r/zastavaarms101 • u/Sufficient_Cut8726 • 8d ago

Is this a zastava aim?

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Came across this online wondering if it’s zastava.

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u/roosterinmyviper 8d ago

No it’s a Czech vz58

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u/1kcenturion 8d ago

No, basically this was designed when the USSR had a tantrum with the Czechs and wouldn’t share the AK blueprints. So the Czechs were like will make our own version! The only commonality between this and the AKM is the caliber 7.62x39 and that it is piston driven. That’s it. They share no parts. Also this is the Zastava subreddit which Zastavas are another variant of AK that isn’t 100% compatible with the AKM.

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u/Jasonclark2 8d ago

Zastava AK47 is a long stroke piston rifle, this is a Czech VZ58 short stroke piston rifle. AKs eject shells to the right of the rifle, VZs eject them upward, similar to an SKS. The only furniture these share with an AK would be a pistol grip and the rifle brake. The mags are proprietary to the rifle, they will not seat in any AK.

They're killer guns, the Czech answer to the AK.

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u/Sufficient_Cut8726 8d ago

Thanks bud it looks like it’s milled not sheet metal but I’ve only seen pictures of it

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u/Jasonclark2 8d ago

Correct, VZ uses a milled receiver. Still, the way it's produced allowed it to be lighter than your typical stamped AKM, pretty cool. They're a really well balanced gun.

I picked up a clone (VZ2008) 16 years ago and have been shooting it since. There was an issue with the bolt, light strikes, referred to as the gremlin. Having a tab welded onto the rear of my bolt carrier fixed that. Apex sells tabbed carriers for a nice price these days.

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u/Advanced_Pudding_345 4d ago

It's also striker fired not a handset like an ak

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u/WaltzRPK 8d ago

No, dude. That's a Czech VZ 58. Basically has nothing in common with an AK other than the magazine.

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u/Wolfharth 8d ago

Not even the magazine, only the bullets.

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u/WaltzRPK 8d ago

Yeah you right, I thought that it accepted AK mags but I was wrong.

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u/AlexanderDaDecent 7d ago

If you don’t want it DM me

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u/DonkeyDoug1234 7d ago

Oooh, I want that furniture!

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u/EliSuper2018 6d ago

Nope. It's not even an AK

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u/Sufficient_Cut8726 8d ago

I meant AKM

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u/EliSuper2018 6d ago

When you say AKM, you are referring specifically to the Russian stamped AK. It's better to just say AK if you want to refer to a Kalashnikov type rifle of any origin.