An AK in 8x57mm: The Yugoslav M76 at the Range
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Yesterday we looked at the history and mechanics of this Yugoslav M76; today we are taking it out to the range...
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That water trick is in some army manuals for setting up defensive positions, to minimize signature.
i'm using that water trick next time i take my PSL out to the range, thing had so much dust in the muzzle after one magazine it looked like i was using it as a hiking stick
@@BillehBobJoe only shoot in the rain, problem solved
can a mat not remedy the dust problem
it's a long standing 'trick' from at least the days of world war one sniping (I think I have read it in Hesketh-Pritchard), and from my range days in the 80s, a damp t-shirt or scrim face veil was used on dry dusty ranges. I am surprised it's taken Ian that long to 'discover' it!
Many people use a wet blanket or long beach towel.
Used m76 in army, shot god knows how many rounds, never had a stoppage and it was in war, cleaned rarely, with army ammo. I never had any issues with magazines and they were army magazines used god knows how many times. Later I got dragunov since we were low on 8mm and I wanted to smash it with a hammer and I was happy only when I got my 76 back... It is classic AK, robust and reliable...
Either I need to thank you for the cheap yugo parts kits or curse you for all the corroded barrels back when we imported them years ago lol.
@@dustyak79 Flaw of military surplus. They were used and abused a lot. And about Yugo... well... you can make really nice and big ashtray out of it :D
Serbia?
The ammo Ian is using is underpowered commercial stuff. Im sure with full power military ammo it would run much better
@@Kav. yup
* CARTRIDGE FIX&TIP *
At #4:54 of vid there was a cartridge jam I was familiar with from back serving in Serbian Army. It occurs in several situations: low spring tension, cartridge over greased, or over dry.
- Dismantle cartridge (look at the bottom button), and pay attention not to lose spring in the process (cover your eyes).
- Clean all grease and dust/particles mixed with a grease
- Apply new grease and/or oil (little more for humid and wet environments, and little less for dry and dusty)
- Extend spring a few times to the 2-3x of neutral length (5x times for 30 round magazines like AK47 derivatives, you'll find right ratio)
- Put all back together, and repeat the process after really extensive use or twice yearly
This is a pure cartridge issue, do not connect it to a gas block regulator!!!! This is 8mm (7.92mm to be exact) round and it is heavy. More heavy round is, more common this issue will appear (combined with smaller capacity cartridges where springs are shorter) without proper cartridge maintenance (at least Black Arrow 50cal. operators know what I am talking about).
This applies to AK47 cartridges also, and BRAND NEW cartridges. You never know for how long cartridge was in some depot, or for how long cartridge stands fully loaded without use (new cartridges was never fully loaded and left for some time)
u mean magazines?
@@christianpua-duvel9445 He definitely means magazine, the Serbian word for magazine sounds very similar to the word cartridge, that's probably why he mixed them up.
Such a nice looking gun, shame the receivers had to be butchered to make them legal
yes I agree.
I've shot a M70B1 in full original setup (beside of semi only conversion), and the quality of the reciever, along with the rest of the parts is excellent. I had a chance to compare it to Polish (AKM), Soviet (AKS-74U) and Romanian AK (The AKMS-ish version) and It's better than Romy and Polish AK, up to par with Soviet.
@@Maza945 I'd love to have seen the original milled receivers. That's a lot of fairly fussy work to mill that out.
@Jan Schlossar ummm, in English please?
Ya goddamn shame. Makes it more expensive for a worse gun that is extremely hit or miss whether it functions properly when you buy it
"Water trick" is in army field manual, I suspect... I can't remember where for US army, though. Could be about city fortifications e.t.c. In Russian field manual it was about MG positions and such, as dust also gives the shooter position up.
It's definitely in the German field manual for urban defensive positions. If I remember correctly it doesn't explain what it's for (which isn't necessarily all that obvious if you've never shot in dusty environments).
Soaking the blanket helps.
Or just piss on it.
Military History Visualized mentions it in his video about Urban Defense Field Manual. Watched it yesterday, strange coincidence it was shown in this video.
Ian Watch yr body angle compared to sight alignment camera angle made look like you were at an angle which make yr shots place horizontally
A Century gun that doesn’t function properly! That hardly ever happens. 😂
To be fair, anything they bring in and slightly modify (ie, trimming a magwell to double stack...) is usually of good quality. However, when they make their own components like receivers and barrels, there is a tendency for the gun to malfunction. I can recall that the AK74s they used to assemble would quite literally blow up around the front trunnion after a certain amount of rounds or abuse.
I pretty much have zero faith in the bulk of American AK production for this reason. It will take some time for these companies to finally realize that they not only have to have an exact nationality in mind when modelling their rifles, but also have the correct specs and most importantly, good QC.
If your referencing the bolt hold open, thats on the original ones to i believe.
Not on gods gun the PSL, but this is not as well designed..... ;)
Ian has a century built AK-74 and it's worked perfectly fine for him. Sounds like he just has a bad mag
@@musicmasters314 there is only one recorded incident of their m74 rifles blowing up. I have had two of them in my life time and have never had an issue.
Per other commenters the ammunition may be to blame
Dude, you and Paul (Harrell?) have to be one of the most down to earth and humble guns channel presenters I have encountered in YT.
That's really hard to find nowadays.
Keep the good job, Sir.👌😎👍
I work in the police unit in Serbia and i have M76, this malfunction is unknown to me
and my colleagues, he's probably guilty US receiver.
it's because of the ammunition and gas port setting...
Which police unit uses sniper rifles in the first place? 😂
Tullo plenty of them, especially swat-like units
@@tullo5564 All of them. Your smallest rural police station in any country will have at least a scoped hunting rifle to perform the same function.
@@tullo5564 are you 12 or something?
The range videos are some of my favourites. I do wish some of the more rare and one off design guns could be fired, but I definitely understand why they aren’t haha
A couple of decades ago, I met an FFL who specialized in rare and collectable guns of the Old West. He made a living off lever-action rifles used by the Lakotah at Little Big Horn, for example. He had a commission to obtain an ivory-grip Cold Dragoon (I don't know which generation). He found it but couldn't resist taking out and shooting it in his backyard. The ivory broke and the gun became relatively worthless. He lost a lot of money on that non-transaction.
i served whit that in serbian army 2002. m-762 excellent gun, precise !
@Paul Alexander well you're comparing an M76 built at government arsenal with one cobbled together by Century Arms with all mismatched parts.
Paul Alexander Still better than a dude with an AK, which is the whole point of a DMR.
Zdravo.
@@johndaugherty4127 if it doesn't perform at 100 it wont perform at 500+, lol
@Paul Alexander It's that shitty PPU ammo. It's like 3-4moa in a nicer bolt action. Awful ammo.
Ian that is excellent shooting with a long, creepy trigger, a rough bag for a bipod (with no rear bag) and only a 4x scope. Thanks for sharing!
PPU 8mm Mauser is loaded light, to saami specs. You might as well shoot Remington. S&B is about the only full power commercial 8mm.
i chronographed a box of S&B years ago, 196 grain going almost 2700 fps
8mm ain't no slouch :)
I shoot the Yugo 8mm, uh M49 ball.
Assuming that this is working like a PSL, the gas system actually needs to be a little bit dirty to run reliably.
PPU if not Match grade is 3-2,5 MOA ammunition by itself my AR here in EU shot ordinary PPU 2,5 MOA match grade PPU 1,5 MOA, and S&B match grade 1 MOA or less I can't tell for mauser cartridge but my friend with AK have similar experience as I so at least 223 and 7.62x39 are quite bad I dont use PPU anymore.
Not to mention a fact that this gun was build by we all know who with mismatched parts and same not original parts
If I recall The PPU marked 7.92x57 is full power. Otherwise get some M76 surplus or S&B.
I truly admire Ian's patience. When I take a new gun to the range and it doesn't work well I get bummed out for weeks.
Horizontal stringing is common when you have to reset your position like that between shots. Ever change of position changes the cant of the rifle and your body slightly.
Agree, and it looks like he's not in the middle of the bag so the gun is sliding sideways every time he shoots, a little more care in positioning would probably help.
417 rep'n
Loved seeing this rifle and the flare launcher that shows up to my local gun show. Got the M77 model myself and love everything about it.
Regarding the dust cloud, I use old military surplus wool blankets for this. You can still find them cheap and they are useful other things as well such as field cleaning mat, padding for an improvised rest, and traction aid (sacrificial use).
Hey, Ian, just a note on zrak pronounciation: stress is on the last syllable, so not zee-rack, but z-raakh (or thereabouts...) Also, z's preety hard, like in buzz, for example. Zrak means air, incidentally. (EDIT: As was pointed out, it could also mean 'beam'. I stand corrected, thanks for the reminder.)
Thanks for keeping us educated and entertained!
'zrak' means 'air' in Croatian? That's some pretty devious case of a false friend word then as it means 'eyesight' in Czech and Slovak which seems entirely appropriate for a scope manufacturer.
@@TheDeadfast or it's "sunčev zrak" meaning "sun beam"
@@TheDeadfast yeah, there's confusion like that in the slavic languages... But for all i know, the scope was indeed czech made for zastava. You'd have to ask ian about that, though...
Yes, zrak is air in Croatian and Serbian, and the factory was in Sarajevo. I think they still produce all kinds of optics. I've tried their infinite focus binoculars, it's really amazing. There's no focus adjuster, you focus with your eyes, it's beautiful. I think they have a collaboration with Zeiss. Not sure. Zastava guns were so good because Yugoslavian army used extremely high quality steel. The ore was mined in Kosovo if I'm not mistaking. I don't know where they get their steel now from.
It’s not ”air” but ”ray”, as in sun ray.
Seems like more of a magazine issue than anything else. Some anti tilt tabs on that follower would fix the jam on the BHO, a stronger spring would assure the cartridge made it up fast enough and, as a result of that, stronger feed lips.
Yep, but not enough demand for any of those to be commercially viable.
Wow, 2020, is a strange year. I never thought I live to see the day Ian would wear jeans. Haha just kidding love your work, keep it up 👍🏻
Yep
Now that you point it out, I can't unsee it. *Something* seemed odd at the beginning of the video, and I couldn't put my finger on it. That's what it was!
The magazine follower is a known problem, there is a fix to them. You essentially lengthen the ears of the follower. Same thing that was done with the ar15 magazines. Love your videos.
You can also move back on the mattress, so the muzzle would be above mattress instead of ground.
That would cause the muzzle to deflect upwards, impacting accuracy.
@@cryalowicki not putting the muzzle on the end of the sandbag, moving the sandbag back on the mattress.
I have a AWO built M76 in .308 and it has ran 100% flawlessly since built.
Same with my 8mm version. I am actually using it to compete in a 2 Gun match next weekend.
Hey Ian. First thanks for another fine vid. My fix for the mag problem was to weld a tail/tang on the back of the follower. Preventing the front of the follower diving downward in the magazine after being hit by the bolt. Similar to the followers on modern AR mags. A problem solved years ago on popular AR mags.
Second, I absolutely despise the corner on the back lower part on the receiver. At the top of the pistol grip. For me, it bites into the web of my shooting hand. My 76 was a 922 rifle from an Ohio manufacture. Just wondered if others had this situation?
Thanks again Amigo
Peace from Texas
Thanks for taking us out to that beautiful desert for some trigger time. Great video. Cheers!
i am so jealous.sunshine outdoors and shooting .. thanks Ian and love from the uk.(keep the hats on )love from Floss
His water bottle looks like an artillery shell...
Goddammit gun Jesus you've done it again
Just bought one on Amazon after seeing it in the video. 😆
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I think it's supposed to be a rifle cartridge, since it's rimless.
I like the new camera operation you got, very noticeable compared to your usual static tripod shots
Ian I'm not sure if you read comments after so many hours. I want to mention a few things about M76. I have M76 on AWO receiver and had some issues at first. I noticed that a bolt was catching on a left side of the receiver right before it would rotate on chambering stroke. (could be doing on extracting stroke as well) First due to a poor manufacturing, there was a lip of metal that was sticking out on and also the channel where the bolt travels in bolt carrier was sharp and abrupt. Also the piston would hang slightly in a gas tube or gas regulator. This is what I did 1. removed the sharp lip on the lug where the bolt was catching with a fine file. 2. Removed abrupt and sharp edges with fine file and polished the cam of the bolt and cam channel with polishing compound and a drill. I used orange NUSHINE IIG6 3. Polished the piston where it makes contact with a gas tube with the same compound. 4. Polished inside of the gas tube, FWD section of it, that guides the piston in to a gas regulator. 5. Polished the gas regulator. 5 Removed excessive paint and polished the hammer face and everything on the trigger group, including pins. Took it out yesterday and ran about 100 rounds of ppu commercial and recommended grain ammo. After tasks performed I had zero malfunctions. Well bolt would not stay open after last round, but that's probably due to worn magazine. I am not a gunsmith, but have strong mechanical background so if you guys don't feel comfortable with doing any of that, please don't. As I said, I did all of that and rifle functions as it should. If any of you guys who are reading have any questions feel free to email me alexandrkarmanov64@gmail.com I will repost this in his m76 video as well, but I was hoping he would see it because M76 is truly a gorgeous rifle.
Ian "It's entirely possible" Mccollum
Nothing cooler than seeing an M76 out on the range!
M203?
The mags I got from century were very dirty. A good cleaning helped with this problem. Wish I could find replacement springs.
Weird, I just had to resubscribe after however many years of being subscribed. Love your stuff as always Ian!
My PSL would print a fist sized first group, a paper plate sized second group, and a pizza box sized third group at 200 yards. Barrel heated up super fast
I am hearing at start of shooting scene, that Ian have got some help in these quarantee days. :)
I used to have this rifle but in its original condition from the factory with optics as in this video Zrak ON-M76 which is difficult and complicated to fix. That's why I bought a new version of the Zrak M93 6x42 optical sight, which makes this rifle a monster. More than 5,000 bullets were fired from my rifle and not a single stoppage ever occurred. What you have at your disposal most resembles a version from aliexpress, they destroyed it with modifications ...you should buy a newer version of the Zrak scope.
I wish you much success in your future work!
A friend of mine had one of these with a 30 round mag and a shorter barrel, but it was definitely chambered in 7.92x57 Mauser.
“A little water should help”
That is something Gun Jesus might say.
That is the most amazing water bottle I’ve ever seen. I have GOT to get one of those.
Yes, I second this. Lmk if you find it somewhere, I need one
This has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen!
Neat. I impulse bought one of these years ago. I didn't shoot it too much as most of the 8mm I had wouldn't fit in the chamber. Unfortunately ammo dried up with panic buying soon after and then I was too busy for recreational shooting.
"....2 centimeters at a hundred meters per thing....." I'll keep that adjustment in mind.
Yes, that all works out at about 2 inches!!
Hey Gun Jesus, pick better ammo next time. PpU is known to be a bit under loaded as far as 8mm goes. S&B makes a nice hot load.
@Paul Alexander Nope not PPU 8x57.
Exactly:
PPU if not Match grade is 3-2,5 MOA ammunition by itself my AR here in EU shot ordinary PPU 2,5 MOA match grade PPU 1,5 MOA, and S&B match grade 1 MOA or less I can't tell for mauser cartridge but my friend with AK have similar experience as I so at least 223 and 7.62x39 are quite bad I dont use PPU anymore.
Not to mention a fact that this gun was build by we all know who with mismatched parts and same not original parts
six hot loads
Ppu 8mm Mauser is loaded to the original 1888 pressure not modern js pressure... And by modern I mean 1905. Hornady also loads to full pressure but I suspect they use a faster burning powder because it has very hefty recoil. Oh and Remington 8mm is discontinued and I'm glad because it was .318 instead of the proper .323 projectile, causes bullets to end up just flying sideways lol
I think the problem is that PPU loades 8x57 thinking about the kar98 or oter bolt action rifles which are extremely common, not like the rare rifle Ian just shot or even the gewehr41/43
Have the same issue with the mag on last round. I just put a snap cap round as the last round. Easy enough fix.
Another awesome video Ian, keep up the good work. Any video you put out is well worth watching. Could the wind have had anything to do with the horizontal spread, looks like you could have had a flyer on the right side.
Leave it to gun jesus to have artillery shell shaped canteen
@Christie Malry It's not there
Century Arms: so close, yet so far
You'd think made in a cave in Pakistan. But no, sadly, Vermont. To our eternal shame.
I once bought a converted Saiga AK74 by them. Couldn't make it through a mag without jamming. Sent it in 4 separate times telling them they installed the wrong feedramp (they put in a 7.62 instead of a 5.45) during the conversion none of the times they fixed the problem so I eventually just had them give me a partial refund and ship me a C308. Sad honestly, you can't find those Saigas anymore and they butchered that one.
@@BasnettJames Just come to Moscow, Minsk, Kiev, Belgrade.. get it on a flea market under the counter, also some real nice organic veggies while on it, they're delicious.
NOW I'm going to look at 8x57mm V 7.62x54r vids ....just to start. Cheers for another lovely videos.
I have seen my units heavy equipment operators do this water trick in the field. Really helps tamper down the dirt from puffing all over the place.
I think I fired close to 1000 rounds in my 8 years of service in the Serbian Armed Forces and never had that malfunction you had with the magazine. You had it like 4 times with 4 magazines. In the army we always fired with gas system at position 2, gun is expected to work perfectly without adjusting it because as you noticed in your last video, you have to disassemble entire gun to switch positions.
Welcome to the worn out surplus M-76 magazines we have access to here in the United States. Same thing happens with original M-16 30 round magazines.
Wait... anyone else see the "vs" video that uploaded earlier and disappeared?!
I just finished watching that and was wondering, why there now is another M76 video on the range. Not complaining, just wondering...
Yap! Wierd
@@jan-hendrikbussmann4644 same hahaha
Yup, managed to see it too. It's a good one.
@@markidjanivulle3680 me too
me too, must be corona
The first time I took my m76 build out, the follower got jammed so bad that it spread the mag body apart and I couldn't get it out of the receiver. I had to pull the floorplate and rip the follower out with the mag still in the rifle. Love the rifle, but damn did someone screw up designing the magazines.. There's a fix out there, you can weld some sheet metal to the back of the follower to stop it from tilting.
Even with the occasional jam its still a cool looking gun that with some tinkering & polishing here and there plus changing the trigger I'm sure you could make it reliable.
0:50 Karl's sounding feminine today.
Mrs. Gun Jesus
@@calvinpaulvincent2840 Probably.
You can also see her in his sunglasses.
@@felixm5893 She's even kneeling down in the rocks and hot brass wearing short shorts with no problems but delicate little Ian needed a padded blanket. I like her already.
Mary Magdalene
Wearing a baseball hat like that makes me think Ian is trying to be every protagonist in a spy movie
I couldn’t find the words but yes. He looks like he’d be the rock’s partner in a comedy/action
Wow 5:27 the no look put the round back in the box really solidified his position as gun jesus
8mm Mauser was the first centerfire cartridge I ever shot out of a k98k as a 140 pound teenager. It certainly lets you know what it is, and I imagine as you alluded to in the video that robbing a bunch of that energy for cycling a heavy BCG would lessen that kick a lot.
The factory magazines are known to be defective on the last round. This design flaw was never fixed and is noted in the Yugoslavian manuals for the rifle.
They know this, yet they go ahead and sell it, hmm?
@@cstlbrvo5615 Welcome to surplus magazines. Same issue can occur on original M-16 USGI magazines.
Never had issues with original magazines, nor I remember such reports from the others.
I enjoy the artillery-shell shaped thermos.
I want to know where I can get one
When I first saw it, knowing Ian, figured it was 7.5 French long XD
James Fieweger shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons They were for sale here previously.
Man I'm not really super into guns or anything but I find these videos so relaxing.
I am surprised it does not have an ant-tilt follower design like our M16 mags. The gun seems to have potential. I agree the PPU ammo may be a tad light. The only way to know is to use a chrono. Of course, handloading can easily find a good recipe. The 8x57 and the 30-06 are extremely similar ballistically and will use most of the same powders. Varget and 4064 are a tad faster than the traditional 30-06 powders, but may work well. Then there are the usual suspects like 4895, 4350, 760, etc. There are plenty. Don't have a manual handy, that is just from memory. Looks like the gun has a lot of potential if those little bugs can be worked out. Great video as always. Thank you
It's sad that it doesn't be as reliable as it could; but seems accurate enough.
With original parts, it's extremely reliable and accurate. Never had issues.
Moral of the story: American Made doesn't automatically = More Quality/Better than the original.
Always associated american made small-arms with mediocrity tbh. German especially is the gold-standard
American receiver*
Yet Russian Saigas were/are thought to be 'vodka specials,' and hard to tell if they'll work right....
If you 'one off' batches of rebuilt kits, hard to fine tune your processes. It's not the same as a factory making thousands to hundreds of thousands.
@@chungtakhongthocveynnhau9889 Hope you're trolling or joking. The Germans can't even clone a piston AR15 that well...
American receiver and parts kit. An American part, even if excellent, won't fix the design, under gassed, or mag troubles...
It occurred to me that cutting down the recoil spring a tiny bit might solve the problem. 0r maybe putting a powerful magnet at the end of the bolt carrier's travel.
What an awesome rifle, glad the 8mm Mauser isn’t too punishing to your shoulder in that gun.
That follower being knocked down each time you empty the mag would drive me nuts.
You are aware who assembled that gun in the US?
Well...That's century for you...lol. You can fix it easily though as he said.
Also there are mags that don't have this issue available to buy.
@@altergreenhorn Doesn't matter who the builder is, It is a flaw with the Zastava magazines. My Assault Weapons of Ohio M-76 does the exact same thing.
You get used to it after a while. You either load an empty brass casing as the first round in the magazine or you count your shots, as Ian mentioned.
winkleried but then they can’t complain about century
1:45 - A missed opportunity for Gun Jesus to walk on water or turn it to wine.
Got kind of the same problem with my Zastava M2010 in .308.. Zastava factory said, after i sent them the gun, the problem was the bold carrier group, which should be a little bigger to pick up the rounds (to less material on bottom). They also said, that i should not use ppu, because the rounds would be to long and this would cause feeding problems with the mags. I cant proof the second case to be true, but after they gave me a new gun with a new bold, everything worked fine (also with ppu🤷🏻♂️).
ZRAK scope has two screws on top and left side to adjust it. Fist you have to set it to zero and then slightly unscrew them and rotate it till it hits the eye ball. There are some marks on rotating drum you can see, those marks have the value you mentioned. Try to set it like that. i have one ZRAK M76 scope and can adjust it to hit a penny on hundred yards. @Forgotten Weapons
Probably the ammo it's not as hot as 8mm used to be
Exactly. There are pressure differences between 8mm Mauser and 7.92x57. Check out the commercial specs between the two.
@@winkleried 8mm Mauser IS 7.92x57 there is no difference as one is just a colloquial name and the other official. Most commercial manufacturers including PPu however under load their ammo on purpose for safety reason, just like the projectiles are a tiny bit under sized as well, in case you have a Gew 88 that wasn't updated and load their stuff up in it, it most likely wont explode and kill you. The only way to get full power stuff is surplus or loading your own really
@@rogue3095 that is blue box ppu that is pure crap ppu mach is crap dont use ppu
Wasn't there a video comparing this and the M91?
It was not supposed to post until next week.
this may sound dumb but: a mosin?
@@matt-kv1nu Yugoslav M91, modern version of M76 seen here
@@BillehBobJoe m91 is m76 rechambered to 7,62x54R with small external redesign. Only reason for that is withdrawal of 7.92x57 from service
My pops had one twenty or thirty years ago. Heard it was a blast with the neighbors.
Nice shooting gun and I honestly love the furniture on it. It's very cool looking.
It's oak, if I remembrr it properly.
Love all the Yugo/Serb guns showing up on TH-cam these days. Serbs are good for making pretty girls and nice firearms.
I almost bought an Ohio Ordinance M76 years ago, regret not doing it now.
4:30 this happens to me every single time, and i also simply use the next round to get the follower back in place, sometimes it gets hard to release the mag
Other than that I love the rifle, its really fun to shoot, got roasted by some people how i should have gone with the bolt action, this is junk etc etc...
But honestly, i like the fact that it is a semi-auto in well powered caliber and as far as I go, its either me or cheap surplus ammo that is the limiting factore when i shoot.
Also, i love how it does have some kick unlike 5.56 or 7.62 x 39, gives you a feeling that you are shooting a true man rifle 😎
I would love to see the ASh-12.7, VSK Vychlop, or even the RSh-12.7 if possible, maybe even a Groza or VSS vintorez if you haven't done them already, thanks Mr.Ian, always enjoy your videos.
Csspecs needs to make mags and replacement followers for this.
Not enough demand for them. Mags for this rifle are still around $30 last time I check.
@@winkleried I figured. They have quite the variety of niche mags though.
@@winkleried Find any 20 rounders?
Jeramy Whitwell Nope. These rifles were only issued with 10 round magazines.
@@winkleried Ok. I looked it up again. What I remember seeing were converted German mg13 mags. Csspecs would whip up some 20 and 30 rounders in no time. AWO should have everything. They seem to be the go-to guys.
Long hair struggles: hats don't stay on.
easy fix.. just put your hair through the hole of the cap. that way it kinda locks in place. (ex long hair club member)
Ejection pattern sure is all over the place. Almost got our favorite lefty a few times.
As I followed your cameraman looking downrange, it appears that there is a light-colored slope going down from left to right in the sight picture. The scope on the left is also throwing off your verticle, only the other way because of your change in windage. High to the right changed to low on the left. The third set put your shots near the center. I have just watched three videos of you shooting at this range. In all three, the shots were drifting to the side because of being non-verticle. This bag was much more stable than in the first two videos, but I suspect the bag for the basic spread of your shots. It could also be the trigger is teaching you to flinch, maybe pulling your shots wide, but that is just a wild guess. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Boogaloo sniper note:
In the desert, dampen the area in front of your muzzle in order to help conceal your position.
Noted
Cringe
Boogaloo sniper note: it's not 1941 anymore, watch for heat-seeking drones armed to the teet. They'll get you first!
Straight outta Sarajevo
Big ooff
I used for my AW-50 to spread celt below the muzzle and spray it with water. It should work really good in AZ.
"it's a downright pleasure to shoot"! And it's a pleasure to watch you shoot!!!
“Maybe me? Probably me.” Aka, the gun is more accurate than I am.
It would be interesting to see Karl try it out, as he has more of a long-range precision shooting background. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that featured in the video that disappeared before I got a chance to watch it.
ian has said before that he is not a long range shooter. He's not had the practice, although Karl did start to teach him a couple of years ago for a video series, unfortunately it was at the same time as Ian's workload skyrocketted and then had no free time to carry on. I think they only ever made the one video on it, before the project was canned.
This sort of combination of factors is where a control test becomes valuable... get yourself a spotter and a good solid rest with enough room to change mags without moving the setup, a big gridded sheet, and an IR thermometer and just start shooting, marking hits, and barrel temps. Don't change the aim point, let the rifle send them where it goes on the same hold every shot. You'll have a reference for where your zero goes for any given barrel temp... cold, warm, hot, and 'don't frickin' touch', though I recommend ceasing testing before you reach "forend's on fire".
This is a Yugoslav M76 designated marksmans rifle with a...
[whole ass alphabet]
.. scope.
It shoots a whole-ass 8mm too. No dicking around :)
It's actually a very simple word. Remember the cartoon show "Brak"? Or the rifle Krag. This is pronounced the same: zrAk.
Had this gun in army. Precise thing. Loved it.
I might be wrong, I don't know this system particularly, but sights/optics tend to work counter-intuitively; Up=Down, Left=Right/vice versa. So you actually might have wanted to adjust left and up when you made your initial adjustments. Many times zeroing the M4 I've done the same thing and finally figured out that lateral and vertical adjustment are inverted.
RIP yugoslavia. You were too pure for this rotten world
Isaac Woolley Ethnic cleansing only happened because Yugoslavia disintegrated.
@Isaac Woolley Technically yes. That's why they call it racial 'purity'.
there were many smart individuals in YU. But Yugoslavia was crap.
Hmmm wonder if Brandon Herrera will end up building these at some point 😂
That would be nice
Old/weak magazine springs tend to make the rounds rise up slower causing them to jam just like that.
i had one in the army .it never jammed or had any trouble with it ...same as ak47 it works and works well
Such a shame. Yet another stupid law destroys an otherwise fine firearm.
Last time I was this early, Yugoslavia was Austro-Hungarian
That water trick is actually recommended doctrine by US urban combat manuals, if I remember correctly. For the same reason you did it; to prevent dust clouds from being kicked up and blocking your sight line.
Maybe the bolt carrier is handling up on the Tapco hammer. I’ve seen it happen on a few AK’s.
...and the Lord said: " Thou shalt not change thy gas setting from 2 to 3, for steadfastness is thy virtue."
*gets to end of video*
"Never thee mind!"
Damp the ground with the blood of your enemies 😱
PPU if not Match grade is 3-2,5 MOA ammunition by itself my AR here in EU shot ordinary PPU 2,5 MOA, a match grade PPU 1,5 MOA and S&B match grade 1 MOA or less I can't tell for mauser cartridge but my friend with AK have similar experience as I so at least 223 and 7.62x39 are quite bad so I dont use PPU anymore.
Not to mention a fact that this gun was build by we all know who with mismatched parts and same not original parts.
Load one an Azoom snap-cap first rd in to eliminate the mag-follower jam. Just something that came to mind as I observed that. Boy you just hear that report and see the recoil to remind one of how powerful that 8x57JS really is! I got an old 98 Gew. dated 1917 in that caliber. My '.30-06'.