From the Vault: Yugoslav Zastava M76 Marksman Rifle

We engaged in absolutely no arm-twisting whatsoever to persuade Brownells Gun Techs™ Caleb and Keith to visit Rock Island Auction Co. and find cool guns to show us. Today it's a Yugoslav Zastava M76 designated marksman rifle (DMR). Introduced into service in 1976 to perform the same role as the Soviet Dragunov SVD, the M76 is essentially an upscaled, milled-receiver AK-47 chambered in 8mm Mauser (aka 7.92x57mm). It has an adjustable gas block, birdcage flash suppressor, and a scope mounted to the optic rail on the left-hand side of the receiver. That milled receiver makes the Zastava M76 a heavy, sturdy rifle that delivers "minute-and-a-half" (1.5 MOA) accuracy, which is very good for the AK platform. The M76 stayed in service to the end of the Cold War, through the break-up of Yugoslavia, and into the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s.

Rock Island's M76 is in excellent condition, including a Yugo ZRAK ON-M76B scope with its Russian-style PSO self-illuminating Tritium reticle (hence the big, orange "radioactive" warning label). Like many M76s now in the U.S., this gun is not box-stock. It has an aftermarket Tapco trigger and probably a replacement U.S.-made receiver. Zastava Arms has offered a sporter version of this rifle chambered in .308 Winchester and called the LKP M76.

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