Zastava Model 70 in .32?

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Saw this in a recent ad from AIM Surplus. Not familiar with it, but looks to be an interesting pocket sized gun, at least from the photos.

Anybody have any experience with them?

Here's the ad: https://www.aimsurplus.com/product....Model+70+.32+ACP+Pistol+Package&groupid=11520

No experience, but I was intrigued about them years ago when I saw one in a local gun shop. I have two other guns in .32 ACP and it seems like it would be a very interesting pistol for .32 ACP fans.
 
Another surplus gun in this general category is the CZ-70 also in 32 ACP. Classic sells them for $199.
 
20170628_080742.jpg I have one and enjoy it for what it is. It is built like a tank. It is a compact, blow back version of the Russian TT33, that I also have. I believe some components actually may interchange like trigger, mag catch, etc. Crvena Zastava or CZ (but not to be confused with the Chech CZ) is a Yugo/Serbia manufacturer. Mine is fun to shoot, but not very accruate. It was intended and marketed to be a civilian or police model. I like odd ball guns and this one fits that category. They are relatively inexpensive range toys and too heavy and too small of caliber to be a CCW imho. Be advised that OEM mags are your only choice and they can be hard to find. Triple K makes replacement mags. I have three of Triple K's mags, and even with hours of careful "tuning", I can't get them to work reliably. They are garbage and designed poorly. So be sure you get only OEM mags for it.
 
Looks like a dandy little pistol for popping political dissidents in the back of the head, as these type of cheap commie guns were used most often. Doesn't like like anything I'd ever carry or want to trust my life to, but the enslaved people who carried them had no choice.
 
Looks like a dandy little pistol for popping political dissidents in the back of the head, as these type of cheap commie guns were used most often. Doesn't like like anything I'd ever carry or want to trust my life to, but the enslaved people who carried them had no choice.
You say "Doesn't like like anything I'd ever carry or want to trust my life to, but the enslaved people who carried them had no choice."

Funny you say that, wasn't it you who was so highly touting cheap commie guns, was it Maks or Toks, not long ago?
 
You say "Doesn't like like anything I'd ever carry or want to trust my life to, but the enslaved people who carried them had no choice."

Funny you say that, wasn't it you who was so highly touting cheap commie guns, was it Maks or Toks, not long ago?

You have a good memory, better than I had anticipated, in fact.
 
Southern Ohio, has one at $199, however, their picture is different and they don’t mention caliber?

Was. The Model70 only made in .32acp??
 
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Southern Ohio, has one at $199, however, their picture is different and they don’t mention caliber?

Was. The Model70 only made in .32acp??
Zastava made them in both 7.65mm (32) and 9mm short (380). From my limited experience the 380 version is more rare. Frankly, I've personally never seen one in 380.
 
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$199 is a very good price for a Zastava 70 .32 these days. On GunBroker, they have been $300 and up, depending on if they come with a spare mag and holster.

They are big, heavy, clunky guns for a .32 ACP these days, of course, and are single action. Like the Tokarev, it has a "packaged", easily removable (in fact, it falls out when the gun is stripped) hammer and sear mechanism, which is in interesting feature. The safety catch has a long, rather odd movement, and moves too easily, in my humble opinion. I have not fired one.

It is surprising to me that the Yugos made such a thing at such a late date, instead of something more modern, like the Czech CZ-70 or that Romanian DA 32 with the alloy frame. I guess it was cheaper to make for them. It was really a gun that could have been designed around 1920, except for the packaged firing mechanism. The Indian Ordnance Factory still makes something similar today for Indian civilians, called the Ashani .32; it is a mix of Browning 1903 and 1910 features, IIRC.
 
Monac, I would certainly agree that it was an antiquated design (like something out of the 1930s) when it was introduced in 1970. Perhaps that is why it was short lived. LOL

I added one to the collection because it was sort of a Russian Tokarev TT33 junior.
 
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