Zastava ZPAP M70 Underfolder

[@calebclark6739]

People are bitching about the scope rail. I think it’s a great idea. It’s slim and why not have it there.

[@balkanshed]

It’s definitely unique feature on underfolder AK and could be one of the selling points to a lot of buyers since you don’t see underfolders with side scope mount. Zastava did develop scope mount specific to this rifle and should start selling it soon but from what I seen it appears to be more directed towards smaller red dots then full size scope. The way it sits on the rifle it seems that rear sight might prevent you from mounting scope. That’s just my observation from the video I seen.

[@tedr.richardson4655]

My side mounted rail, removed and replaced on my Zastava is always on Bullseye on target. Also US PALM STAINLESS STEEL LATCH CAGE MAGAZINES. Are what I use, Excellent mags, very stout, NO wobble.

[@balkanshed]

@tedr.richardson4655 I will have to try us palm mags. They have been on my list to get but hadn’t got around to it yet.

[@bobbythompson1086]

Yes, it is a battle worn in house new production handgaurd. Great video. Thanks

[@balkanshed]

Thank you for the info, I appreciate it.

[@Gusararr]

Yes, they have announced that specially designed scope mount for the underfolder will be available soon. Odličan video, pozdrav.

[@balkanshed]

Hvala na gledanju, pozdrav!

[@stanislavt6376]

Greetings from Serbia!!!

[@balkanshed]

Thank you! Pozdrav!

[@jimrodriguez8047]

Got mine last week…fantastic rifle. Waited a year for it after it was announced at 2023 Shot Show. It is interesting your pistol grip is a Magpul. Mine came with a Tango Down (BG-AK Battlegrip) rather than Magpul. The Atlantic Firearms photos show the Magpul and Classic Firearms shows the Tango Down. Wonder why there are two variants? Maybe supply chain issues. The wood hand guard is US made for 922r.

[@balkanshed]

Thank you for the info on hand guard, I was wondering if it was new production or was it old Yugoslav surplus. That’s what I am thinking about pistol grips, whatever they had available at the time to install. I do wish that they would have made these with original M70 grips.

[@tedr.richardson4655]

Thanks

[@scottlehman9738]

Great information . Thank you.

[@balkanshed]

I appreciate you watching it.

[@BigDaddyTitanE11]

Awesome video. Just got mine today, RANGE DAY TOMORROW!

[@balkanshed]

Cool, let me know how it does for you. I hadn’t taken mine to the range yet, only fired few rounds behind the shed.

[@BigDaddyTitanE11]

@@balkanshed Roger that bro.

[@covertguy1575]

Century Arms imported the Zastava NPAP DF for a couple years. I got mine in 2018 and after a few thousand rounds it’s be pretty solid with no problems

[@balkanshed]

Those are good guns, I have one as well. In one of my other videos, I do comparison between NPAP underfolder and ZPAP underfolder.

[@Batko10]

I have 5 different full stock ZPAP M70's that I purchased at Atlantic Firearms over the last 3 years. They are gorgeous rifles and shoot GREAT - smooth action and accurate. I received my ZPAP M70 under folder on January 17th and after unboxing at my FFL we reboxed it and SENT IT BACK TO ATLANTIC!!! I did not realize the stock was "battle worn" and was expecting the usual beautiful wood that was on my other ZPAP's. I was shocked to see what Zastava did to the brand new wood - marked up, carved, and gouged!!! It looked like crap! I realize that beauty is subjective, but this was ugly and, in my opinion, a really bad idea. I wasn't going to spend $$$ on new furniture after paying $1,250. THANK YOU TO ATLANTIC FIREARMS WHO MADE IT RIGHT BY MAKING A FULL REFUND ON MY PURCHASE PRICE AND SHIPPING CHARGES!!! I will continue doing business with them in the future.

[@balkanshed]

Friend of mine just got his and first thing he did was change the furniture, he didn’t like battle worn look neither. Luckily for him, he already had additional furniture so he didn’t have to spend any additional money. I completely understand your point, battle work is not for everyone’s taste. A lot of people don’t want to spend that much money on the new rifle that looks used. Hopefully Zastava will start selling them in different configurations where customers can choose what look they want. They do it with full stock rifles, with many different stock options, so hopefully they will do it with underfolders as well. The prices of AK sure have been creeping up, at a lot faster rate than other rifles. Not that long ago decent AK was half the price of medium grade AR but these days most AK’s cost more than medium grade AR.

[@dennisgreen3430]

I'm getting one. The only thing I'll change is the grip (I want a real Serb one) and of course Serb mags. I like the battle worn look. Eye of the beholder.

[@balkanshed]

I kind of like that battle worn look as well. Only thing I changed on it was top part of handguard, I got one of those Zastava cheese grater style.

[@Grizzlyman420]

I have a M70 caved and got a PSA GF5 and it’s a damn good build

[@balkanshed]

@@Grizzlyman420 PSA has definitely been putting out some good stuff lately.

[@Grizzlyman420]

@@balkanshed absolutely! Im not one of these zastava guys that think psa is total trash. This build I received “can’t speak for anyone else’s” is very well put together and runs great. I got the plum gloss wood and I’m happy I did 🇺🇸

[@Osito_codm31]

Why did my barrel turned brownish color after i shot like 500 rounds? I cleaned it but after being oiled its still brown? Its a m70 zpap

[@eugenepage7248]

I have 2 Arsenals, but man am I lusting after M70 UF in a bad way!

[@balkanshed]

I have a soft spot for them for sure.

[@petersalas2277]

Hey brotha … what happen to the pioneer underfolder video …… I watched it over a dozen times ???? Please do a follow up video

[@balkanshed]

Some of my gun videos got taken down. I guess someone didn’t like it and reported it. I appreciate you watching it. Future gun videos that I make, have to make sure not to take apart, change magazine, charge or mention the price on it.

[@vonleiningen]

What region are you from? Your accents seem to drift in and out from Bosniak to Southern American. I just got the zpapm70uf. My handguards had trench art initials "V, B," followed by three hash marks |||. Cant wait for a correct height optic mount to come out for these soon! Thanks for showing off your new rifle!

[@vonleiningen]

P.S. mine was -000694. 😎

[@balkanshed]

You guessed it spot on! I was born and raised in Bosnia but spend majority of my adult life in American South. According to Zastava at the shot show, optic mount for these new underfolders should be coming out soon.

[@surewill5141]

@vonleiningen yep mines have the same exact trench art VB III what does that means???

[@balkanshed]

@@surewill5141 I think it’s just random art that they applied on it. According to Zastava, these handguards on underfolders are made in USA.

[@surewill5141]

@@balkanshed ok thk u I'm educating myself on zastava now I'm a A+student

[@raymondwilliams5096]

Man I got to say my zastava 85 is one of my best pistol in my collection.But I got to get my hands on that .

[@balkanshed]

I would definitely recommend it.

[@deedeewhipple4668]

Speed him up to 2x and he sounds like he's from Serbia! Awesome!

[@surewill5141]

😂😂😂u stupid lol that was funny

[@rabbitholereviews]

Good video! I got one of these as well. How is your magazine fitment? Mine doesn't like the Serbian magazines at all-- while it does ok with other AK mags (Bulgarian polymer, Romanian steel types).

[@balkanshed]

Serbian mags fit and lock up fine, but Bulgarian brown mags would not lock up. I hadn’t tried any of the metal surplus magazines yet. I wish they would make them all within same specs so I wouldn’t have to worry about finding specific magazines for each rifle. My Zastava M70 ZPAP with full stock will take any magazine without issues.

[@rabbitholereviews]

@@balkanshed Same. My ZPAP M70's will take any AK magazines. I feel like they might have rushed these underfolders through the 922 conversion process-- leading to magazine fitment issues.

[@dekir7663]

I have NPAP underfolder . Serbian and Polish steel magazines fit perfectly, , Croatian bolt hold open had to undergo some serious filing. South Korean is cheap garbage. Miscellaneous plastic ones fit perfectly. Also all I ever shot was Russian steel case , not a single brass case round. Zero issues

[@balkanshed]

@@dekir7663 I am not impressed by Croatian mags, but for the price they were selling them, I guess I couldn’t expect more. I think they were $9 when I got them.

[@Dnr2400]

Does the underfolder wiggle a lot? Mine has a little bit of wiggle idk if that's just the way it is.

[@balkanshed]

No, not a lot, just little left and right but it’s barely noticeable.

[@cyberbrainmfk]

You can search for Ranko's videos, guy from zastava USA, about these guns. They are imported as single stack magazines and then cut in USA. Also about 'old' furniture, it's done intentionally for underfolder series ( Ranko said that only random letters and marks, no names as you can find in real surplus, used-in-war stuff), but I like it :) I think you also have bayonet lug in that version as a new thing. All of these stuff were missing due this shitty compliance, and I guess that's the reason you get P-mag, cuz magazine counts as 2-3 parts that should meet compliance criteria (too much work w/o any benefits I guess). Nice video man. Greetings from Kragujevac, home town of Zastava (ex Knezev Arsenal / ex Topolivnica, Zastava is communist name that is kept just because brand was already established). Fun fact, every year we have music festival (Arsenal fest) in old part of the factory.

[@balkanshed]

Thank you for the detailed info, and I appreciate you watching the video.

[@richardescareno2433]

I saw one up close. Its a fine looking & functional rifle for your collection. Waiting for the RPD on a bipod.

[@brentadamson8373]

You ever notice when someone clears their rifle they never look to see if a round is seated in the carrier group

[@OT_concerned_citizen]

I seen another video that had poor ejection , claimed it was undergassed. What say you amigo?

[@balkanshed]

I hadn’t had any issues with ejection. I only fired around 400 rounds through it though so we will see how it does in future.

[@tedr.richardson4655]

Keep all your Mags loaded, Empty Mags are like Dead Power Tool Batteries, Useless when you need them.

[@kylewood8327]

Jack Carr rocks!

[@balkanshed]

I agree, love his books!

[@kylewood8327]

@@balkanshed That under folder rocks too, well, they both do but especially that one

[@dmoney6610]

Where do I get 1 ?

[@balkanshed]

I had my local FFL order it for me but I think Classic Firearms and Atlantic Firearms had some in stock.

[@ticm1]

Good luck finding a scope mount should you want one.

[@balkanshed]

It appears that Zastava already has a mount for it, they featured it today at Shot Show.

[@tedr.richardson4655]

Most likely man made in house batle worn applications.

[@robertad8433]

Zastava said that the wood on these is actually surplus taken off of yugoslav rifles, these dings are not done to make them look the part they are the real deal … that being said i really don’t wanna know what these knife marks on the bottom are, i like to sleep at night 😅

[@balkanshed]

I thought that too, especially with the number of all the surplus furniture that’s available but in one of the videos from shot show 2024 that I watched, Ranko in the Zastava booth stated that they were made by vendor in the USA and it’s one of the compliance parts.

[@robertad8433]

@@balkanshed ranco himself said it in the TFB TV video that they are surplus … i remember it because he also said that they try not to use the ones that have names carved on them because “it can be sensitive” maybe you heard him talk about the wood rifles though … these have us made furniture the UF ones have a us made stock and grip i believe so they can get away with surplus handguards

[@davidfrye7713]

@@robertad8433They aren't surplus. He specifically says it is a 922r part. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6G6g6eefbN1psk

[@davidfrye7713]

@@robertad8433They aren't surplus. He specifically says it is a 922r part, made in the USA. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6G6g6eefbN1psk

[@balkanshed]

@@davidfrye7713thank you for posting the video. That’s actually same video that I seen him mention it that they were made in the US but I couldn’t find it anymore when I was looking for it.

[@lynbertjohnson1948]

What accent is that

[@balkanshed]

Bosnian

[@wlewisiii]

Sigh. The underfolder was a bad idea in the first place. Why bring the godawful thing back? If you want that aesthetic, it's your money to waste but give me a Zhukov on my M70.

[@germaninvasion121]

Koliko kosta? Best price I got was 1100!

[@balkanshed]

Izašla me 1270 sa porezom

[@germaninvasion121]

@@balkanshed that’s the going price I guess! Kupujem je u ponedeljak onda! Imas li bajonet? Ako da, gdje si ga kupio?

[@balkanshed]

@@germaninvasion121 yes, it appears that’s ongoing price for them. Imam bajonetu od JNA za M70, sto sam kupio davno kad su bile jeftine i mogle se lako nabaviti. Ako je tražiš ja bi preporučio da provjeriš na gunbrokeru.

[@germaninvasion121]

@@balkanshed hocu, mnogo hvala na preporuci!

[@saki.zh1]

U Svicarskoj sam platio CHF 1700.00 za M92 iz Srbije direkt import, full auto 😁. Malo skuplje nego kod vas u USA ali volim da imam iz Srbije direktno, Original. 😉 Stvarno je jedan od najboljih sto imam! Obozavam da pucam sa M92.