $600. Most of the ones I've seen have been made into M76 clones and used dremel converted M14 magazines, pretty clever way to get around the issue of ammo and magazines for the US shooter while getting the same M76 shooting experience. Maybe someday though.

I see Zastava, I click like.

Imagine being a sniper and then suddenly the "someone is using night vision" pops up

@singularkakapo

4 жыл бұрын

Especially during the day

@peepsbates

4 жыл бұрын

"You cannot fast travel when enemies are nearby"

its Yugo AK with an yugo mauser 98 surplus barrel (shortened). if anyone dreamt to have an Semiauto mauser here it is.

@jic1

4 жыл бұрын

Or they could get the (admittedly much rarer) Gewehr 41(M), the *actual* Mauser semi-auto.

Can't wait for the range video! I've got one of these (albeit modified to be legal in the UK -no working gas system, straight pull/single shot) and it is my absolute favourite rifle! It came to me from Serbia via Luxembourg, so everything matches. A very comfortable rifle to shoot and cycles well, even for a straight pull. It is effortlessly accurate, although I've only shot it to 300m. The Zrac optics are very good. Once the zombie apocalypse, sorry Covid 19 lock-down is lifted and the ranges are open again, I'm really looking forward to taking it down to one of the sniper ranges down here on the SE English coast and seeing how she does. I know all you US based guys will call this rifle 'neutered' but self-loaders are illegal in the UK, so straight pulls are the only way we have to shoot these rifles (and many others) So I'd rather have a 'neutered' M-76 than not having one at all.

@ScottKenny1978

4 жыл бұрын

How did the neuter yours? Just weld up the gas port? Or make you remove the piston?

@stewartspinrad5971

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScottKenny1978 The conversion was done by a licenced company in Luxembourg who permanently closed off the gas port, permanently fixed the gas tube to the perforated gas block and receiver and took the end off the piston, then proofed as an EU category C firearm at Liege before being imported as a UK section 1 firearm. This process can only legally be accomplished in Europe by government licenced companies.

Hi Ian. I'm very interested to see your full firearms collection. Would it be possible for you to do a video on it?? It would be friggin awesome💪🏻🔥

@duncangarrett3946

4 жыл бұрын

He already did a while ago

@duncangarrett3946

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4OiqsGdlbW6eNo.html

@jic1

4 жыл бұрын

@@duncangarrett3946 As it says in the title, that's only *"some* of Ian's Gun Collection".

I have wondered what was the thinking behind adding thumbhole stocks to the Dragunov rifles instead of pistol grip and separate stock?

@czwarty7878

4 жыл бұрын

maybe strengthened the construction while allowing to skeletonize the stock to save weight

@cheyannei5983

4 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was a cost-saving measure. Even "cheap" stamped metal parts are not actually that cheap to produce, but you can make thousands of stocks with a jig, a saw, and some sandpaper without needing new tooling. Meanwhile, dies wear out all the time, stamped metal still has to be welded, etc, etc.

@sanguinemoon9201

4 жыл бұрын

I think that was discussed in one of the videos he did with Max Poppenker. Said it came from saving weight, adding strength, and still using prone technique used by precision shooters like Dragunov was. I may be remembering that slightly skewed, but that would make sense either way.

@paulelliott6673

4 жыл бұрын

Thumbhole stocks are supposed to help accuracy. To the point that in some target shooting classes they are disqualified.

love the M76 I've had one for years and love shooting it with the M75 sniper ball after I put in a RSA triger and a better scope I was able to get 1.25-1.6 moa groups with the M75 ball and hand loads

Whatever anyone says, my first hand experience with this rifle is that it is very accurate in capable and trained hands. Mind this: I've fired many hundreds if not more than a thousand bullets from this rifle, many of those at distances of 800m or more.

I'm not an AK guy; I am much more a Stoner groupie, but there's something undeniably elegant about this gun.

the radioactive symbol on the scope means business

@Taistelukalkkuna

4 жыл бұрын

*Uses the scope* Hey, why is my eye glowing?

@alexxu3004

4 жыл бұрын

@@Taistelukalkkuna no longer need flashlight at night

@HPSmugscraft

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexxu3004 you see, Ivan...

These are still issued in the Slovenian army, and I have handled quite a number of them and have not seen this system of the gas valve - all had the spring lock. Also, I have never seen a silencer for these, nor are they mentioned in the manual or training poster - tho the threads are present. What is also worth noting is that they are issued with a bayonet (standard yugo black AK pattern) and a weird mag pouch for 4 mags (5 are issued with the gun). Yugoslavia manufactured special "match grade" ammo to be used with this rifle (they also used the MG42 clone, the M53 and the K98k clone, the M48 in 8mm Mauser), affectionately called "vijolice" ("purples"), due to the purple lacquer used to seal the primer in the case. The ammo is still sought after, and used by target shooters and hunters, and is said to be really top notch. On a last note, I would add that the sling seems to be not correct, all that i've seen had the standard Yugo green canvas sling with the spring hook attachment. Could be that this is indeed an early model with an early sling tho.

Those were imported in Finland also and our police depardment demand to remove auto sear also. But not other modifications was required. I think there is few dozens of those in Finland since they was dirt cheap back in days. I regret I didn't buy when there was opportunity to get one

Hi Ian... Would love to see video about M 17 new Serbian modular rifle. Serbian Army introduced a new cal-6.5 Grendel, along with 7.62. Hello and greetings to all from Kragujevac, Serbia home of 'Zastava Arms'

@psihokiller550

3 жыл бұрын

Kad bi tek vidjeli,crnu strelu 12,7 mm

@samsejdic6177

Жыл бұрын

Serbian army committed genocide in Croatia 🇭🇷 and Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 . The Hague Netherlands 🇳🇱 War crimes court 🤷‍♂️

“So you’re studying Necromancy to take vengeance against those who slew your father?” “No, I have an ON-M76B scope that I want to revivify the tritium on. This seems the most straight-forward method.”

Thank you , Ian .

I found a nice SVT-40 best I could do at the time and I love the rifle. Working on getting another one that's been stashed away since WW-2 .

I own one of these!!!! I feel like I just unlocked an achievement.

@filip-pi9hy

3 жыл бұрын

is it any good and what ammo does it like?

@The6thMessenger

3 жыл бұрын

Oi. Hi from MWO.

Why is there a radiation sign on the scope? Because of the tritium?

regarding scope. its important to mention that you can mesure height, but also widh of the height lines is width of the prone man, that what instructors teach us on infanty school. similar scope was for rpg and m57 shape charged launcher (loudest thing i ever heard beside low flight mig21)

nice presentation, keep up the work

Yorkshire Gold and Forgotten Weapons. Match made in heaven :)

@jonathangriffiths2499

4 жыл бұрын

Now there’s a reference that will fox the Yanks

@owllymannstein7113

4 жыл бұрын

Not as such, we know what bad tea is.

@alanvonify

4 жыл бұрын

I just got a box, 100 bags to keep me going for a while. It’s a bit different to what we normally have here down under. My new favourite.

My favortie part of the scope is that it can detect if infrared is being used, seems almost like something futuristic.

Between the 60s and the 70s Finland experimented with the same idea of DMR weapon system. TAK - Valmet sniper rifle prototype for FDF, based on the RK 71 (prototype version of RK 62) and it used Lahti-Saloranta M/26 magazines.

I remember when these were imported "back then". Nobody it seemed really wanted them because of the chambering and the price was a bit more than people wanted to pay for one at the time.

@winkleried

4 жыл бұрын

They are not cheap rifles. But they are the cheapest Com-Bloc Semi Auto DMR currently on the market. They are a blast to shoot, but expensive to feed.

A collaboration between FW and DumDum (serbian firearms yt channel) would be a real treat

@strahinjastevic7480

4 жыл бұрын

DumDum is a mediocre chanell

@filip-pi9hy

3 жыл бұрын

@@strahinjastevic7480 at best

@nikolajovic1500

3 жыл бұрын

@@strahinjastevic7480 with budget they have and from what they started its impressive i live in same town as they and belive shoting range isnt realy nice

I dont know if its just me but i thought it says "heavy hitler" at first

@RamArt9091

4 жыл бұрын

kellog dovahkiin me too

@PeliKarhu600

4 жыл бұрын

:D me too

@planescaped

4 жыл бұрын

Seems like a lot of people did. :P

@matejmatej3554

4 жыл бұрын

Jp

@hailexiao2770

4 жыл бұрын

Would that make the M70 a "light Hitler"?

Dang, I remember seeing what I believe to be one of these (it was in a rack among multiple other long find) in a local gun store a few years ago, and being saddened because I couldn't get my hands on it to take a closer look. Being in Finland there aren't too many gun stores around, and I most likely won't be seeing one in a while. A great shame.

I do notice that the scope sits lower, almost touching the receiver dust cover, than in similar rifles (PSL, SVD, NDM86). I don't think that you can use the ironsights when the scope is attached. Oh, some correction for Ian, the version of this rifle in 7.62 NATO/.308 Win is called LKP M76. The Zastava M77, while is also in 7.62 NATO, and looks very similar to a M76, but it's actually a machinegun/select fire rifle.

The M76 scope fits SVD and PSL, plenty of Syrian and Iraqi insurgency guns were outfited with those.

@altergreenhorn

4 жыл бұрын

Irak licenced M 76 back in time

@Maza945

4 жыл бұрын

@@altergreenhorn That's right! Pretty much the whole line of Zastava Rifles, they were manufactured in Al-Qadissiya as "Tabuk" rifles, they even have their own medium lengh/ carabine variant. What I've heard from official Kalashnikov Concern chanel Tabuks kinda sucked, Iraqi manufacture wasn't the best, and also they adapted the non-chromed barrel, the biggest drawback of the Yugo rifles in my opinon, aside of being really heavy, I've shot one of those and they kick much harder than standard 7,62 AKs.

@altergreenhorn

4 жыл бұрын

@@Maza945 Non chromed barrel isn't an issue for military because you maintain your rifle if you are in a proper army which is debatable if we speak about arabs armies, I can agree that quality control and materials in Irak versions could be a problem.

@Maza945

4 жыл бұрын

@@altergreenhorn Agree, non-chromed barrel isn't a problem in well trained armies, but in hands of irregulars, militas or poorly trained soldiers is a mistake. Maybe that's why Zastava rifles are not very popular in the Middle East or Africa or in general. In the end most of the AK customers are interested in quantity of their armies, not quality. Although I've seen some in use by more professional soldiers in Middle East. Some Syrian Republican Guards used M70B1 captured from ISIS insurgents, I've even seen a photo of a designated marksman of Syrian Border Guard with Tabuk DMR. Of course some of the Zastavas and Tabuks are in use by more elite (but not quite invested as Golden Division) Iraqi units till this day, like SWAT Units and some of the military SOF units.

Approved and then disapproved; government bureaucrats in action.

Pronunciation - spot on.

Probably one of the most underrated rifles ever.

I just looked this up again yesterday. Coincidence? I want one in 30-06. Cost and availability of it, magazines, and parts are the downside.

@magustrigger9195

4 жыл бұрын

Jeramy Whitwell you can still get the 30.06 big boy ak , 5 mags and some after market mag support. Bout 2k Edit: 5 round mags*

@magustrigger9195

4 жыл бұрын

Judge Dredd 30.06 is good for anything in north America, VEPR's are great hunting rifles

@jeramyw

4 жыл бұрын

@Judge Dredd Putting down anything on the planet. Successive fire is nice to have.

@jeramyw

4 жыл бұрын

@@magustrigger9195 Csspecs needs to make some mags for these. Granted there's not much demand but they also make 308 M77 mags and mags for other niche weapons. So why not these?

@jeramyw

4 жыл бұрын

@@hakimcameldriver Performance wise, same projectile but about 150-200 fps faster. But, I'd like an AK and AR based rifle in almost every caliber. A buddy gun to your friends bolt action. Ammo compatibility is key. Logistics is key.

Oh my God it's my absolute dream gun just gimme 20 round mags and I'll run it with the iron sights as a battle rifle

@zoranhome

4 жыл бұрын

Not a good idea, even with only 10 shots it gets very hot, very fast

@vatanak8146

3 жыл бұрын

@@zoranhome so why are there 20 round mags issue to it?

@zoranhome

3 жыл бұрын

@@vatanak8146 there's no 20 round mag. Maybe some custom built, but this gun was always issued with standard 10 round mag

Also, Ian, The Century assembled ones tend to have an issue with the mag spacer plate. I'm sure you've addressed this, but it frequently leads to FTF. There's about 1mm or so too much space. The solution is to remove the spacer plate, fashion a new selector stop which is then riveted or screwed in on the outside, so as to not affect feeding.

I love these, definitely on my list

I misread it as "Heavy Hitler"

@lonemarkkingoftypos3722

4 жыл бұрын

Thank god im not the only one

Interesting, so this is basically Yougoslavia’s answer to the DMR, I’m fascinated with the variants of AK’s

@StefanBlagojevic

4 жыл бұрын

@Maxwell Clark You should check out the Iraqi DMR called TABUK sniper rifle. Iraqis modified a Zastava M70B3 by outfitting it with a 23 inch long firing barrel. Maximum range with 7.62x39mm was 600 meters... which is impressive, given it's using an intermediate cartridge for sniping. Compatible with any AKM 30 round magazines and almost indistinguishable from a regular AKM pattern assault rifle.

Nice. Always loved the M76!

What a beauty :) We are replacing it with m91, m07, and our latest project...m17 modular rifle :)

Another reason for the ATF to be abolished

Damn, we Serbs tuned weapons before it was popular :)

@Blazo_Djurovic

4 жыл бұрын

From what I've seen so far most of our adoptions of foreign guns went like: "We like it, but we have couple of TIIIINY adjustments to it to make it much better".

The story with imports reminds me a hell of alot like the classic firearms fiasco with the PSL rifles.

I used to think these were so cool as a kid, reading Shotgun News. I fulfilled a childhood dream 4 years ago when I finally owned one for the first tim! Not cheap ($1200) but I don't regret it. It turns heads at the range, that's for sure. A beautiful piece of history.