Been looking at the idea of buying one of the Zastava M70 6.5x57 Mausers made in Serbia from K-Var, and had a couple questions.
Quality? anyone shooting any of these guns? Are they as well built as a CZ 550? They don't look as well finished as the CZ in the "Pig Back" euro styled stock, but the pics are terrible for detail both on the KVar site and on the Zastava factory site....however they are for sure an 8 twist 24" barrel according to the metric conversions from the factory data.
Anyone shooting a 6.5x57 Mauser in one of these guns or any other? How close or different are they from a 6.5Swede or 260 or 6.5x284 performance wise?
Where do I find brass to reload, or is this a makeover from some other cartridge...since I could not find a source today even 4 pages deep in Google, after trying the usual suspects first from Graff & Midway to Natchez & Midsouth for factory reloadable brass. Found some Forum traffic that said Rbt's brass was doable but a tad short? where? and was surprised to see 6MM Rem brass mentioned as a potential donor?
Saw a reference to S&B brass being difficult to reload with bigtime bad tight primer pockets, but Privi & S&B loaded ammo is cheap enough IF it's any good at all under $20 box from several sources and may be the only way to get factory brass since RWS stuff is non existent it seems despite being referenced as the brass that was used in the Hornady manual. Thanks for the comments.
Ron
