Had mine a while now. Nice little pistol for the range. Cleaned up nicely. The firing pin was having light primer strikes initially. Finally figured out exactly how to remove it and clean the pin and passageway. Haven’t had issues since then. It’s a handsome pistol for a nice price. 32acp ammo has not been hard to find despite other shortages.
Anybody seen the newer batch of these with the obnoxiously large rear sight? They call then refurbished. I'm guessing they We're shooting low and they threw on that plastic obnoxiously large sight.
I ended up with the S&W 40 Shield (only $305 new). It has a safety that's not super-easily moved. I carry it with a holster that covers the safety, so I feel fine with one in the chamber. I do drill a lot (with dummy rounds) de-holstering, getting the safety off, left and right handed, to develop the muscle memory.
How did you determine when it was manufactured? Bought one myself. Others have said it is late 80's. Nice gun either way. Can't wait to find rounds. Any idea if these will cycle hollow point? Local shop advised some of the older pistols won't.
I definitely wouldn’t fire any +P or higher ammo. As long as the load isn’t hot, you can always try hollow points. The machining is rough inside and so I don’t know how reliable it would be.
Yeah these older military/ police surplus M70's are not of the best quality. You can tell by how gritty it feels when racking the slide and all the machining marks left inside the slide and such. You can take it to a gunsmith to be smoothed out, but I am not sure it is worth it unless you plan to depend your life with this gun. I have heard that newer production M70's are pretty smooth and nice.
J Feldhacker oh yes. That goes without saying. ALL and I mean ALL military and police firearms, especially European companies design their firearms to shoot and use FMJ. These firearms are not designed for hollow points. In fact, for 9mm, they’re designed to shoot the NATO standard 9mm which is 124 grain, not the 115 grain found in most places in the US. 115 grain is a little light, even though not by much. But never the less the M70 was designed for the NATO 124 grain 9mm FMJ round. That will provide you the best designed shooting experience.
J Feldhacker you’re correct, sorry I was thinking about my Zastava M88A. I had the same problem you spoke about with both my M70 and M88A. The FMJ is true about both, however the .32 acp I don’t know which grain size bullet the M70 was designed for. Again, my apologies. Sometimes I forget which gun of mine I’m talking about.
Had mine a while now. Nice little pistol for the range. Cleaned up nicely. The firing pin was having light primer strikes initially. Finally figured out exactly how to remove it and clean the pin and passageway. Haven’t had issues since then. It’s a handsome pistol for a nice price. 32acp ammo has not been hard to find despite other shortages.
Anybody seen the newer batch of these with the obnoxiously large rear sight? They call then refurbished. I'm guessing they We're shooting low and they threw on that plastic obnoxiously large sight.
I saw a seller saying they were removed due to import laws but that doesn’t make much sense to me
@@natsuccubus Me either when there are other M70s with regular looking sights.
Yes I got mine at the gun show with the plastic large sight it was way pricey for what it should be worth
Wow very nice review, i wish i was able to get one, here in europe its very complicated unless you know the right people... nice review tho i liked it
I love mine, fun little gun. Works great every time...
How it's cost?
@@emanuelatabaku8751 I paid $219 for mine last year
@@richcxx with licence?
@@emanuelatabaku8751 there is no license needed
@@richcxx really? Why?
How do you tell what year it was made?
With a super-smooth safety switch and a single-action trigger, would this be safe enough to carry in the pocket?
I think with a proper holster it would be fine. Something that covers the trigger guard and doesn't allow friction/rubbing against the safety.
I ended up with the S&W 40 Shield (only $305 new). It has a safety that's not super-easily moved. I carry it with a holster that covers the safety, so I feel fine with one in the chamber. I do drill a lot (with dummy rounds) de-holstering, getting the safety off, left and right handed, to develop the muscle memory.
How did you determine when it was manufactured? Bought one myself. Others have said it is late 80's. Nice gun either way. Can't wait to find rounds. Any idea if these will cycle hollow point? Local shop advised some of the older pistols won't.
I definitely wouldn’t fire any +P or higher ammo. As long as the load isn’t hot, you can always try hollow points. The machining is rough inside and so I don’t know how reliable it would be.
Ok how do you determine the date of manufacture? Mine has a serial number close to yours. I’m curious as to how you date these.
Bottom of pistol is a 4 digit date. First 2 are month, last 2 are year. So 1278 would be December 1978
@@1patriot1776
Thank you sir!!!
How much price?
Did it come covered in cosmoline? How did you remove all of it?
On the outside not really; however in the crevasses within the pistol, yes or at least some sort of old crusty grease
When in doubt use gasoline lol
@@nicholasnissen1547 Try kerosene first.
Mine wont even chamber the first round.
Yeah these older military/ police surplus M70's are not of the best quality. You can tell by how gritty it feels when racking the slide and all the machining marks left inside the slide and such. You can take it to a gunsmith to be smoothed out, but I am not sure it is worth it unless you plan to depend your life with this gun. I have heard that newer production M70's are pretty smooth and nice.
@@reverendreview1777 I just feel screwed over. But oh well. I havnt tried fmj yet
J Feldhacker oh yes. That goes without saying. ALL and I mean ALL military and police firearms, especially European companies design their firearms to shoot and use FMJ. These firearms are not designed for hollow points. In fact, for 9mm, they’re designed to shoot the NATO standard 9mm which is 124 grain, not the 115 grain found in most places in the US. 115 grain is a little light, even though not by much. But never the less the M70 was designed for the NATO 124 grain 9mm FMJ round. That will provide you the best designed shooting experience.
@@reverendreview1777 m70 doesnt shoot 9mm what do you mean????
J Feldhacker you’re correct, sorry I was thinking about my Zastava M88A. I had the same problem you spoke about with both my M70 and M88A. The FMJ is true about both, however the .32 acp I don’t know which grain size bullet the M70 was designed for.
Again, my apologies. Sometimes I forget which gun of mine I’m talking about.
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