ZPAPM70 Serbian Red Side Folder Rifle

[recon]

New import from Serbia. Triangle Side Folder,7.62x39,Stamped receiver 1.5mm with bulged trunnion,Cold hammer forged barrel chrome lined barrel.


https://atlanticfirearms.com/product...F-685757098342

[TBAR_94]

Mine shipped today, I’m excited to get some rounds down range.

[Circle_10]

Not bad. Side folding mechanism isn’t quite as kludgey as some of the other aftermarket options. My main complaint with the Yugo AKs has always been the unchromed bores so it’s cool Zastava listened to customer feedback. There’s a part of me that kind of wants one of these new ZPAPs.

[Arik]

Never understood the problem with none chrome bores. Bigger problem for me is the price. No way I'm spending that on an AK

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[recon]

These have the chrome lined bores.

[Circle_10]

I feel like if I got one of these I’d pair it with a low-magnification optic of some sort, like a a PA prism or something, and do kind of like a shorter version of a Tabuk Sniper style setup.

[SteyrAUG]

These have the chrome lined bores.

Wondering if that is a factory barrel or a US barrel added after importation as a 922r part.

[ABNAK]

Wondering if that is a factory barrel or a US barrel added after importation as a 922r part.

Good question.

I do have to say though, it is advertised as CHF and chrome lined so even if it was made here that is a good combo to offer on a barrel (I'll bet they're European barrels). Much better that "U.S. made nitrided" or other gimmicky sales pitch.

[Circle_10]

The barrels are made overseas at Zastava. The 922r parts that are added are the furniture, the muzzle device and the FCG I believe.

Price is hard to swallow but I do still kind of want one.

[SteyrAUG]

Good question.

I do have to say though, it is advertised as CHF and chrome lined so even if it was made here that is a good combo to offer on a barrel (I'll bet they're European barrels). Much better that "U.S. made nitrided" or other gimmicky sales pitch.

A lot of import AKs featured US barrels and often they were very inferior to a foreign factory barrel.

The barrels are made overseas at Zastava. The 922r parts that are added are the furniture, the muzzle device and the FCG I believe.

Price is hard to swallow but I do still kind of want one.

Good to know. But that is just what AKs cost. 20 years ago there were still factories loaded with parts from the days of communism so putting them together didn't amount to much, especially with wage expectations of countries who had only recently shed communism.

But if you build this rifle from the group up, need to import it and rebuild it along 922r rules, well this is what it costs and it costs more than a domestic rifle that is simply built as it has been for the last 50 years.