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Mrgunsngear
5 April 2014, 16:37
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The N-PAP is flying off the shelves these days due to the known quality of Zastava rifles, the cost, the fact that less O-PAPs are available, and because they're just a lot of rifle for the money. Here's what I've found with mine:

Pros:
-100% reliable
-Fit and finish are excellent for the price point it comes to market at
-Cost. It's around $600 or less most places
-Cold hammer forged barrel
-Everything (safety, top cover, gas tube, ect...) is tight.
-Accepts all standard size com-bloc mags with no more wobble than is normally found on '47 variants
-Imported with correct double stack bolt (current versions)
-With steel cased ammo it groups around 3''
-The prevalence of these Yugo/Serbian rifles in this country has led a lot of accessory companies to make parts for them as well as standard AKM variants.
-New furniture

Cons:
-It's heavier than some stamped AKM variants
-Barrel is not chrome lined
-Many parts (stock, optics rail, handguards, ect....) are non-standard for AKM pattern accessories)
-Some folks report 'cheek slap' from the stock.

All in all it's an excellent rifle for the money. Build quality is on par with the higher end AKs yet it's priced on the lower end of the spectrum.

Here's a video with a bunch of shooting, a discussion of some of the unique features of the rifle, an accuracy test, and an what I think of it overall:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFDPw7yzk8