Zastava mini mauser

[DASHMAN77]

Hello

I'm looking for any help related to a mini Mauser magazine follower spring. My rifle, chambered in 762x39, is feeding rounds too high so they jam between the bolt and in the barrel above the feed ramp. I am also experiencing the last round nose diving into the magazine, below the feed ramp. Ya too extremes. I have gently stretched the spring to correct to last round nose diving ( for now). I have also cleaned up the magazine follower. There were a lot of rough spots. The spring itself is very weak. I would like a stronger spring. I would not care if I lost a round of capacity. I just want my rifle to work. Any advise on how to fix this would be great. I don't think century will be much help and parts built specifically for this gun are few and far between. Or parts for any of the variants; rem 799, interarms, ect. Are there any followers and/or magazine springs from a more mass produced rifle that could be modified to fit? I read a Remington 700 223 spring may work but would need to be modified to fit. Any one have experience with this.

 

[greyling22]

I have a 223 gun I had to do a fair amount of work on to get running right. Had to polish the follower, bevel the edges and strech the spring. Somewhere at home I think I have a note I found in the web about a modified replacement follower. I will try and remember to look for it tonight.

 

[fireman 9731]

My CZ 527 carbine chambered in x39 had the same problem. I'm not sure how much your and mine have in common though. I filed some burrs off the magazine follower and stretched the spring a little too. That seemed to fix things.

 

[DASHMAN77]

I tried both removing burs and stretching the spring. It helped for a bit but didn't fix the issue. I'm going to try a different spring from a different rifle. I'm also going to keep a look out for a follower and spring made for my rifle so I have spare parts in case I ruin mine trying to fix it. I did discover that if I only load 3 rounds, it works ok. If I load 4 rounds, no matter what type of ammo, the first round jams almost every time. If I manage to load 5 rounds, which the gun is designed to do but is a real pain, it will jam the first round and make the last round nose dive below the feed ramp, forcing me to stretch the spring again. I work for a firearms dealer and some of the guys have 40+ years of experience with guns so I've tried all the normal fixes. Hoping someone here has had direct experience with fixing a similar problem. Thank you again for any input.

 

[highlander 5]

The Zastava and CZ are 2 different rifles. I had a Rem 799 that the extractor broke at that time no replacement parts,got lucky the shop took it back. I've since acquired 2 CZ in 7.62x39 and the problems I had were the firing pin springs needed to be replaced and a reload problem that was solved. The mag springs seem weak but the work without problem but I thought about cutting down a popsicle stick as a spacer in the bottom of the mags to give the springs a bit more "oomph".

 

[boom boom]

You might try calling Numrich--they have a feeding kit available for people who converted their small ring mausers into sporters using Numrich's 7.62x39 barrel. The feeding kit has a replacement follower, shim, and mag spring that they sell with the barrel. I believe that the Zastava uses the intermediate action but the dimensions might be close enough for this to work. I would call them and simply ask whether they would sell the feed kit separately from the barrel--item is here https://www.gunpartscorp.com/ad/48800.htm

 

[greyling22]

I found the information about fabricating a replacement mag spring I had mentioned earlier. This is not my info or anything I have tried, I just came across it one day on a forum and filed it away for future reference.

'mini mauser replacement mag spring can be made with a remington 700 mag spring that is dremeled down to fit the slots in the follower :
appy. Try this: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/35...700-adl-bdl-short-action-17-222-223-remington


You have to dremel on the ends a little. This spring is slightly wider than the Zastava's. So you have to make the ends a skosh narrower to get it to fit in the slot in the follower and in the floorplate. But it's a thinner steel stock with tighter bends in it, which should get you a little more room in the mag. Per the reviews, some guys can't even get the full 5+1 into the stock 7.62 rifle, and I bet this will help. At any rate, take a mental note. A lot of reviews are reporting premature mag spring failure in this gun, and TBH, I broke mine almost immediately by lightly trying to stretch it.

This spring is also (a lot) stronger. It eliminated the feeding issues I had with my M85 in 223 (second to last round popping out, causing a double feed), and it also allows me to get an extra round in that caliber. I can load 6+1 or even 7+0."