Gunsmiths specialized tools from "Serbia"

[Gun Smith]

I received the following email this morning via my website contact page. Thought I'd pass it along,
as this company has some interesting items. I have no connection to them, just thought some
folks here might be interested in it. Joe

Hello,
We are " ZPV Proizvodnja" company from Serbia.
We heard of your company from our customers.
We produce Chamber Reamers, Head space Gauges, Barrel Blanks, Ballistic Test equipment ... beside this we make and custom products.
You can see some of our products on our site http://zpvproizvodnja.com/
We hope you'll find some interesting for you in our assortment.

 

[dolek]

Thanks for passing that along,will have to research it...looks good .Serbia has some very high quality productions . I have dealt with a few knife makers and craftsman from there and was very impressed.

 

[NickB1075]

A bunch if their stuff is on eBay. I used one of the reamers in 7.62x54R to clean up a chamber and it worked fine.

Nick

 

[sdean]

Ya'll can't find what you need closer to home?

 

[dolek]

Ya'll can't find what you need closer to home?

No,our local Walmart does not carry the Serbian stuff.

 

[Shawnba67]

Do you know if they take the same pilot's as our house brands ie Manson,Ptg ect?
I thought I had heard that there shank diameter was different as well?
The shank would be easy to accomadate, needing new pilots not as much

 

[shortgrass]

I don't get it! You need an export license to ship chambering reamers out of the country, but foreign made is OK to be imported. When are barrel blanks gonna' start coming from China and India? Those ought be good!

 

[dolek]

I don't get it! You need an export license to ship chambering reamers out of the country, but foreign made is OK to be imported. When are barrel blanks gonna' start coming from China and India? Those ought be good!

I think they already do,have you bought a New Remington 700 lately ?

 

[shortgrass]

I think they already do,have you bought a New Remington 700 lately ?

I don't buy factory produced rifles. I build custom only, except for the classics and antiques that might catch my interest. Factory produced rifles have become 'cheap' because people demand low cost, but expect perfection for that low cost. People think they're gonna' buy custom quality for a production low price. Good luck with that. Squeezed a producer of any product hard enough on price and quality is sure to suffer. 2 + 2 no longer = 4 . I don't believe I'll be buying any foreign made tooling any time soon, if ever.

 

[dcali]

Important detail: http://zpvproizvodnja.com/serbian-export-control-regulations/

 

[shortgrass]

I like the pic (in the link) of the barrel being held in a 3 jaw chuck and the reamer in a keyless drill chuck........

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I like the pic (in the link) of the barrel being held in a 3 jaw chuck and the reamer in a keyless drill chuck........

thats the way they teach you to chamber on the youtubes

 

[shortgrass]

thats the way they teach you to chamber on the youtubes

Oh! I've been chambering and gunsmithing in general before there was a youtube, so I haven't watched those to "learn how".

 

[hogpatrol]

I like the pic (in the link) of the barrel being held in a 3 jaw chuck and the reamer in a keyless drill chuck........

That's one of those three jaws that that have TIR of a tenth (of a millimeter). Same goes for that tailstock, dead nuts left and right, high don't matter.

 

[shortgrass]

aw now they have 6.5 creed reamers for ya

I already have 2. American made by Manson Precision. Enough of my money goes out of this country, but not if I have a choice about it. Clients want as close to 'perfect' as possible. Just why would I bother with eastern European made tooling in the place of tooling made by a US company that has already proven they can and do make a more than suitable tool? For a few dollar difference in price? For a few American jobs?

 

[Sniperhandle]

Ya'll can't find what you need closer to home?

Yeah if you want to wait a year! I have used ZPV Chamber reamers and throat reamers, Very High quality and you get the tools in less than 2 weeks usually.

You have no problem buying Swiss indicators, Or Chinese Dewalt's

 

[Sniperhandle]

Do you know if they take the same pilot's as our house brands ie Manson,Ptg ect?
I thought I had heard that there shank diameter was different as well?
The shank would be easy to accomadate, needing new pilots not as much

They do not use the same pilot's.

 

[shortgrass]

Yeah if you want to wait a year! I have used ZPV Chamber reamers and throat reamers, Very High quality and you get the tools in less than 2 weeks usually.

You have no problem buying Swiss indicators, Or Chinese Dewalt's

If you're waiting a year for a chambering reamer you're using the wrong reamer maker..... Not to mention that Serbia is a Russian ally.

 

[59FLH]

So is China