Yugo M76 Sniper [Zastava] to 800yds: Practical Accuracy - The Bosnian War / Yugoslav War Sniper
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The M76 is a semi-auto sniper rifle developed by Zastava in Serbia (then Yugoslavia) that fired a potent 7.92x57mm cartridge (AKA 8mm Mauser). The M76 became an icon for snipers from the former Yugoslavian states, and was frequently tied to the bloody images from the Yugoslavian and Kosovo War with civilian snipers and military snipers dueling in the cityscape.
As a non-Soviet state, Yugoslavia had no obligation to do what Moscow wanted. In return, when it wanted a semi-auto sniper weapon, Moscow did not give the Yugoslavians the Soviet SVD Dragunov.
Zastava did what some other eastern countries did when they didn't have the blueprints to an SVD: they scaled up their Kalashnikov. Which the Yugoslavian Kalashnikov pattern, the M70, was already a reverse-engineered AK47 type 3 with many local modifications.
The M76 was the result when paired with the massive 7.92x57mm ammunition stores that the Yugoslavian National Army had.
So how does a big AK shooting a very big cartridge do? Let's find out.
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I know 8mm Mauser seems weird, but honestly it's a rimless more modern cartridge with better ballistics than the 54R. We only think of it as old because after WWII no major countries used it. But the Germans really predicted a lot of modern ballistic trends with the VLD styles of bullets they issued during the war.
8mm Mauser predates 7.62x54r by about 3 years.
@@frankdamsy9715 that's not really the point. It's rimless, which means it feeds better from box mags, and the overall case shape and ogive design of 8mm bullets is much more modern. The 54R is just the 11mm berdan necked down without another thought. The Germans put some intelligent thoughts into the 8mm.
@@Ledmetacdc personally I'd argue that neither cartridge were truly well thought out. Both sacrificed performance in some way in so they could be adopted more quickly.
@@frankdamsy9715 While 8mm isn't ideal it is certainly far more conducive to modern firearm technology.
7.65×53 mauser was an amazing cartridge 1890s and case geometry makes it seem "Improved" for its time...
Nearly as effecient a case as the .308 which was an Ackley improved 300 savage...
It's a forgotten round tho, for the most part
Interesting
Now that i watched the video i remembered that i also noticed some strange windage drift going over 200 meters 🤔
@@texican3619 Especially the Titanium, Chinese, Ali something video :).
_(I know it probably makes no sense now, but you'll see what I mean soon, hopefully 😉)_
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@@TheAsheybabe89 Srbija je Srbija
When I was in the army, I met some dudes who, after a bit of practice and some shots fired were able to hit targets at 800m consistently with this thing.
And all of them, after firing the AK first said smth like "Wow, this thing actually kicks you as well"!
pal...this thing is M76 7.9cal and this weapon HAS MADE to hit target at 800meters with no problem ..even on 1000m depend of shooter..this is very deadly weapon..only if you ask me scope is long time ago to be changed..
I know you’ve tested the FAL, but I wonder how a “standard” (whichever manufacturer you want to call “standard”) scoped FAL in 7.62x51 NATO would perform compared to that rifle. I think it would be interesting.
Honestly not very well, the lockup isn't consistent enough in the FAL, it's kinda like an SKS in that regard
Actually I wouldn't mind if they test a FAL with the DSA "fixed" bolt-on cover with M1913 rail, together with a good optic, to see the potential of the FAL as a DMR.
@@Sam21721 in a DMR role, I’m sure it would do well. People underestimate the FAL platform, but it tends to do surprisingly well.
@@magoid exactly, people hate on the FAL, but that’s usually from people that have no experience on it.
I own and have built several FALs and owned a DSA FAL, all hold about 2.5-3.5 MOA depending on quality of bore and barrel. The trick with good accuracy in a rifle is a combination of barrel harmonics, as well as consistency of lockup which is something you cannot really get on an tilting bolt system.
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That's a really sweet rifle. Glad they were able to fix it up for you.
I wish 8mm Mauser was more popular. It’s a great cartridge and it’s underrated today. The 8mm Mauser cartridge changed the world and it’s often not given the credit it deserves.
It's very common in EU for hunting big games, with the .303 it's probably the most common safari caliber not built just for that
@@maledetto1221 I killed a deer myself with my 1943 Kar98K in 8mm Mauser. I love the round. All in all though, the Swedes 6.5x55 Swede was extremely ahead of its time. For a cartridge designed in 1891, we see that people are acting as if 6.5 cartridges are something of the modern era.
@@factsoftheconfederacy7151 Laughs in my Blaser R93 LRS2 in 6.5x55. 6.5CR is compatible with .308W mags and receviers, but for anything else 6.5SE it's my favourite(and it's also cheaper) and of you want more accuracy the 6.5x47 Lapua it's even better
@@factsoftheconfederacy7151 6.5mm Swedish is *extremely* popular in Europe, it can take just about anything on legs here and is accurate, soft-shooting and doesn't eat through barrels.
@@mrkeogh I have a gorgeous M96 Swedish Mauser from 1919. It shoots great and has surprised me out to distance. It’s been years since I’ve shot “long distance” with that rifle. Keep in mind, it’s still in original military condition. My luckiest shot was a fluke. I was 19 years old and there was this gentleman with a extremely refined “sniper’s weapon” (he built a rifle to be as he called it a “sniper’s weapon”). I don’t recall the exact bolt action he based his build on, but it was in .338 Lapua Magnum. It had an Accuracy International L96 AW like stock on it too. Anyway, he shot a man sized steel plate (probably exactly like the ones in the video, if not a little smaller) at 600 yards easily. I said “It’s hard to believe that rifle comes from rifles like this Mauser.” He said “Yeah, the Mauser bolt action really revolutionized bolt action rifle systems.” He looked at me and asked “want to see if you can hit that target with that rifle?” I said “Well, I’m sure the rifle could do it, but I don’t know if I can.” He got up and said “Well try it.” So I got on the ground and rested the rifle. The sights covered the whole target, I was thinking “this is going to be a miserable fail. Maybe I can adjust the rear sight to purposely shoot a little higher and then I can aim slightly below the chest.” Keep in mind, I was fresh out of high school and I have no professional training, I knew what I knew from TH-cam and from other shooters. I aimed and squeezed off a round, *PING. The guy started laughing in shock and I was just as shocked as him. I quit shooting after that and said “I’m done 😂”. I shook his hand and thanked him for letting me shoot his target. Sorry for the long story, but it’s amazing what those old rifles can do.
Greetings from Serbia, thanks on posting this review on our Christmas Eve :D
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Nothing wrong with 8mm, it's been used and still does get used as a popular hunting cartridge in Europe.
There is nothing wrong with it and these guys make that perfectly clear. But it is absolutely overkill for a system like this. A softer shooting cartridge would fill the same practical role just as well and be easier on both the shooter and the firearm.
You can say the same for most hunting purposes, but for the hunter firing a small number of rounds the disadvantages are much less impprtant than a soldier firing dozens of rounds in a relatively brief period.
@@88porpoise I don't disagree. 6.5 Swedish would be a very good alternative. But I guess they wouldn't have millions of rounds ins torage of that :)
There is a practical reason for the offset sight on SVD. Also one needs to remember that back in the day if you were a lefty, you basically were treated as an anomaly and you were taught to do everything with a right. Including shooting. Now the reason why the optic is offset on the SVD, is that when you get yourself behind the rifle and use the provided cheek rest for a proper cheek weld, your head is actually straight. The sight sits high to allow you to use irons without removing the optic, so you need that cheek rest. So when you get it all aligned you end up rather comfortable. With a centred optic, you'd end up needing to tilt your head and you won't be as comfortable as you'd be with your head straight. And given that lefties were retaught into righties, that wasn't really a problem for Soviet military.
I'm a lefty myself and I was in aussie air force. Had an F88 with an optic. With a left-sided ejection. Only after leaving the military and playing around with guns with irons only did I realize that I'm actually right-eye dominant. When I aimed through the optic on the F88 my head was always canted and left side of my neck was getting sore after a while. Wouldn't have been an issue in case of an offset optic.
the other reason is that they originally intended to have the rifle take stripper clips
True, but never the less this mount has a hole for targeting with iron sight. Not great but not terrible solution.
I like scope mounted right on top in middle
Didn't SVD kept the iron sights for close range combat.
@@fuze3107 same purpose here with these holes. But for me was more convenient to use them for moving targets up to 150m
This was designed in early '70s as DMR support weapon, to cover mid-distance and high prior. targets, used 1 per infantry platoon in combination with then standard Zastava M53 general purpose MG that was also 7.9mm mauser (that was a bit modified copy of german MG42).
Yugoslavia had licence for SKS and made it as M59/66, but we could not get official AK-47 licence and it was unofficial domestic designs and variations that produced originally a prototype M64 assault rifles (lots of different details in regards to AK) that in simplified form become M70, and from there you have M76.
1 per infantry squad, at least in the 80s and 90s.
I'd love to get one in the US, it's my dream "Dragunov".
Zastava just makes good quality products.
@@marcusott2973 Depends. Some of them are sub par quality
Doesn't seem like a half-bad idea. As long as the rifles were accurate enough and reliable enough for their intended use. Mind you the SVD I think is intended to be about a 2 or 2.5 MOA rifle (I could be wrong), which was also basically the accuracy standard for sniper rifles in WWII. So if you're just talking about a rifle intended to provide accurate enough longer range firepower than your iron sighted infantry rifles, then something like the M76 seems like a decent idea. You're not exactly intended to use it to engage targets at 4,500 meters.
I wish they would have gone with a heavier barrel on these, I think it would make a big difference... or even finned the barrel to help with cooling a little faster like the M72.
But than again, part of the reason for guns like this and the Dragunov having light barrels is so that they can easily follow and support regula infantry. Newer SCDs have heavier barrels tho…
@@borkwoof696 True, I'm a hobbyist AK builder, mutt builds are fun I'm just thinking outside of the box, I would hate to lug that this thing around any heavier than it is haha.
Which is where the Tabuk sniper rifle got it right. Kind of bad when my Tabuk stays on target better than my PSL or M76. Still can't bring myself to let either of them go.
@@SALTYCOMBATDIVER-ExInstructor Don't ever let them go! Unless you're giving them to ME of course...😁
@@CthonicSoulChicken the only reason I even consider letting them go is because they have increased in value substantially. Paid less than $600 each for all three. I also just saw what the Yugo M90A is selling for, I try not to look at what my firearms are worth. I only get them when they are rock bottom price and some are worth too much if you ask me.
Love how you got the Greece/Macedonia 'troubles' (I'm Irish lol) spot on! I grew up in Greece and was in highschool at the time, I remember the headmaster going nuts (private international school) because everyone was wearing 'Macedonia is Greece!' shirts and pins, he kept saying a school was no place for politics and everyone ignoring him! LOL. Interesting rifle/ammo combo.
You can't hide from politics, especially in Greece lol.
@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 true lol
MACEDONIA IS MACEDONIA 🇲🇰👌
Respect brother! Ετσι μπραβο τα παιδια. Η ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ
I know better not to get involved with Balkan politics. It’s more crazier than Palestinian politics.
So I finally found the military role for me.
Sniping from my own living room with snacks & drinks.
I now have a purpose in life.
Good video. Those M76 are little tricky to shoot, and 7.92×57mm Mauser usually likes to rock your body like there is no tomorrow, especially if there is surplus of the gas on the gun. Still, very iconic rifle. I wonder if Zastava USA could talk Zastava into bringing them back from the retirement, but I'm not sure if US collectors market would support that in the long run...
it´s not possible
8mm might be the issue.. and the US ammo companies are intentionally keeping production numbers too low for low cost on the consumer.
@@PureCountryof91 no, it´s not the issue
@@mikehoare6093 really? What's the issue then? 🤔
@@crazypath573 the forging facility was hit 1999 and all machinery is gone. The current M91 has a stamped receiver for that reason.
Probably the most honest review of a M76 out there. Also nicely tip-toeing around the whole wars and borders issue, some + points for diplomacy (translation: fewer mini balkan wars in the comments). Thanks guys!
Automatic Weapons of Ohio, AWO, manufacturers this M76 rifle in both 8mm Mauser and .30-06 Springfield. Both variants are extremely well make with milled receivers and high gloss blue finish. Original Zrak M76 scopes also are included. I have the 8mm variant and love it for its accuracy with PPU Pravi Partizan 8mm mauser, 198 gr fmj.
I have one of the AWO 8mm builds. i have used it to compete regularly in AK centric 2 gun matches. Not that a full sized, full power DMR does well on stages designed for intermediate caliber carbines.....
@@winkleried You may not top the score board but it sounds like you topped the fun factor! :D
@@andersjjensen Lets just say i am becoming a minor celebrity at these matches.. I was at a meet and greet on the last match and overheard a new shooter talking to a guy in my previous squad that he had seen on one of the promotional videos that there had been an M76 used. The response was " Oh you mean Winkleried, he's the guy in the M-76 Operator shirt over there"....Our volunteer camera person and fellow competitor has made it a high priority to try and get an action shot of that rifle in action.
After watching the video went straight to the internet to see if there were any offerings and found the AWO, however there were none available and no pricing. Do you have any information?
@@chrislang5659 Best thing is to talk to the AWO folks and see what they say.
Another masterice from 9-Hole. A few notes about Yugo guns and balkan wars. Most people's in balkan wars preferred Zastava M48 ( yugo mauser) with the scope mounted on it or even some hunting rifles as a sniper rifle not so the M76.
You are absolutely correct about large quantity of 8mm mauser ammunition in yugo storages, Yugo army stored a lot of ammunition in general even 4 years of balkan wars didn't emptied the warehouses, we still have some munition produced in the 1970/80.
Yugo army used 8 mm mauser cartrige before WWII they had a belgian version of 98K mauser. Post WWII Zastava M48 inherit wooden insert on the barrel from that rifle, after the WWII Yugo army also adopted MG3 known as Zastava M 53 which also acquired a lot of mauser 8mm cartridges, later was replaced with the PKM-Zastava M 84 first yugo infantry weapon to use 7,62×54 R .
About non chromed barrels and corrosive ammo, actually wasnt a real problem because we as conscripts in the army cleaned that rifles almost every day, no matter if we use them or not. I was genuinely surprised when I found out how resilient the AK platform is many years after I done obligatory military service, thanks to the youtube.
Interesting! I've been looking for a sniper M48
@@9HoleReviews A lot of scoped M48 was DIY job however there was also original scoped M48, tried to send you a few links with data and pictures about scoped M48 from yugo area but youtube doesn't let me, original version of scoped M48 was also known as M69
@@altergreenhorn hi How about the M98/48?
The M24 was the Belgian Mauser that Yugoslavia used pre WWII, then they updated most of them in 1947 as the 24/47 and used some spare parts and barrels to convert straight pull Austrian Steyr or Hungarian Budapest-made M95's from the 8x50 or 8x56r to 8mm Mauser as the M95M. Those are cool rifles, I have a Hungarian M95M. Apparently they weren't widely used. I have heard of concerns whether they can really hold up to lots of full power 8mm but I think they are tougher than people give them credit for. The 8x56r is a pretty stout round. I usually just shoot light reloads in mine since I want to preserve the history and complete examples are getting harder to find since the 8mm Mauser extractors and internal magazine parts are unobtainable if you lose or break yours.
I have a M24/47, as well as two M48's. I like the turned down bolt on the M48 but the 24/47 had better fit and finish (all are good rifles, just an observation) The non-updated M24's are more rare and go for a premium over the much more common 24/47.
I remember the news footage from this time when I was growing up. Lots of nostalgia, guys.
Corrosive ammo was used because it was slightly cheaper to produce but also because it was forcing soldiers to put much more effort in maintaining their rifles. As the majority of soldiers were doing their 12 or 15 month service, they had to pay to pay the fine after inspection at the end of the service if the barrel was rusted much more than it was when they first got their rifle. To clean the barrel, they used special detergent to remove the soot the barrel and then used oil and rug in the rope to create the film on entire inner surface of the barrel - for this two soldiers were pushing the rope with the oiled rug back and forth for couple of minutes. So it had also the purpose to boost the teamwork and to keep the soldiers occupied.
Don't remember the detergent, but do remember the cleaning of the rifle - every day except on Saturdays or Sundays, just after the morning line-up, after breakfast, no matter if the rifle was shot from or not. To this day, 30+ years later, I know how to assemble and disassemble the M70, while simultaneously solving Sudoku, for instance.
@@p4nz9r60 drnč pa ulje, bar je tako bilo kod nas
I love the collaboration with InRange, the AK Guy, and what a great community all of these gun tubers have. In a way, I feel it reflect the gun community at large.
It reflects the best of the gun community for sure. I'm glad the adults get along for the most part.
If you think about it, many of those Balkan "snipers" were probably already familiar with the 8mm Mauser from their hunting rifles. Ballistics and recoil wouldn't be anything new to militia-types armed with these rifles during those conflicts.
Not only from hunting but also from school. Anybody that went to school during unified Yugoslavia had "obrana" (defense, as in military partisan/guerrilla defense) class where one of the graded subjects was marksmanship with the Zastava M48 (yugo Kar 98k) in 8mm Mauser. So for all the yugo school children at that time 8mm Mauser was their firs or second (I remember my mom telling me that they also learned to shoot shotguns) experience with firearms.
@@sancota1 And these grown ass men complain about the recoil. 5.56 turned a lot of shooters into babies I swear.
@@domenik8339 Kids these days and their *checks notes* nicer to shoot firearms!!!!1!11!
@@sancota1 Yes all 15/16 year old boys and girls (no cry babies then) need to shoot a 8mm mauser back then it was 3 test shots and then 2 x 5 shots on the target in a prone positionfor for a grade. Prior that shooting we all had a theoretical part in the schools.
Can't forget my school mate he was skinny and small every time he shot 8mm mauser he act like a howitzer, after every shot in prone position he needed to crawl a little bit back to position.
@@sancota1 ahh. Not all of "yugoslavia" did that. Most places in Croatia didnt and a lot of Bosnia didnt as well. That was more of a Serbian or really a Orthodox thing lol
The snacks are vital to making hits with one of these.
Had one of those "100 Year" Arms builds. Good God that thing would throw brass. Rumor has it the empty casings still haven't reentered earth's atmosphere. Sold it off fairly quickly.
TBF alot 8mm systems kick the casings pretty far. But I can imagine century arms messing it up so it throws them absurdly far.
Speaking of 8mm Mauser in an auto loader…would you guys ever do a practical accuracy test on a Hakim?
Have a Hakim and Egyptian FN49, also have the Argentine FN49 in 308 if they want to do episodes on them.
or a AG-42 Ljungman!
@@trevorksanders love my Hakim thing roars like a lion at the range. extremely jealous of your FN49’s though, Absolutely gorgeous rifles.
there's always multiple of these for sale in unmolested condition in the Netherlands, probably gonna get me one someday
Don't wait. Do it today. Surplus dries up, and is gone forever.
@@bass779 gonna need to aquire my full liscense first
and then join a bigger range rated for rifle rounds
that being said, surplus doesn't really dry up in the Netherlands since they can only own 5 guns causing their used market to be pretty damn solid (as a Belgian i can own up to 30, any more and i'd have to install security measures and a dedicated weapons room)
like, they have ww2 m1 carbines going for under 500 euro there, pretty much all the time too
and dirt cheap FAL's (deffo gotta get me one of those, obligatory as a Belgian lul)
@@RobinVerhulstZ 30 guns sounds a pretty decent security measure. 😅
@@RobinVerhulstZ Wow, thanks for sharing! I am very ignorant of Europe's gun markets and laws. I'm glad to see there is plenty of enthusiasm for historical firearms in Belgium/the Netherlands. Very cool
How do the Yanks get them for semi permanent loan?
Nice, the other day I was mentioning how nobody remember the civil war in Balkans, as it was headlines in the news through the the whole of the 90's. There was even the dreaded "Sniper Alley".
I actually met a Croatian sniper in France, he used a Barret .50 cal in the 4th Division "Tiger". I also knew a Brazilian Légionnaire who served as a counter-sniper in Sarajevo with the UN mission. He showed me the photos of his sniper's nest: they had the FR F1 and the Héctate .50 cal.
Tigers were first brigade from Zagreb, fourth was Spiders from Split. Very good rifle,i use her in war, never failed. There is no recoil despite 7,92x57 calber
@@MarioJurjevic My mistake then. I only remembered the animal. He now owns a hotel in the outskirts of Paris and is a very nice guy behind his massive size. He sent me a photograph of him sitting down next to his Barret. I identified him as a veteran due to his hand tattoo just like in the movie presented in the intro.
Plenty of hunting rifles used in Mostar, once the bridge was destroyed the big game stuff came out.. lots of mercs working for all sides there..
@@hakimcameldriver It makes you think about what was really going on in that madness. Identifying an enemy was probably as difficult as trying to understand how fast many neighbors could go from living in harmony one day to quickly deciding to take up arms with little knowledge about those that entered that warzone with an outside agenda. A mercenary enters a warzone with the intentions to kill for money or the promise of wealth when those that profit from all wars decide its time to change the venue. No one wins in these scenarios. It makes you appreciate the battlefields of the times before guns. Both sides show up and the decision to clash in the middle can be seen by those that are ordered to fight to the death with the enemy that has shown themselves. The sniper is dangerous with a gun. A sniper that uses a pen or a keyboard can do even more damage under full cover or shake your hand while knowing your dead already. The mouse utopia experiment predicted how our society would eventually become what we see in small and large cities across America...it never mentioned the hidden monster that will try to justify their actions. I am not a fan of such a person. I find it impossible to compare a skill that looks harmless as a sporting event to the sniper that kills from such a distance. Look at the corporate world of today and you will notice no one ever admits any faults or apologizes to those that die in slow financial ruin. A world without snipers is a better world. Every battle is already won before anyone fires one round at another. In 2022 America supplies drones to one side in a battle and many tax payers assume we arming the good guys. Recent past events prove our "intelligence" is either wrong on purpose or wrong because they were provided bad information in their gathering of intelligence along the way. The bankers and corporations always win. Those who lose loved ones never seem to realize the enemy is not thousands of miles away...the enemy is all around us here at home and they are ruthless. Violence leads to war and the winners of any violent conflict get to write history along with profiting from it before collapsing the economy's of both sides just because its cheaper to go in and buy up any land or infrastructure for pennies on the dollar before setting up the next scenario. Patriotism is a mental illness that fogs judgement or allows propaganda to give the blind reasons for their actions or an excuse for childish behavior such as using excuses to justify ones decisions that lead up to a bloody conflict. We are approaching a cyclical event that will shake, rattle, and roll all of the planet. Who will America blame for that? The past couple years was not for nothing. Who benefits? Anyone want to follow the money? The divide and rule seems to have taken over and no one pays attention to the night sky anymore. TIK TOK, TIK TOK...to what? Yugoslavia was used as a test before the event in 2001. Who is the new boogieman? Oh I forgot, the Russian guy. Remember Russia became a self sustainable nation after we cut them off. They not only survived, they thrived. They are not weak and they dont have all the weapons nor the budget we the tax payers get robbed to fund. When was the last conflict won by America? And lets not count Grenada as a win. I see thru most of it. The poles are shifting in 6th gear, yet the flu has scared most people into lining up with total trust in corporations that have proven again and again, they are not to be trusted. I am still waiting to be forced into a hospital or prison cell that some people demanded just a few years ago...That was so funny...I cant wait to see how these unprecedented times unfold. Remember those spent fuel rods will be the end of humanity...survival was possible in the ancient past...Modern Humanity is a failure. I am sorry for my part in it but wont pick sides in any battle with information that can not be trusted.
God, 8mm kicks like a damned mule. I remember taking my buddy out shooting with some of our WW2 rifles. He was so excited to shoot our Mauser and we warned him to hold the rifle tight. He didn't have his cheek on the stock and he only shot one round at the range.
Interesting. I hunt with a Husqvarna 8x57JS and I think it is a soft rifle to shoot. Softer then the 30-06 and not much more than the 6.5x55. And Im NOT a macho recoil lover :-)
@@hakansoderholm6514 I don't know, I remember shooting my Mauser like 25 times and having a huge bruise on my shoulder the next day.
Jp it kick like mule if you don't respect it, the metal plate on the stock doesnt help either
@@hakansoderholm6514 Does your Husqvarna have a recoil pad? It can make all the difference. Those old military rifle have steel butt plates so you get zero cushioning from them.
@@dmytro732
Yes. There is a 10mm rubber part. Forgot about that. Sorry!
But still, the muzle dont go up much. The stock is for Iron sights, so not best support.
Maybe surplus is much higher loaded?
This channel brings me happiness. Thanks guys for quality viewing. Cheers.
I am a Bosnian, and almost every men in my family is a war veteran. In the war the guns that are used the most are M70 AB2, M70 B1,M72 ,M76 and M84. There is no fancy snipers and modern weapons, especially on our side.
Having had the pleasure of shooting several examples of the Comm Block style DMR, I have to say that the M76 would be #1 pick if the choices were PSL, Dragunov/Tigr, M76. All 3 do the job, some better then others. Your spot on about cleaning corrosive ammo in a gas system, it is a PITA but a pot of boiling water does the job. Lastly Mag crash.. I've taken to not shooting the magazine to empty in order to prevent the crash at the end. Other then that finding M75 ammo on a regular basis has proven to be a chore.
I never saw an SSG-3000 during my time in the Balkans, but we did have SSG-69’s with Kahles scopes.
Available in gun stores in Carinthia legally just over the border, yugo ex pats bought and sold them with up to 200% mark ups.
The SSG-69 is so nice.
@@marcusott2973 when I first got there in 91, black market AK’s were $5K. By the end of the war, they were selling for $50.
@@borkwoof696 eye relief of the standard Kahles has room for improvement 😉 but it's a very nice rifle for it's time.
@@chadedwards7072 in the beginning Bosnians were making shot guns out of plumbing supplies and the Croats were making Ppsh copies in ex car factories.
Can't believe Henry just shot Owen Wilson. Wow.
Greetings from serbia kragujevac 🤗🇷🇸
Поздрав, комшија шумадинац! Нек је срећно Бадње вече!
Wow never noticed how offset the scope is on the PSL was until you mentioned it. And an adjustable gas piston is a must for a PSL, stops the rifle from destroying itself with heavier ammo and stops the brass from flying 30 feet or more.
The Owen Wilson references “wow” should have been the hit sound effect. Cool video guys, 8mm is a workhorse.
Loving this from here in the UK. Thanks for these videos.
Cousin, let's go bowling!
(Niko Bellic was inspired by the Serb from that film)
I love this. As a Serb it makes me feel good to hear everyone really liking our small arms.
Last time a watched a video of yours, I was writing about the m76 and how cool it would be to se one in the test. Now you got it. Feels like a late Christmas gift (or an early Orthodox christmas gift). Hell yea! What a lovely day!
Behind Enemy Lines is an underrated movie. The engagement by the SAMs on the Hornet are pretty dope.
Thanks for the metrics. Keep 'em up please.
I love it how you literally see the projectile flying
This coincides very closely with what I experienced serving with this rifle. To compare oranges with oranges I will only compare it to range shooting. During qualification we shot 100, 150 and 200m using iron sights and only mounted scopes after 300m, if I remember correctly, if I am wrong please forgive me it was ages ago. Also, we shot in groups so our barrels were always cold, especially since it was at sub-zero temperatures. We stopped at 700m since conditions were horrible, it was snowing and wind started to pick up. I managed to drop 700m target, half of the human silhouette, at my third try, which involved a bit of luck since target was hard to see and wind was changing constantly.
I was issued with the M76 during my service. Even though it's not THE best rifle out there, it will forever hold a special place in my heart and, as a lefty, the center-mounted scope was just a big plus.
There are two patterns of the gas regulator retaining tab. Your one is the improved one, the other one requires you to disassemble the rifle to adjust it.
Great video on a decent rifle. My friend fielded it in the war. Yes, it’s overheating and having accuracy issues, if fired in rapid succession.
How’d you get the black eye, Henry? Be honest now…
I going with all out bar fight and Henry wiped the floor with all of them. Took one good shot in the eye for his trouble.
Managed to snag a parts kit a couple years ago for an M76, and by the time I was able to get it sent out for work, a barrel was impossible to source. So it's now being built up in .30-06 and is going to be fed from vepr .30-06 magazines
The target should say "Waow" with every impact.
I expect a re-edit on my desk by Monday.
I'm glad to see another rifle that I was asking for in the comment section! Absolutely love this channel. Maybe we can get a g43 or Hakim in the future 😎. I might have a 8mm mauser fetish 😂
Ain't nuttn bad bout haven a GUN fetish!
It’s surprising how advanced the ZA M76 it was a head of it’s time
Back in 2014, here in Italy, the National Police knocked at some guys door and confiscated their M76. There was a big lot imported directly from close former Jugoslavia and 663 of these guns resulted able to fire full auto simply positioning the fire selector between FIRE and SAFE.
8mm full auto, no thanks
Brilliant video.
My favorite AK variant and one, for some reason, I've always wanted in either 7mm Mauser or preferably, 6.5x55 Mauser.
Heat shift?
My understanding is that, with sniper or DMR gear, the FIRST shot is meant to be effective, from a COLD barrel. Area denial and assault support are roles for the machine-gun.
If a sniper or DMR driver finds it necessary to expend several magazines in some situation, then either, they have royally stuffed up, or, on rare occasions, it's their lucky day in a target rich environment.
A single rifle with a VERY different muzzle report WILL be noticed by a switched-on enemy and a rain of mortar bombs will probably be on their way in short order. If a second clean shot is available or needed, maybe, but eventually you will become tracer-bait.
The true test if such exotica is how they perform with COLD shots. The fewer shots that need to be fired, the better. If the rifle is COLD-zeroed, and the shooter can reliably repeat the first-shot Point of Impact, the job is done.
Furthermore, most "intelligent" snipers operate in pairs. No2 is the spotter and the protection party, armed with something a lot more applicable to hot extractions and so on.
I had a M76 with the number 21997 in my military service and in the Balkan war. Your comment is on point, you don't shoot more than a few times a day in a role as a "sniper". If you do, then the hole firepower of the opposite side will decent on you ... Don't ask me how I now. 😄
That's 100% true and after doing this course for so long it's been a reoccurring internal conversation that we're looking at addressing in some future episodes.
8mm Mauser will always be my favorite round. I've put tons of rounds through my M48. Best gun video to kick off the new year hands down.
I am a M-76 shooter and I have used mine (AWO Build in 8mm) in a couple of AK centric 2 gun competitions. My favorite shot I have done on the clock was when I hit a target so hard center mass that i broke the target stand like you did with the gong. on the discussion you were having at the 500M target have you considered that it may have been the ammunition as well. I have had very poor luck with M75 to the point that I call it a 8mm 12 gauge. Seriously the last time I tried it I was getting 24 inch groups at 50 yards with the optic. My three preferred loads are Hornady Vintage then PPU match and PPU commercial FMJ. I fell in love with this platform when I fired it as part of Threat Weapons familiarization when I was stationed on the ROK DMZ in the early 1990s. the North Koreans used them and called them Jeogyeok-Bochong the one I shot was a captured model. I also own and use a M-91 as well.
Hi, does the North Korea use 8mm ammo? Is your Hornandy Vintage the full power one?
@@junglehunteryautja5490 Yes to the first question. For the second question, While surplus 7.92x57 mm full powered ammunition is allowed to be sold here in the United States. All commercial ammunition must meet the underpowered WWI 8mm Mauser specs established in this country that were designed to protect obsolete WWI rifles.
@@winkleried I thought Hornandy is full power one. Try S&B or handload.
I don't know if NK make 8mm ammo
@@junglehunteryautja5490 Again, All commercial 8mm ammunition sold here in the united states has to meet the underloaded specifications or it cannot be manufactured or imported. I cannot speak for ammunition sold outside of the United States. Hornady Vintage Match sold in your country may be the full European power. Handloading is out due to the extremely violent ejection of the M-76. Normally both my case bodies and necks are crushed and that is even if I can find them.
@@winkleried understandable. AK extraction is violent, only rivalled by G43 without gas regulator or Hakim
I know the probability is near 0 but, I'd love to see a Walther 2000 on the range, being fired by one of you well trained gents. Ever since I saw one in Maximun Risk, I've had a crush on it.
Ian McCollum once shot a Walther 2000 on the range, perhaps he can make a contact, as I don't think, it was his' gun.
@@sorenlilienthal1368 yeah I saw that vid. Love Ian's stuff, just wish it was out to 800 or further. See what that system can do.
There were very very few made. Like 175 total.
Walther 2000 vs HK PSG.
@@CalvinL.Stevens having never fired or even handled either, my money is on the Walther. Because rule of cool.
Zastava's are some of the greatest firearms made.
Quality control problems from Century Arms? Inconceivable!!
Добар дан, добри људи!
I really wish a Rifle like the Turner SMLE would have made it past the prototype stages, just to have a semi auto similar to these, in .303. I'm sure you could probably get a M76 parts kit built into .303. But that's not the same.
Did you try handloaded ammo against M75?
M75 has a accurate reputation, it is getting bit old and very hard to get hands on it.
I tried different handloads on my M76, always gives 2-3 moa. Factory s&b also gives 2,5-3 moa results.
Been waiting long for this video come out, nice work.
This has got to be my favourite Kalash
Regarding the gas adjustment system of the Zastava M76, there are two different systems of adjusting the gas nut. The earlier version had a tab on the gas tube to engage the nut. The operator had to disassemble the rifle to change the gas setting. Later versions had a spring tab that required no disassembly. I have the early version.
Your intro at 2mins40 sec in, I'd have died if you were sporting a fake mustache
Frohes neues Jahr!
or
Frohes Neues!
I would love to see that you try to push 500y guns, which went to 500 easily, further, like the Brownells 416 and the HK 416 you shot or WWSD.
This would show how capable the weapons and cartridges are and how rapidly 556 for example loses energy on longer ranges, even tho the 500 where no big deal for the weapon system. (not scored, just cauze you can, I remember when you shot the 416s, you said that you can push this weapon easily to 700y)
You guys have access to such a sick range. The only ranges near me with similar setups have 10 year wait list.
Thank you very much for this.
Hi, happy new year. Mr. Chen you said you've worked in Greece, is it inappropiate to ask under what circumstances you worked in my country? Was your time there enjoyable? Also, since 2019 we've reached to an agreement with our northern neighbours and their country is North-Macedonia now, and they're North-Macedonians
Hi there! My time in Greece was absolutely fantastic. I spent a few weeks with many Greek military, police, and NATO officers near Thessaloniki on exercise and immensely enjoyed the culture, food and wine. I tried to return to visit after but unfortunately Athens airport was on strike the day we were flying.
We were there doing the meat festival and ate unholy amounts of Souvlaki with homemade Tzatziki from a few of the Greek officer's wives. We also learned the Greek Sirtaki dance. Of course there was also work, but the good times are what I remembered the most.
Niko Bellic would be proud.
I had a M-76 . It was a 4 moa rifle. It made a great gift for my son in law.
Thank you for including metres, now the 98% of the world can relax.
how bout some sub machine guns to 300 yards? im curious what theyre actually capable of
Do a Carcano
My friend. Thats a really nice range.
Greetings from Serbia, nice video. 😁😁
Delta Force in Iraq Hatra if googled shows images of Ruger lV Pistols or so I been told..cheers
SSG 3000 were bought in Germany an elsewhere and smuggled over for 3 or 4x the price of it .
Back in those days, Switzerland changed their gun laws to prevent people from former Yugoslavia to buy guns (and ammo?) there.
Very nicely explained with a backstory in a description,aswell as short introduction. Greetings from Yugoslavia
It is a good decision to show the distance also in meters, because you watch in Europe and myself in Russian Federation. Do that always! Like.
I've been learning about the whole Yugoslavian war ever since I bought a M70AB2 in 2015 when I turned 18. Its strange how it just kinda swept under the rug. Like literally war crimes that haven't been seen since WW2. The 90's were fucking wild!
Excellent info! Thank you guys!👍🙏
been waiting so long for the spotter to go behind the shooter godspeed
I’m no scientist but I don’t think you’ll need to double tap someone with 8mm mouser within 300 ish meters
You do if he's wearing level IV plate
So basically an AK in 8mm mauser?
I believe it's an AR-15 in 8mm, actually
@@sleighte Nah, that's a glock in 8mm mauser. I'm pretty sure of it.
Pfft, definitely an 8mm Galil.
No it's a Barrett.
@Jonathan SG Nah it's custom built semi auto selective-fire dmr Karabiner 98K.
As I understand it, there is a backstory to the tracksuit top that character wears in the film, apparently it's a Yugoslavian Olympic team top that he wears with pride as he was on the shooting team for the sarajevo olympics.
Sarajevo Olympics was the Winter Olympic Games in 1984. So, the only firearms there were the rifles for the biathlon competition which are chambered in 22LR. However, the Yugoslav shooting Olympics team almost always returned from the Summer Olympic Games with a bunch of medals won, lots of them gold. Serbian shooting Olympics team continued this tradiiton.
@@p4nz9r60 Didn't say it was accurate :) It's a Hollywood movie, but that is the backstory they came up with apparently.
Great job - very cool rifle.
Very Very good from lraq
How do you guys decide what course to put a rifle on? It sort of feels like the wwsd with the 77s and optic you picked should have been on this course.
I'm sure it's just optic + full power cartridge
@@signs80 maybe. They put the mk12 on the 800yd course. Every now an then there is a rifle that is ambiguous between service and dmr. Or dmr and 1100.
@@kinked_chrome1438 Might just be intended usage then, it's just that most DMRs are using full power cartridges
@@signs80 yeah, which is really what my question is then. How does one decide on intended usage? The wwsd with a red dot and 55gr firmly puts it in service rifle. With 77s and 8x lpvo, i think there is a good argument for it to fit a dmr role at that point.
@@kinked_chrome1438 I think that's more a function of just trying to maximize accuracy of the platform, the WWSD rifle has always been intended to be a general purpose duty gun type rifle and not a service or DMR rifle. It uses a budget Faxon pencil barrel so I think it's not close enough to a DMR to really be considered one in terms of expected combat accuracy
Finally
Been waiting for this one
I have always wanted an M76, I had a Yugo interwar Mauser when I was younger and loved it. After owning that rifle made me want this rifle so much more.
do stg 44 video please 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Watch every one of your videos the day it comes out. Best gun channel on YT hands down.
14:32
"Bolt Hopin' " is now the term I'll use, great portmanteau
This gun is on my list.
I like 8mm Mauser
I like zastava AKs
and I don't have a "long range" semi auto
also no AK yet
Beautiful weapon!
Wow, so many comments, and a very nice story on this rifle. As someone who was trained in the YU army, I can tell you, I wish it was 7.62x54 round instead of 7.9. When the rifle was created this round was used in a M53 machinegun, as a lot of people said, but during 80s, when this machinegun was replaced with M84 which was 7.62x54, sniper rifles did not follow up. They stayed with 7.9.
Personal unicorn gun. I’ve wanted one for 20 years.
good job sir....svaka cast dobra prezentacija
A very decent amateur video of the M-76, good work. There are a couple of missing parts when using this rifle, so it might be wise to check them out.
First, the usual Mauser 8x57 or 7.92x57mm ammunitions are not the same as the ammo designed for the M-76. The M-76 used the much better PPU 7.9x57mm sniper ammo to reach 1MOA. Beyond 1MOA hand made ammo with balanced bullets is needed, and many of those who knew how to make those are either retired or uninterested. Hence the unusually high misses at target number ten, which is often an easy shot for most experienced shooters of the original M-76. You need better ammo to group precise shots.
The M-76 was made with a couple of military demands like the threaded barrel end for a silencer. This reduced precision slightly and shooters who wanted precision shots beyond 800 meters usually got this part machined off to substantially add precision beyond 1MOA. The optics mount is limited to a 50mm lens for long shots, most shooters don't shoot beyond 1600m. At 800+ meters the postion of the shooter could not be determined because the first audible sound would be the bullet striking and then the shot half a second late.
Some shooters had the gas select valve redone to allow a zero gas position to load the M-76 manually, and a different setting for heavy subsonic bullets when using a silencer. The spring was also exchanged for a progressive one and a longer one, which allowed less recoil and slamming of the bolt and receiver. The result would be less recoil and less balance off target. The bullet chamber would also me machined canted to form a ramp, which allowed using hollow points and did not dent the bullet tip when the bolt loaded a round.
The Yugoslavian idea behind the M-76 was that if these rifles fall into enemy hands (either the Soviets attacking Yugoslavia or NATO countries invading) the occupying force would not see the M-76 at its full potential. This weapon is designed to shoot precisely out of reach, kill or wound five to ten enemy soldiers within 60 seconds and then move, change position or escape return fire. The other usage was shooting infantry who would get out of trenches to shoot armor piercing rounds at your advancing tanks, usually in pairs.
I still use the M-76 as a hunting rifle for boar at close range, up to 400 meters, mostly with 200 grain hollow points. Beyond that distance it would be ineefective for shooting boar. It is not overkill as many here suggested, the impact is similar to the .30-06 (7.62x63mm), more powerful than the 7.62x51 or .308 and less powerful than the .300 Winchester Magnum or the .338 Lapua Magnum. The bolt and chamber of the M-76 allow a slightly more powerful hand made 200 grain round if the rifle is adjusted for it.
The original engineers who have made this rifle in the late 1970s in Yugoslavia passed away and with them the milled receivers are a thing of the past. Every M-76 rifle was hand made to 10 to 100 micron specs, and the barrel needed constant cleaning so that if it falls to enemy hands it would rust very quickly and lose precision. If the barrel is not overheated with silly fast shots and it is cleaned on a regular basis, it can hold precision for many years. In short, good ammo is needed to shoot this rifle.
The down sides are the mags which can vary by quality. I have the original mags and the aftermarket ones made in Croatia during the 1990s war which are better quality. The spring could also be of better quality, and the bolt assembly could have been made lighter. But al in all, it is a good quality rifle.
Just my 2 cents.