Charles Daly Zastava 30-06

[koivu]

I was at a gun show today.  I brought with me an old 22 rifle that I didn't need.  I swapped it for a new in the box Charles Daly (Zastava) 30-06.  I usually use my Sako 30-06 when out for moose but I figured this would be ok as a back up rifle since I don't have a second 30-06.  The trigger feels ok.  Anybody have any experience with these rifles?  Do they shoot ok?  I figured I could use it when the weather was ugly since my Sako has great wood.  I understand that Charles Daly doesn't deal with Zastava anymore since Remington has a contract with them.

Thanks 

[targshooter]

I have owned three of these Zastava (imported by Interarm, manufactured by Zavodi CRVENA ZASTAVA in Yugoslavia) rifles; having purchased them in the early 1980s. I still have two of them. They were an exceptional buy. Mine are straight forward copies of the Mauser 98 rifle, with the exception of the safety/trigger group. The box magazine in all samples I owned/own was/is the solid machined type, not the spring metal construction so common these days. The trigger adjusts down to a reasonable pull with just a hint of creep. The two I retained were the "Whitworth" variant, with excellent bluing and very decent wood. All were fairly accurate, being capable of about 1.5 MOA at 100 yards from the box. I did glass bed the .308 (the rifle I sold), and it was an honest .75 MOA rifle until I started shooting out the barrel. When I sold it, the rifling was rounded and there was throat erosion, yet it still held under 2 MOA groups.