Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Left hand Zastava Mini-Mauser .223 (pic heavy)

Otherwise known as their Model 85. Not going to repeat my impressions, overall this rifle is like the Model 70 I talked about under the "Zastava left hand Mauser" thread. Big stock with great ergonomics and enough wood for two trim stocks, all milled steel metalwork with very nice exterior finish that needs some polish in the action, etc.

The barreled action is very trim, the whole rifle with that big stock only weighs 6 1/4 pounds and I'm betting 2 1/4 pounds of that is the wood. The barrel is 20" and slender, tapering to .55" at the muzzle. But enough words when pictures are worth a thousand of them.

Zastava LK M85




The wood doesn't have the figure and dark color of the 7X57 but it's a nice straight grained piece and well laid out.



Right side.


Action, left and right. You can see there is certainly enough wood there.




Sized just right for a .223.
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The inletting on this one is better than the 7X57, that's a fully free floated barrel.

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This dummy round is 2.255" OAL. (geez, I didn't realize it was dusty in my house )
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Another pic to show the size.
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Continued.

The mini-Mauser is not a CRF, I am told it is a clone of a Sako action but I don't know which one off the top of my head.


Another view, the extractor is definitely positive.


One more pic to show the scale of the bolt. Also the machine work around the lug. Not all of the action is like this, btw, but some have called these "diamonds in the rough" and I won't argue with that.

Thanks for the presentation. It's much appreciated.

That action looks exactly like the Charles Daley version, though the stock is much heavier and rougher.

Hmmmm. If nothing else, might be able to get a new mag spring for the Daley....

Ella