@@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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Kosovo je Srbija... Slovenija je Srbija!

@@TheAsheybabe89 Srbija je Srbija

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

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..

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.

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 KZfaq 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.

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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

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.

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.

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.

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 :)

It reflects the best of the gun community for sure. I'm glad the adults get along for the most part.

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.

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.

TBF alot 8mm systems kick the casings pretty far. But I can imagine century arms messing it up so it throws them absurdly far.

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

Поздрав, комшија шумадинац! Нек је срећно Бадње вече!

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

Ain't nuttn bad bout haven a GUN fetish!

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?

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.

8mm full auto, no thanks

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.

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.

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.

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

Back in those days, Switzerland changed their gun laws to prevent people from former Yugoslavia to buy guns (and ammo?) there.