Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Yugo M57 impromtu range session

Did a little fishing yesterday with a pard and his boys.

Took a few minutes as we were leaving to run a few through the M57.

25 yards, off-hand, it maintained softball sized groups with no problem on just a target board (no definitive aiming point).

Field supported position, and we tried something at longer ranges....

There are DAMNED few pistols that afford the ability to maintain a 12 o'clock hold, with no hold-over, and bust basketball sized rocks at a lasered 153 yards.

Fast, very fast. Report is far more like a rifle shot than a pistol shot; bullets get to targets FAST.

Recoil is fast, but there's little "mass" to it; just a quick, light "snap"; very controllable.

Trigger is WAY heavy, but crisp. A little trigger work, and this thing ought to really impress.

It would be fun to see what it'll do to an old car, if you find a junker in the woods.

Had that thought....

Didn't know you had a 57. I've been tempted a few times of late. I probably have more calibers now than I should have though.

Pics?

Check the clarkm'd Yugo M57 thread.

You need to get one.

There's no such thing as too many calibers

VAnimrod, thanks for the update on your M57.

HEY, VA, dont wake up that Mercer Island Doofus, either his meds kicked in or his granny locked the basement door. His posts should have warning labels attached.

Im still looking for a spare M57 mag for my Colt if theres any about..

Regarding your bad trigger pull - my M57 had a bad milling burr at the top of the left grip panel that would bind the trigger and safety. I spent about 2 minutes with a sharp pocket knife shaving that burr off and it made a HUGE improvement.

Hell I thought you were talking about a Smith 41 Mag.

Same here, still scratching my head but headed to google

He's talking about the Yugoslavian version of the Tokarev pistol.