ast 10 SHOTGUN NWS - shoturarws com ‘VoL 60 -SSUB 24 oe 3 AK Saal L re pe (0 Kokalis has tried ‘em all and says the Yugoslav variants are some of the best-made AKs around.owe go ssuE 26, ‘The Century Arms Yugo ‘Eki eapped wth {he same bbes, bine lac ptt grip aa the Stocked MTOB1 Sod fel (a gny modtad erin oiee "Sevtet "svo) smagzines of over 10 round’ capacity ake inte pics fn Wi on ery ral pose mt ake oka Soe of te Inst inresing of Row semiutomaticeny Kaine is. “igolvien ARMs wae impatd pret he ban i ‘Aneta lin Nort Karas iy Mo. asl gua tayo) an thon stage by Michel Aas. nin Sana ‘Nts Cat Maeda eherthe Mods AK” (American Ae) {eho AK“ (lel Ams) hese es ae ally te SSetannmat-ony egies thou the rome aching Sighs an eau caf) of he nondestorked MOB) an a [Restos MTDABS bat of wich ae estally AKM a "Whe agers wa ota em fthe War Pa in sic Ti, ho wae he Wor Wa Inder of te Comsnist SHOTEUN MENS - stgnnmt com arian in Geoasocrpid agi tok col of pot ‘Ta Yogorgs deed ox ha of be Communes “Sunes hi dx 98D, While Yoga wat mead ‘Sd non-aligned dr he Cali Ware Kalk rc ‘selene fr Yugi amed for eune tne [este fo produce, and bod rgaed ad alae. Hoverer “he irs Yugnnan AK war aed in 101 and eign ds the Aon pave 6 (Mel 1964 Astra Ril) itn banat pone Sos AAT tha pe} fred and Milled riers aout a be gerne owned “The Yugoslavian Model 1964 has a longer barrel and longs lighenng ets on each sl oe ecciersbve be mage was added and the designation changed to Model 644. The ‘owl a fd fing tbok, Tae AKM pe wi set 0B wd fling -osted MOAB "Te ces ofl her AKM sss sis a ied from Imm Ueto of et etal MOB a ing Stock MPOAB? recive bods are cosa ing Usecon feb mei Sim a ikaes, Thi SO nce Wl icknes utstnaly secteur the accrcy eng ‘ing and fling of he AKM reser, ied ‘Senin which conn bls king roses com {er lamchbowever as the M7OB woh pounds O76KD, “Re te eae on se Ae Tyr piped th Di nigh ee op {ere with breton boron ash eo he pet ecto berontper fonts ‘Alf the wed usa ek. Des and tote, a seve propery oe of ue plo of maa sdf ul pe of Sisto pening and Hoth Ste ving Athough sane MTODL snd MTOAB Tes came wit ibe ok pie pl pst mia tmaicony vesioninpored 0 the Uaied Sse wae fed ih edond ips fom he N calter 790m sper Page 14. St, aay and somewhat et 6 manipulate the ie (eighty mate vein of the Rasan Dragan SVD). They may mt Tok ie Kalco rp, bu thy eth eben haan cagiaering. MTOBT aes have ao ha aps foralearing bt bt nt ar egy with = ain be ecoll pa, wh ceases pall engh by Tals Signin erence a, gener, the Kaiser buttock ‘Stoo shor for moet Wester. Althea componersscxcp fr te bol run (eR ince t,he bans aed. Wak the ecepon ote ese lover which that ofthe AKA all ofthe or fetes he Vegolvan is re howe of th ARM sre Wella and xkbiing sbowaerge wordnet fy the Yossi ‘kote Nee eply act tc th ome ise of ote cen tee erly saan ony impor Yoosvian ARM ies edhe TORT and MODS ile led Wyte Sean ame cs ihe anes the setae lamin sight on tie gas Mk Prue sac fork fl when ed upwadodply sight, es of he Dur then rn in which thee wer mort he BATE. foree casting aoe pony isnt chip ya he ‘ahs of pan owes and eens nde coer oe ‘The new Gantry Arm ile at baton contrasts with an ior M7054 artnt that wae mported by Amercan ‘rma nee orth Kanone Cty, Me aurng the 18600,‘Yugostavia's AKM ‘The grenade launching sight and the gar shutoff vale "tne enum alam ns neocon esa ctl eal" eu on rene sch as bot ag fier sipressry and se erp) desided that nepal le tena mcr wee fa to dangerous oe nthe hand of fhe ple No mater he prea free Ininhes mere acl completly sabe bat nhl contled Gem Sher ar cro devces. rie with a inal ed tauacher wi fr iter pubic cosunpton “hee ae seven! wan xnmples The Sw SGS10-3 caliber 962mm NATO rifle was develope othe AMS, S"uowtaceoperate stan anime * dled ale loking ‘etn, as bie expre ote United Sess sem tomo configuration Te barrel a nel pigs or ‘nade unching be mazleand amuse rake, hich bo ‘Srved ars fh ae ‘Now thre as probsby nat sing sap of he grenade [Nevertelsn the BAT desisd tat te rif cold at Be ingore with integral gus ang on the arel ad he pce st fred install pin bre with grou ocing ‘pensive. Kou atte SIG AMT, o oe wt te Sosy ad ov renee. The BAT had one ain m= ‘pote case np te Yugolvgn MSRGEA ie. In cry rear bat neh 8 Stony SKS semanonstiocaly ‘les dstingusting character se gop premase Ibuscheraached permanent othe mise On ga the [BATE rejected he ipration of the MSBIGGAT intent tration. When Mienell Arms nported the, Yogolaih ‘MSOIGGAL fn forced 10 Rive tht atc reed by the manufacture. As a consuence, ery few were sol. Once ete BAT ha prevented hc ety of wat hy coe {ener a weapon of tas dexnction™ "The oii ugslvan MTD and MPOABO ses a the Somiaiematic ony eroes imported i te Unie Stes wee ‘anata by Zann An 29 Nova 12, YU-1000, Belts Set Centy Internationa Ams, ne. (Dept SEN, 480 South Canes Avenue, Suite I, Del Ray Beach, Fla 3485, oe: 8005271252 fx 56-2654520, wee: wormcen een a yi ot te Soar aria waar eae SHOTBUN NEWS shogumene con soy igh Of the. folding sock secon mae ‘Yorosvin, Te ree cre mamcust by De nds ne. im ‘renal eagth of be [MIOABD sat ou or Inches (889mm) The tare gh 16.4 nches (Sm) i ve ing 8 1194s nghetand twist The camber and bore se hoe ‘ined Therein sadard ARN ype mez eompesao, ich i designed wo dive the aed and oh tard by Cer Iterations Arte Inc ep wi the ‘era inching ik tg ick srl he Bs uf. While of shel mo lve whats rath ‘ile lok far oe ete te exer pated species arte, teak wood pips othe Meter 792m Seminuomat-onyAKs have beeb repaced. wih. the eee gio snctve shape with aed hata hs fsasde dt gute aierent i apenas fom most tet AK a. “heron siht are nes the of previous Kalai, The font sph stad post with protecting ears ta is ‘Mule or bath lvaton an windage oe. Wile windage ‘an be tered wth «punch and hammer, both Rus nd ically for this purpose und reve acing Remeber ove the pit ofa op, you mast move he ot ih pot Son ‘Also fo move th pot ipa ohe you mas ne the Front ah oe nah The rear sigh sling tangent witha pen Uthat European manner i ajuble frelon oly 91000 ‘cers n-ne, There state sight sting (eed Wt an °0 just eid he 10. ma nce ‘ion she equal of 300 ete. The rea sighs ast TAK i eth clovation adjament ou 0 £00 1000 ‘ees ever ene to ania eth die et ued I bond he elas etenae of te 7.6238 cage a every operator have ever encore The semaulamatc ony Yopolvian MOAR il set to SHOTGUN NEWS for tet tnd elton wa egippe ‘id ip tig i ight: Hovever, th tft td reer tin ier were stone dead tote hve sonnet tale ob ~ VOLUME 60 Issue 26 Sentry Ams ana he ie rom combination o {hi"counry by Bor Ensncering of Same Pet, Minn: ‘The iver body od wo asembl his il as mapucred by DC Insts, le fas teen bie fm thes metal Sittin of pointy sd tes ot i "The Yuosevin AK srs is th oly ane eid with a toitaldpen, bls ange oe it On he I seo ab AK agave allover ia raed ene gud witha rounded mar ‘aL Abunp sponte esd of te magasne body prvens ‘he flower rm neracing wth the baka te caer tel oar On 0. Ysian apse, he np ‘op hs bon delet an the ear endo the cr ue at ‘Ae the astound as Been fe, when the bol and bat gait the carsguide onthe flower and sop trad Teme the empty magni (wth o sal nc sine is accomplished excep inform the oper that he has Fed the lt fond On al fer Kalas, tat inermaton read tothe pear he he pal the igen ars aly "Aran aie dow ety ssh gull you tht cmb expernced pesos coun ound fungi Thats iol nonsense No one can keep tak of he bands is re 2y of the bated You otherwise bat than his couch and the Sandurd AK mags: es can be wed tbe Ygosevian AKMowe 60 ssuE 24 Whe ining machine gun crews of Kine Toms Brigade ofthe VO in Bosarerregorna inthe ex 1995, Twas issued an MOBI rie complete with the grenade lauching tube Iwas oe ofthe highs uly KalskovsU have ever ‘isd ine eld, Welade an oly elle, epee ‘ite AK design a Reith The Cntr Intra! Arms Jistimaly famous Yogoslvian AKC seis I secommend 1 hil ‘Yogostavian MTO01/AB2 Sees: How Thay Operate While Ibe gone oer the Ralsbako es method of pean she ps i pays sea or ain cel om is Tepe occasionally s many ofthe AK sale Fstures ae a iret consequence of ks operating sequener andthe “Yagostavan vant in parca ave hl ov pele ‘Almost al Kalish senos ata iflo are gop, tot five no pat toute hve sen Kabshaovs go dove cane of le dee, ty amunition aod opr st Polity, bt Ihave aver nese oe mafacinn a3 res of Fein tn ion othe Vogue MDBUABD sees, oly "he Polish PMICDGN-0 bas an intel gas cutTo pei = tng ile grades wi bliste (Hank) caidgss AKs are Tockedresk dein with ry ot ad fe eam closed SHOTGUN NEVIS - shtgnemwacom ‘They operate as flows: Aer ‘gation a the primer and pr plant ger ae verted to the eas Snr 0 tp of te tel The piston ieee esr ‘werd andthe bole are, foes through "te neces fot of fc! ut the ‘Namal ae inne ok Tagan rots te bot abou 3s Ualke many ote desis, the Klas provider np teary eacton daring lt ee ton, Ths in any oft cae, sn exceponaly lange extractor caw israel ‘As the bot tele tack, lhe Rammer one ao on {owen the cae sla in te ea end ofthe vce. The reo sin then deve he it ro Fors thes rnd is Stopped fom the magatioe and chambered nd the bl hen ames tort The bl cri lf ona ed fr abot 3 mmm afr the bits two locking gs ve eng et “The lng ig and ec pring in wrod sound a oe ‘ont ening cap ermitsuse separation of the ping and ode ‘Therearand ofthe pide ro ately sides int nh 0 afte ee es ee ad he sung ‘Soviet AKM apd ARTA wp coves he a bed cofigaion for aded sent. The Yugostaian MTOBUARD sees es tue the heave, smoot top cover curacteriste of miled ‘tthe res jot low the eee cover mst be dares Som he ek side blr the recispring ide racer sch fr be peesed ford to reve the seer cover Thit ‘Ease, found only on Ygosvin AK, of abou ale, in "he tigger mechanism is based upon tat of the 30 ME Garand The Famer na wo books, an het eto Sess 8 iar 4 on noses Of he tgp enw rode conday sear dace to the er When te anette eked poston it le side bok x he by the primary sear ‘When te wage alle the tagger easton os forward ad the pea sar dsngages, levng the hae fee 1 Taveuni fe, when the bolt ols te baer ack, it incnope by th cond sar When he tiger eee ie mers is leased bythe secomry seals flaw ile 8 tos he slo ever sr pin fre the secondary soak sth plas no role contig tebe Th gg mechanism’ msnsprng of the mupstand types nich las lnger and offers Ser performance ander ‘averse conions. Te tigger pull weight nthe semen iconly MOOABD wan SCN tet nd elation ce exc tool ght 425 psn bat the sown of gry ep requ 1 each th pit of eta was horendus. Noting ‘srpsng bras AKs rn general noted fr tno tepals by US sda) (On slcve-fue AK rifles, thee i lio an autosafey-sear that prot noah» se nthe ight reste al In Fal t,he ao-snfey- Su she hase ack ad i mst be tripe by the bl are in drt sth hammer of ‘other und. The ssf sear hs ben deta by BATFE ‘elton nal easauomaticonly AK The sls er stamped aber eal baron ist ide ofthe eer i snl ty th Chan ard rai ‘pinion, on ofthe Kaas’ few eft. is ny, sf fn iia oper, bat sag moder ave bes oe ‘egeal manor The top poston "safe" In this postion, he ters loka tthe boca eset js enugh Soe {Fle chamber contains loaded ound The mill potion pro "he fr alain selves Page One of the best, or just different? The next poston dove is fo Semintemate Fee. Under sre the apr wl nearby push te selec bar all he ‘ry downward noth sean poston, Tati xc athe weapon shuld be eployed in nox ery instee “Th oben al so ir, opertr mt cos psh the sector bt back pt the fll nth Me Carpe ~ History and Wound Ballistics Armed o designee Nikola M. Elastin and Boris Semin, Soviet hitarans contend that wrk on the MS (ode 1983) 7.62430mm carpe besa i193, ss porary suspended because af The Great Paioie Wat and then re-cmmenced snd flied in 1943. Oto he std that st war drvd or the Geen 792433 Kes atone {chon arp) deveaped for the wor fit seat ile poe ced signifies quate, the World War Il MPSSI44 (sous) “This Inter scenario is highly uni, a he Soviets would have toquied speeens of 792mm Ku amano a Saale to rive te mule down and tote fh, ‘San be romoved to instal the grenade launching tae:VOLUME 60 SSUE 24 lest year of tm prior to thi adopts ofthe 7.629 oat (ies eprtd use was Doser 192), Whee the ese, the Soviet MAS cartridge aoe termediate si asl ie ‘ound Fin prottypesfxtued case 40 2mm i eth st "dedi The case was tol 38. a he ll projectile proved unsstsfcary apd anew ballet was adopted fat epied a sor ase “The folowing coutes lave munuicred munition in this aliborAustia, Belgiom, Bra, Bulgaria, Cubs Ctechelovaia Fast Germany, Egypt Filan, France, Hungary, lng, lal, Netra North Kore Nora, Pe, Poland, Parga, Peoples Republic of China, Romani, Sou ‘eres Souts Kore, Swede, Sy, nied Sate, USSR, West ‘Grn and Yuga nsdn to Ful Met ache (FM) amanunon it hasbeen produced wth hollow pol, wa, APL (Armor Piecing Inoediry), and TT lcendiary Trace) pectin Spec purpose lad include heavy subsonic ball (ese vith ound nopreson), pace Banks, borane lod and Fiatons, Most preset is 2 12-gin ial ballet at aly consis ofa copper wesbed ster, lead and ani ‘mony seve, and a ld el core (Seve Type PS) ‘ago MGT tll amnion, wel a hat of sve caper counties, ues fa-ased ble of spony he ‘me weigh wth coperaly jake and ead core. Muzzle ‘elo of bh ype between 7330 and 2400 fs In owt eanfption, the 7.2439mm Ballet roel intone abou 10 inches in tase Before sigan Saw czars. AL that ois the ue: yaw to Jes han 9, ‘ten cme back dove a point-foreard poston, nd ally ‘80 a nd al n= az ord poston Biisted yw eels of spe are coment observed with inten deforming bales. Tal ene ving suc ls amos 29 inches, Abdominal shot nal eit a gett sue rp han at produced bya 38 Sp ital ule ‘uoerally posed ough the abiomtal cash: However, of ‘ous, this round is eapeble of inficting such mage a far rate anger ha ag, ‘Wale was werkig athe Wound Bliss Laboratory atte Lesterman Army laste of Resch in San Frasso, we tested the Indore a-bae Yugo bale and found tobe considety more eee. H commences i yw cycle after only 304 aces of penetration. Once agai, te yw ‘ele is eenralyblobed. Te tlle reacer ts anism ‘roeeaon off 26 inches eveling hae rvard somentat Aatened a ening almost ll of sei! weight (0 or tres small fapments ae sod in the ses of maim ston). ‘Ahough the athsed 723M bl i hater (930°) tan the mare common toni project (L080) i wll be ‘expected case oe damage 1 the afore, ve, pen oF tes bsanse the bul psis hough these organs ata large yaw ange Remember if we ave nether mustang ot Fragmentaion, yang al ha emios ome oe ropion and eabnce te bullets perfomance potled ‘eo nat nti adoption. ‘tin the 7.645 an NATO cave te Russi special opt fon comamniy has hed titres ack tothe 7629 Tad. Sippy eed ty he S250 wch wo nitoe, Rasta aps operations personnel ave pes fr # ‘tur the 76239 ound Dring ter dasros expe ‘nce in Aghtisn the 5.459% carpe war nd obo The ammunition ated in our tt and eration of the Yogolavin seminoma nly AKM wat imported by ‘Wot Pevormance Ammunition (Dept SN. 1225 No Lance ne, Anaheim, Cai 9980, pone! A8R7S7.963; fa he (525252 Ema nfo@wotfrme com: website: wor vole ‘econ sid sunufcaed a Tula Caridge Works a Rusia Headstaped “62X39 WOLF! the Icquered tee! cas as 2 “This ammuion Beran peed. Boal pjesme stand weight, 122-123 gris, ae ave In ther FMD ce allow pint typ. thir weigh, cae wea appro nutly 2400 fp Tesag of 762139 HP projec, Seemed originally to meet {IS impoation regions, inated hat test fin the bullets cae angie pom contact wh the "sue simulator els exe no xpnsion a all Fr hs ex ‘on, I cannot reconmead ammanition with projectiles of his A loafing with a 1S4 gain Sot Pit (bul, designed spell for ning ilo asd This project fests ‘uzaie velocity of spicy 2100 fe In al cater, "Worammoniton has proven Be rela, socuae sod on stvely pce. . CTE Sy ____ Specifications _ cater: 1.60.69. Operation: as peated witout our, loceg-reach wih arty 8 fees ‘rom he sos bot psten Fee: ‘bound stagger column, we aston ed, etacate box maging ‘th a h-pen one magne alone Weigh, wit sie puna 70 ein Length veal 35 aches (869m), Bal Firion 9. a is chromed tamer nd bores, Barelengh: 1634 nous (18m) | Sigh Freight round os ith protect er that oi "aust bobreaon a! | Ibe iva 0° COTLgmappaae oor tomen te ‘med ins Stange war ope sabe or werton tayo (000 ‘yl 00 ieee Th ‘i pars ee | speebenaes (erm . a reer inne re Pe Car) ton fe ates ai Monuoctuer: Cert iematioral As, In. Dep ‘8, 480 South Congress Aan, Sut 1, De Ray Beach Fa. 3345, oe 800-827-252 fox 1-268 4520, wot: x centuyes.com “Annan {Sth pice nti ep. 2 soca ‘an, Cal 2206 ae 68- 7 8 foe 783-2: El ‘noovotuna cam, weste os amo cam ry dosti vant of he Kalani srs ta xtarely tractive pie. Hot-pen et of fui va. comple wth two Images anda non and lester it Terysse sn. Equipped wth an ine rendeaunenng Sigh ard sao ave, wich a of asm ‘AE summary ‘ale ony.