I need Zastava M88 opinions please.
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9x18_Walther
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Just got one. I haven't shot it yet, but it seems to be built pretty well.
As easy as a Tokerav to strip and clean.
The bluing is a little questionable and one of the magazines had issues, but it looks pretty good.
The thing is covered in preservative, so I'd soak it in mineral spirits and re-oil.
As easy as a Tokerav to strip and clean.
The bluing is a little questionable and one of the magazines had issues, but it looks pretty good.
The thing is covered in preservative, so I'd soak it in mineral spirits and re-oil.
cc-hangfire
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Do a search for "Zastava M88" and on its larger brother "Zastava M70A" on thefiringline.com and on thehighroad.org You will find a handful of recent threads.
The sights seem to be their weakness with some being installed off-center and some being loose. I have the M70A & a friend has the M88. Our round counts aren't high yet (+/-500 rounds in each), but being an all steel military design, I expect them to hold up well. Fit is good on both; finish - especially internal milled surfaces- are a little rough. Mine needed the front sight drifted to center. And I get some slide bite from the M88 with my meaty hands. And although the SA trigger is fairly crisp, it is stout being in the 8# range. My friend doesn't like it at all since he prefers SA match triggers in the 2-3# range.
The sights seem to be their weakness with some being installed off-center and some being loose. I have the M70A & a friend has the M88. Our round counts aren't high yet (+/-500 rounds in each), but being an all steel military design, I expect them to hold up well. Fit is good on both; finish - especially internal milled surfaces- are a little rough. Mine needed the front sight drifted to center. And I get some slide bite from the M88 with my meaty hands. And although the SA trigger is fairly crisp, it is stout being in the 8# range. My friend doesn't like it at all since he prefers SA match triggers in the 2-3# range.
Model12Win
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I bought an M70A last year and it was real lemon. NIB lemon.
I would avoid them.
I would avoid them.
I have to agree with model12. I've bought 2 of the M88A's in the last 3 years . The first one seemed to have a two piece barrel(chamber was attached to barrel section , instead of one piece construction). Strange and wouldn't group for crap. Rough internals. Figuring I just got an early lemon , I bought another one. One piece barrel, but what a piece of junk! Almost impossible to cycle. I have quite a bit of experience making pistols that are rough run well. This one was really hard to get running. Rough, Rough, Rough! To top it all off , the disconnector was broken right out of the box. I replaced that at my expense and sold it also. I have to say..STAY AWAY!!
Model12Win
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Mine had the problem where the hammer would drop... WITH THE SAFETY ON!!!
I had to modify the trigger bow to fix that problem. Also, the gun would not feed hollow points well, and the trigger was very heavy and unpleasant for a single action gun.
All in all, I say avoid the M70A and can't imagine the smaller M88 as being much better. Some have good luck with them, but I sold mine for a profit and have never looked back. I'm glad it's gone.
I had to modify the trigger bow to fix that problem. Also, the gun would not feed hollow points well, and the trigger was very heavy and unpleasant for a single action gun.
All in all, I say avoid the M70A and can't imagine the smaller M88 as being much better. Some have good luck with them, but I sold mine for a profit and have never looked back. I'm glad it's gone.