 Hey there friends. Thanks for checking in. Welcome to another video in my series called why I love owning this gun Today we're looking at a Czechoslovakian 762 by 39 rifle called the VZ 58. It was imported by Century Arms They called the VZ 2008 or the 2008 and I picked this up for a killer deal Many years ago. Paul Metal State Armory was offering these for 379 Came with four mags the sling and the rifle itself and I I picked it up And I said back then that over time the price would increase Substantially and that's exactly what happened It would be hard to find this now for under 750 and they kind of dried up a little bit You just don't see them too often actually closer to $800 will get you the VZ 2008 but here it is now it looks like an AK it shoots the same round as an AK It has a 30 round magazine like an AK, but that's it. The rest of it is completely different Let's start with the mag. This is an aluminum mag. AK mags are steel You can see that it has a lip on there, so they are not interchangeable But they hold 30 rounds and they work just fine another thing is that they this has a milled steel receiver, which is nice All right, AK's typically have a stamped receiver and this is a milled receiver It uses a short strobe gas piston system All right, which is very different because the AK's have a large piston that is connected to the bolt carrier group So that's different, but also it's a striker fired rifle as where AK's are Hammer fired now. I kept this original. All right, you can see the wood there very nice Deep rosewood kind of look to it It looks a little beat up, you know, but it's intentionally like that. I think it looks good It definitely feels good doesn't get too hot when shooting it has really good aftermarket support So you see people that have these accessorized up. They they look awesome very tactical I kept this original intentionally because I just I like the way it looks and I like the way it feels now This is a side folder. All right, they do have some with a fixed stock This is a side folder and it is tight as I'm pushing in to get this. Let's see there we go I'm not gonna lock it in because It's even harder to get it back, but you can't do that and it's very maneuverable to actually a lot lighter than an AK Another common thing that it has is rear sight is Adjustable like many AK's and you can see that it does have a hooded front sight, but it's a very nice rifle You know I when I take you to the range. I love shooting it extremely accurate with the iron sights I feel no reason to put a scope on there any type of optic because it's just before I'm great for me I really like the way it shoots. I like the way it functions. It has an easy disassemble. I like that it's Gone I mean I kind of like to have gone up in price because I feel like I got a special deal on it at the time But it would also be cool if these were more available So everybody else could get their hands on them and they could appreciate this rifle as much as I do But when I take it to the range, I love it. I love the round, you know very affordable and This just fires so nice and it gives you that AK feeling without it being an AK because I got a couple AKs I love those too, but I also love this and I hope I explained Why I love owning this rifle and I have no plans to get rid of it if you like videos like this Please subscribe and share. I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe