Home Forums Birds & Dogs Shotguns Does anyone know anything about the Zastava SxS ?

These Zastava SxS shotguns have been showing up on the Cabelas used racks.
I know about Zastava and the company etc. I just would like to know if anyone has any actual experience with them. They have the Century stamp on the barrels.

I don't trust Century, they are like many low end importers and offer little help, at best, in the event of issues with their products. Luckily, one should have little reason to deal with Century as the Zabals tend to be fairly robust and reliable guns.

My impression of these guns is that they handle like the Savage/Stevens 311 shotgun. I shoot them decently but the guns (311 and Zabala) seem to be dead in the handling department. Others might think differently which is why there are different makes and models,

I looked hard at buying a 16 ga as a back up a few years back but decided on a 311 instead as it was $100 cheaper and, if needed, I can get parts for it fairly easily. The 311 stock was much closer to fitting with the Zabala having too much drop for me and the cheek piece needed to be shaved down some. The dozen Zabalas I looked at all had tight Full and even tighter for chokes. I was told some had Cylinder and Full chokes but did not run across any myself.

I don't think they are a bad gun but I felt I would have to put more into them than they were worth. With a Savage 311 needing less work to fit me, being cheaper, and having a more preferable choke combination, tilted my choice towards it.

My question was referencing Zastavas, not Zabalas.
No offense intended.

I wanted to get one when they were first imported but the ones I seen were well worn with loose hinges.
They don't show up to much anymore.