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Anyone know where to find these for sale? My internet searches haven’t me gotten anywhere other than finding places that are out of stock.

Have you checked Cabela's? I see them in the gun library. They are not on sale, but they do not look that expensive either.

Try Remington 798 or Charles Daly. Both sold the Zastava rifles under their name.

https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/products/zastava-arms-lk-m70-rifle-243-win-l7243pa

Not sure what all's in stock, but these guys carry them.

I have a 798. I like it a lot. It’s a 7 mag.

In my limited experience with two LK M70s, these are a well kept secret for the price. The action and barrel is very solid. The walnut is good quality, just needs refinishing (which is easy). If you want CRF and no plastic, and can't spend the money on a M70 FW, here you go.

About 9 years ago I bought a Charles Daly Zastava commercial 98 action off a Gun Broker auction and about 3 1/2 years back an Enabler friend of mine who happens to come on here and another forum I've been on for 14 years talked me into buying a short chambered 7x57 barrel from him. He also happened to have a stock he thought it would fit in. It didn't but that's another discussion. My gun smith did his usual excellent work and chambered it on out and I commenced to fitting the barreled action into the stock. Anyway, I just finished fitting that stock to it and refinishing the stock last Saturday. Now I need to go shoot it. But it's a nice looking rifle and I love the Zastava action. It's 98 Mauser to the core. Well, except for that side safety. I'd prefer a Beuhler.

Is that all?😜

I have wanted to buy one of them with a mannlicher-style stock, but the checkering on the ones that I have seen has been so crude, poorly done, that I have to question the over-all quality control. Yes, you can refinish the stock and have the checkering re-cut, as though it was actually cut, rather than just scratched on, in the first place, but most people don't want to pay for a new firearm that needs a good deal of attention to it straight out of the box.

I have several Interarms Mark Xs with good quality control in all aspects of the build and a recent production Zastava M85 in 7.62x39 that has crude, poorly done, checkering. I bought the M85 at a good price and knew that I would be installing it in a B&C stock before I took it to the range, so the price of the stock factored into the offer that I made on the rifle. B&C has discontinued making the Mini Mauser stocks and they are becoming less and less common on the secondary market, so that makes the M85s less attractive to me until Zastava gets their stock quality improve to a level higher than the current level that is about as attractive as a pile of steaming dog vomit.

Also meant to add above: if you want factory double set triggers, this might be the last real option? (Is anyone else still doing this in commercial numbers?)

My stocks were fine, re: checkering. But they're also from right before Yugoslavia stopped being Yugoslavia, so some time has passed.

I used to see Interarms mark X mausers all over the place in my area, but now you hardly see them. I have seen one Zastava so far, not a bad looking gun price was good, if it would have been a 7X57MM I would have bought it. The Remington 798s came and went pretty fast also

Even 6 left handers !

Think I had 6 or 7 here over the years, in 375 H&H, 9.3x62, 6.5x55 and 7x57.

When they worked they were wonderful. Some had sights that could not be adjusted enough to zero. One had an extractor that didn't function out of the box. A couple would not feed with a full 5 rounds in the magazine. One was leaving a weird line on the shoulder of cases and had a sticky bolt lift. All had holes for scope mounting drilled very much off center making Leupold Std bases pretty much a must.

And a couple worked just fine. Those ones were gems...But be ready to have some wrinkles to iron out.

All were accurate, they have that going for them! But at $699 CAN right now...think if I wanted CRF again I'd just wait for a used Winnie unless it HAS to be in a metric caliber or buy a used Zastava and be ready to fix it.

Issues as related in the posts above, and general roughness are why I prefer to hunt down old FNs, which seem to be little if any more expensive these days. I've yet to have a single problem with those. I've had J.C. Higgins, Sako High Power, Husky, FN Deluxe, a no-name on a FN barreled action, and currently have a F.I.-crested 1948. Got another one on the way, a pretty fancy custom-stocked .270, but don't know who imported the barreled action yet. Someone dropped a bundle on the handle though.

Nothing wrong with the Zastavas, but I prefer to see them in person before buying so I can look them over. Wouldn't mind running into one of the SS Remingtons, though it's getting pretty crowded around here.

Elk country gun St. Mary's PA has them in stock. Check gun broker

I second the suggestion to look for an Interarms Mark X. No longer made, but worth the search effort.

Zastavas are not an uncommon sight in the used rack at the local Cabelas and they dont make it to the online gun library. Around $400. Most in 8x57.

I've got one of those, NIB.

They are fairly common here in Canada. I've never bought one, mostly because the checkering looks like it was done with a chain saw and the wood typically has less grain/figure than cardboard.

Most owners confirm that they are a bit rough around the edges but tend to like them overall.