A firearms company from Yugoslavia (now Serbia) that has made a wide array of firearms. Founded in 1853, this company has made Artillery, Rifles, handguns, shotguns, and auto cannons. Their most
popular products where Yugoslav derivatives of Soviet designs and Mauser actions. They’ve made the M48 and M24/47 Mauser, the M64, M70, M76, M64, M77, M91, M92, and M72 Kalashnikov derivatives, the M57, M70, and M88 tokarev derivatives, M59 and M59/
66 sks, and the CZ99, CZ999, and EZ9 handguns. They mostly produce modernized Kalashnikov variants, tokarevs, CZ999s, EZ9s, and Mauser hunting rifles
today. Many of their products can be found being used by a wide array of militaries and can be bought in many countries across the world. In the US, they mainly sell the
PAP series, their semi automatic Kalashnikov rifle and pistol
line, as the ZPAPM70, ZPAPM92, ZPAPM91 and ZPAPM85 as examples. As of
2020, all of those rifles and pistols now have thickened rpk type receivers and trunnions (like the Zastava M70s in Yugoslav service) and
chrome lined
cold hammer forged barrels. While they also sell their pistols and Mausers here, most people buy their Kalashnikov derivatives as they are very high quality for what you get.
Frank: Heard you bought a new
gun. What is it?
Bill: Oh it’s Zastava ZPAP. It’s very nice.
Frank: Have you shot it yet?
Bill: Not yet but I’ll go this weekend.
