All -
Just purchased a VZ58 from a private party, NIB, in the grease.
First look upon opening the box, "this thing's smaller than my Ruger 10/22"!
So clean up gun and familiarize.
It is shorter than the 10/22.
Unloaded, the 10/22 weighs 2.4 kilos.
Unloaded, the VZ 58 weighs 3.13 kilos.
My 10/22 is actually a .22 magnum.
The VZ 58 is a .308.
And I'm thinking I just shelled out 800 bucks............
Eeeesh.
So I took it out behind the house to
See just wottinhell I got.
Wow.
Freaking tackdriver.
Minimum recoil.
I ran the first two clips freehand at a 6" x 8" cardboard box at 40 yards
(which held some of the mysterious woman things my wife orders in,
and which arrive UPS)
And bleeped if 51 out of 60 shots hit the box, most within a 4" circumference.
Now my complaints.
The first two clips had a hard time feeding.
2 shots, 3 shots, 4 shots and the point of the round would be jammed against the feed ramp bevel.
The third and fourth clips fed just fine. And box #2 was just as perforated as box #1. So I dunno.
The feed ramp bevel seems kind of abrupt and squared off. But I don't know the weapon, yet.
Anyone have an educated guess about this?
Second bitch.
The stock is definitely to short for me and the drop is too shallow - I ended up kind of contorted with the
Heel of the stock way high on my shoulder.
So I need to figure out that geometry, and find something which works.
All in all,
Out of the box the gun is 90th percentile.
And the tuning of it will be just plain fun.
Salskov
And a postscript; my wife's opinion.
She likes to shoot what I have from a selfdefense viewpoint.
So, to call out a few:
Doesn't like my P01's - too hard on her wrists.
Shot the Dirty Harry wheelgun once - that was it.
The Winchester riot gun - will use it in extremis.
.22's, of course, are just fine.
So we go out back yesterday, and ran a clip through the VZ.
Results:
The carbine fits her like a glove (she's 5'7" and I'm 6'2").
She's got zero problem with the recoil (and this is a girl who, lo these many years ago had a boyfriend
Returned from 'Nam with M16 in possession, which they would shoot out in the desert). Her comment
"Way easier to handle than the M16."
Her only bitch was that the weapon was truly loud
And that she was gonna get a goood set of earplugs
Before practicing more.
And she did absolutely demolish yet another small cardboard box @ 40 yards.
Now - and I'll be as diplomatic as I can be here -
She's got a an extremely small 6 in front of her age.
And its already headed the direction that the VZ
Is "her" weapon.
So, I'll lay it on you;
In this family, Grandmother's
Weapon of choice is the VZ.
Life never ceases to astonish me..........
Salskov
