Zastava M77 in .308?

Sam Salvati · Dec 18, 2014

Anyone have any experience with one? Handled one? In stock in MD somewhere? Classicarms has them for a great price (unless they are crap).

Sirex · Dec 18, 2014

My buddy has one. He loves it. Close in accuracy to his Vepr. Hates the polymer stock though. He said it was too high and hard, was a jawbreaker. He put a Romanian stock on his. He said the gun is very well made and worth the money. He was trying to mod M14 mags to fit, but had issues, so for now just the 10rd mags and waiting for ProMag or Csspec to make mags.

Sundancer · Dec 19, 2014

Sam Salvati said:
Anyone have any experience with one? Handled one? In stock in MD somewhere? Classicarms has them for a great price (unless they are crap).

Check with Duffy's as they had these this summer.

hairba111 · Dec 19, 2014

I have a Saiga in .308, basically the same animal. It's fun to shoot but you should reload, even military 7.62X51mm is pricey nowadays. You could look into the Saiga .308 mags. They make them up to 20 rounds in plastic and steel. The plastic mags can be altered to hold more, I've been told.

TheDevilHimself · Dec 19, 2014

They are great rifles; we should have more in soon. There are original M77 20rd mags available- Long Mountain Outfitters has them for $65 ea.

Sirex · Dec 22, 2014

FWIW, my buddy has a Vepr .308 & M77 and has been able to slightly modify the Csspec Vepr mags to be used in the M77. He is supposed to send me pics. I will post them when I get them.

Sirex · Dec 22, 2014

Here are his 2 test subjects. 2 rifles, one mag. Waiting on more pics.

AwesomeBill · Dec 22, 2014

Man.... I've been waffling over getting one of these. I'll have to keep tabs on when Duffy's gets some more in.

Meditator · Dec 22, 2014

I'll have to keep tabs on when Duffy's gets some more in.

Or you can order directly from Classicarms to your FFL. I know Bollninger Gunsmith will do transfer for you- they did it for me two weeks ago. Tyler is another place.

olebess · Dec 22, 2014

I didn't know I needed one of these until I read this thread. Hmmmmm. Merry Christmas to me?

AwesomeBill · Dec 23, 2014

Meditator said:
Or you can order directly from Classicarms to your FFL. I know Bollninger Gunsmith will do transfer for you- they did it for me two weeks ago. Tyler is another place.

I need to start printing my own money.

Meditator · Dec 23, 2014

He was trying to mod M14 mags to fit, but had issues, so for now just the 10rd mags and waiting for ProMag or Csspec to make mags

BTW, looked like your Buddy was using the Taiwanese M14 mag to do the conversion. He needs to cut the front slot a bit lower than instruction shown on the Youtube, then grind the rear part out by about half the depth- otherwise it wont' clear the receiver, the last part was to make a slot for mag catch. I did mine- the 1st one was for experiment and the bullet didn't even clear bullet guide , the 2nd one was good to go so far but haven't been to the range yet.

myright · Dec 23, 2014

My father got one over the summer from Duffys. Love it, m77 with the butthole stock, adjustable gas system, standard thread protector can easily removed for a break or silencer.The only drawback is magazines and that's not a big deal.

Meditator · Dec 23, 2014

Here's some pictures:

WRATHCHILD · Dec 25, 2014

I have modded the Vepr Csspecs mags to work in the M77. The nice thing is they still work in the V308 too. Having interchangable mags is a plus.I will be posting pics when I figure out how to do so.

WRATHCHILD · Dec 25, 2014

Meditator said:
BTW, looked like your Buddy was using the Taiwanese M14 mag to do the conversion. He needs to cut the front slot a bit lower than instruction shown on the Youtube, then grind the rear part out by about half the depth- otherwise it wont' clear the receiver, the last part was to make a slot for mag catch. I did mine- the 1st one was for experiment and the bullet didn't even clear bullet guide , the 2nd one was good to go so far but haven't been to the range yet.

I did use the Taiwanese mags. The biggest problem is the bolt drives the follower down inside the mag body. So much for the BHO feature. Lol

WRATHCHILD · Dec 25, 2014

myright said:
My father got one over the summer from Duffys. Love it, m77 with the butthole stock, adjustable gas system, standard thread protector can easily removed for a break or silencer.The only drawback is magazines and that's not a big deal.

Csspecs is working on getting magazines for the M77 to the market soon.

WRATHCHILD · Dec 25, 2014

TheDevilHimself said:
They are great rifles; we should have more in soon. There are original M77 20rd mags available- Long Mountain Outfitters has them for $65 ea.

I could not get into their website to purchase products? Please post a link if you have one.

WRATHCHILD · Dec 25, 2014

Sam Salvati said:
Anyone have any experience with one? Handled one? In stock in MD somewhere? Classicarms has them for a great price (unless they are crap).

Excellent rifles for the money. Very well built and function flawlessly so far on the 2 setting. The stock is garbage and has to go. I modded an old Romy G heavy plywood stock. It gives a better cheek weld and adds weight and balance to the rifle. Hopefully there will be more options on the market for the angle cut receiver it has. To remove stock you have to go fishing for the screws in the recoil pad. After you screw it off you can get to the bolt that attaches it to the rear of the receiver.

TheDevilHimself · Dec 25, 2014

WRATHCHILD said:
I could not get into their website to purchase products? Please post a link if you have one.

Nope, I don't have a link. Just call them and order.

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