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FATBOY404
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Zastava 9.3 A.O.K
#191513 - 09/10/11 08:47 PM

Well.I got my Zastava 9.3x62 for the weekend thanks to HUNTERSHEART.

I had sent it to Jim Kent to get it bedded and a trigger job.

First impressions were good for the money.

Took it to the range at my Fathers and used my other 9.3's load of 58 grains of 2208 under the 286 grain Woodleigh PP for 2350 fps over the chrony.

Took 5 shots at 50 yards to get it "close" then shifted the target to 100 yards and fired 3 shots.
I couldn't see the group through the 4 power Nikon scope but was pleased when I walked up and saw the result.

By fatboy404 at 2011-10-09

Took it out this arvo and shot this boar to draw first blood with it.

By fatboy404 at 2011-10-09

By fatboy404 at 2011-10-09

Love it for what it is !!!!!!!.

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GK
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191514 - 09/10/11 09:07 PM

Neale,
Good work, you've gotta be happy with the accuracy.
One of these has been seriously tempting me as well, however in piss ant Adelaide it's hard to get a look at one.
What are you thoughts the finish? Is it really rough (compared to the standard ZZK)?
Did you go the synthetic stock because the wood version is really bad?
Is the trigger guard/magazine housing steel or die cast alloy?
George

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Viking338
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: GK]
#191515 - 09/10/11 09:25 PM

I hate you. Ha-ha :-) you make me so jealous mate sitting hear at home thinking now that the 6.5 x 57 looks pretty good. You had better call me tomorrow to give me all the nifty details. The synthetic stock works a treat hey? But I think I would have trouble going past the timber ones even with the plain finish. Beautiful group you got to be happy with that, as usual Jim did a good job on the trigger and bedding I see!

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FATBOY404
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: GK]
#191518 - 09/10/11 09:39 PM

GK.

I am left handed so the timber stock is too high for me.
The plastic stock looks like a Sako A7 knock off and I am happy with it even with the hard recoil pad.

The action is rougher than than a standard ZKK but will smooth up I'm sure.
Floor plate is all metal as is the trigger guard.

I wanted a rifle to carry with me all the time at work in the ute that I could abuse and not feel guilty.
This is it !.

For $535 they are great value and I don't think it will be my last Zastava !.

One last thing,the barrel in 9.3 is very,very thin (read,looks like a 410 barrel when you look at the muzzle) but you can see how it shoots.

Viking338............You just should come and go hunting again !!!

You buy the 6.5x57 and I'll try it for you.

Talk to you Monday mate.

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DarylS
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191532 - 10/10/11 03:17 AM

Better yet, buy both 9.3x62 and the 6.5x57, send them to me and I'll work up good loads for you - you can use them when you come for a hunt & I'll keep 'em nice and safe & clean in the meantime.

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FATBOY404
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: DarylS]
#191539 - 10/10/11 07:15 AM

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Better yet, buy both 9.3x62 and the 6.5x57, send them to me and I'll work up good loads for you - you can use them when you come for a hunt & I'll keep 'em nice and safe & clean in the meantime.

Might take you up on that one day Daryl.

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DarylS
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191549 - 10/10/11 09:23 AM

Anytime, Neale. 9.3mm and/or smaller, please.

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9.3x57
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: DarylS]
#191552 - 10/10/11 11:21 AM

Another great thread from FB.

Sometimes I wish Fatboy didn't live so far away, meaning , of course, that I should be HIS next-door-neighbor!

Was this an original factory 9.3 or was it rebarreled?

As for thin-tubed 9.3's, I remember a rifle we shipped off for a rebore {20 years ago now, when I worked in the gun shop}. It was a Browning BAR .30-06 that the owner wanted to make a 9.3x62 out if.

He got it, and about the second or third shot blew the front sight clean off.

The rebore crowded into the screw hole for the front sight and that t'was that. The tube was chopped back behind the threads and the fellow wound up with a nice, neat, unique, Browning BAR 9.3x62 with a 20-inch tube.

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FATBOY404
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: 9.3x57]
#191556 - 10/10/11 02:22 PM

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Another great thread from FB.

Sometimes I wish Fatboy didn't live so far away, meaning , of course, that I should be HIS next-door-neighbor!

Was this an original factory 9.3 or was it rebarreled?

As for thin-tubed 9.3's, I remember a rifle we shipped off for a rebore {20 years ago now, when I worked in the gun shop}. It was a Browning BAR .30-06 that the owner wanted to make a 9.3x62 out if.

He got it, and about the second or third shot blew the front sight clean off.

The rebore crowded into the screw hole for the front sight and that t'was that. The tube was chopped back behind the threads and the fellow wound up with a nice, neat, unique, Browning BAR 9.3x62 with a 20-inch tube.

That would be a handy scrub gun.

It is a factory gun.

We would have some fun Rod that is for sure if we were neighbours,but what would we fight about as we agree on most things ?.

Here is a photo of the muzzle.

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Huntersheart
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191573 - 10/10/11 10:18 PM

9.3x64 Be very careful about having desires to be Fatboys neighbour as I would suspect you would have nothing left to hunt on your place !!

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Huntersheart
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: Huntersheart]
#191574 - 10/10/11 10:19 PM

Sorry I meant 9.3x57

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FATBOY404
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: Huntersheart]
#191575 - 10/10/11 10:23 PM

Quote:

9.3x64 Be very careful about having desires to be Fatboys neighbour as I would suspect you would have nothing left to hunt on your place !!

I resent that statement ! (sort of)

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FATBOY404
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191576 - 10/10/11 10:24 PM

Victim number two with the varmint gun.

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ozhunter
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191577 - 10/10/11 10:40 PM

Quite painless I would presume..

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NitroX
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191584 - 10/10/11 11:14 PM

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One last thing,the barrel in 9.3 is very,very thin (read,looks like a 410 barrel when you look at the muzzle) but you can see how it shoots.

Quote:

Here is a photo of the muzzle.

You're not kidding about it being a thin barrel!

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DarylS
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: NitroX]
#191591 - 11/10/11 02:00 AM

Yeah- that's an amazingly thin barrel. Gives "Pencil Weight" a whole new meaning.

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9.3x57
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191602 - 11/10/11 06:12 AM

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but what would we fight about as we agree on most things ?.

How about how often I get to borrow that 9.3x62!!!?

That one is a real peach!

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FATBOY404
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: 9.3x57]
#191609 - 11/10/11 07:26 AM

Would a barrel of that thickness in a double rifle be "normal" ?.

It must be a cost saving to use the one profile barrel from say 9.3 all the way down to 6mm.

Not much chance of a re bore on this model.

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DarylS
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: FATBOY404]
#191618 - 11/10/11 01:05 PM

THAT is one skinny minnie muzzle.
Wierd markings on that set of calipers.

Yeah, I know, metric - we hates it but we puts up with it's nastyness.

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Ben
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: DarylS]
#191627 - 11/10/11 06:41 PM

Hey, good stuff!

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Homer
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: Ben]
#191634 - 11/10/11 08:36 PM

G'Day fella's,

Nice lookin & shootin rifle there Fatboy 404!

The barrel may be thin but you could still cut a Metric M14 x 1mm thread on it and fit one of my suppressors/Cans to it! Oh that's right, where not in NZ are we!!!
Give it time and we will wear them politicians & Police down!!!

Neal, nice shot on the Moggy mate but hasn't anyone told you?
On Cats, it's Gut Shots Only!!!

Doh!
Homer

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NitroX
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: Homer]
#191636 - 11/10/11 09:02 PM

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Neal, nice shot on the Moggy mate but hasn't anyone told you?
On Cats, it's Gut Shots Only!!!

Doh!
Homer

Nah its head shooting them with big bores!

A old pic of a "stripped bush panther" shot with a .375.

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Homer
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: NitroX]
#191640 - 11/10/11 09:28 PM

G'Day Fella's,

That might be my problem John, most of the Moggies I've shot have been with Rat Gun calibers (<.30 cal)!
By the way John, nice bit of Shootin on the Bush panther!!!

Double Doh!!
Homer

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mauserand9mm
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: Homer]
#191645 - 11/10/11 10:11 PM

Actually I prefer FB's despatch method - the collar just falls off

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FATBOY404
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Re: Zastava 9.3 A.O.K [Re: mauserand9mm]
#191653 - 11/10/11 10:52 PM

As long as we get the right result in the end.

Hope it wont be the last.

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