Zastava m90 5.56 AK the good and the bad 

No one ever checks google before making videos anymore lol

@@13bredlegextraordinaire Sadly this is very true. The worst was the recent "Why Almost All Fighters Use The AK-47" Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge AK fan, I love them more than AR, but that video was so bad and full of tropes, including using photos' of FN FAL and calling them AK.. Also worth mention since I posted this comment I read even more about the M90 and own one myself. Not only was it planned for full scale military adoption but some may have even seen combat and some were certainly issued out to front line troops. Kind of like how the SIG M7 is being field trialed, hundreds of M90 did finish production before the breakup of Yugoslavia so it definitely has some genuine military credentials. Even if it never reached the heights it was intended to. Zastava and Serbia did go on to make the M21 5.56 AK the official Serbian rifle, and it very much is a modified M90, kind of a M90 2.0 with a folding stock, polymer furniture and moved the front sight post to the gas block. They have multiple versions of the M21 as well in different barrel lengths; (18 in) (M21 A) (14.8 in) (M21 S) (12.8 in) (M21 C)

@Michael S And here's Ranko, from Zastava Arms USA, saying that very thing, that the rifles are zeroed by firing, not by the use of laser. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9CZu-DqQ4YA.html

ALWAYS 🎉

Salt left over from the buling process I'm thinking.

That’s the one

yes have a m70, its great, but same on the 90 somebody dropped it

Gbo

Actually the hogue looks pretty damn good all blacked out AK… but each to their own

It’s still a solid rifle. I just expected better build quality, fit and finish at this price point. Zastava let me down in that regard. They are clearly not concerned about cosmetics when it comes to QC.

Yep. My M 90 had no such issues, and looks great. It's a sample group of one so....... .

I just swapped the stock over to wood. Feels much better now. No issues at all with the gas adjustment, but I haven’t used it much. Just got to 500rds and she is running like a champ now.

@@dfwguncleaning7523 Good to hear. I've been eyeing a 5.56 AK for a while now but They're tough to find. I was looking at either the M90 or the CG556 from Atlantic Firearms' MFG group. I have an M70 I like, but the aftermarket support for Yugo AKs is pretty lackluster and I can't find any info on any of Atlantic's AKs let alone the CG556. I'll just have to keep looking around.

@@Limp_Bizkiteer In robski's video he bent the retainer up with a cartridge, i went through on the manual that came with mine and your not supposed too do that. The way it says too do that is too take the entire gas tube off and rotate too wherever

​@@Limp_Bizkiteerarms of America...WBP 556...POLISH

Good to know.

Agreed! I have the steel zastava which fit good, but the ac unity fit perfect and function flawlessly.

The oxidized copper fouling is not a concern. The exterior of the comp is covered in rust though. Zastava did reach out. They said they were unsure why it rusted the way it did and offered to replace it if I sent them an email.

I have a M-70 7.62x39 anytime I reached out to Zastava, they wete very receptive. Mine with Walnut furniture looks great with US Palm FDE Stainless Steel Latch Cage Magazines. ​@dfwguncleaning7523

The polymer mags are still pretty loose when loaded. My guess is, they are made this way to fit a wider variety of 5.56 AK rifles. They almost fit in my Galil.

@@dfwguncleaning7523 They seemed to fit more tightly in mine, little movement without some effort. Ak magwells aren't designed with support like many western rifles. Doesn't seem to cause any problems with feeding, the exception being I.O. , century, bubba, and some pioneers.

No doubt about AK magwell design. I’m confident that it’s going to run the Galil mags too.

That’s seems to be par for the course with these.

What was gas setting for 60rds )2 or 3) ?....heard factory recommends "3"

Failures to feed or failures to fire? Mine has had 3 failures to feed and 2 failures to eject within 40 rounds

Unfortunately i haven’t shot more than 100 rounds yet, but everything I’ve shot (62 gr Winchester m855) fed and ejected correctly. Even on setting two, which is the highest I’ve set it yet, recoil was manageable and brass was ejected 20~ feet consistently. Whatever problem they had, they may have corrected it by now.

Apex I believe. I found the ferrule on reddit.

Yes I was

Thank you. Stay tuned. I have a fresh cosmoline soaked SKS and milled WBP Jack pistol on the way.

Hard to argue with that

If only my mini 14 didn’t jam every time I shoot it and not able to hit steel at 100 yards on a tripod

@@micahmartenson8547 Try a quadpod

👍 It’s just cosmetic. I’ve seen much worse rivets on other peoples new Zastava guns recently.

It’s coming. 32acp isn’t exactly economical at the moment.

Zastava actually reached out to me. Their response was that the rivet is fine. Mechanically, I’m sure it is. Cosmetically, it’s sloppy work on a $1k+ rifle.

Yeah but ammo costs and they are super soft recoil

But can you reliably find mags for it? I thought the 556 saigas used proprietary mags that were difficult to obtain

@@AT-xr8qh i got an AR15 mag conversion so no issue

@@AT-xr8qh Mags are not difficult to find a Google that found some I personally did the mag conversion because I have so many AR magazines

I have not been impressed with the build quality given the price tag. The rivet work is just sloppy, which would be understandable on a gun costing hundreds less. As it stands though, I wouldn’t buy it again.

Damn. That sucks to hear. I really want one, but might just opt for the WBP Fox in 7.62 instead.

@@radishfox308 FB and WBP all the way!

I’ve shot 10k+ rounds of Tula and never experienced this.

When ? Ive been using Tula for 25 years on my Vepr Saiga, & SKS no rust anywhere. I clean and inspect after every outing though.

Damn man, you sound super tough and cool.