| DarylS |
| (.700 member) |
| 14/02/09 06:08 AM |
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Re: CZ Safari Classic 550 Quality Issues
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farshot;
Here is the dovetail I am referring to. It is not the dovetail you are referring to. The lug wobbled and wiggled and was easily removed {almost fell out} with the fingers. The CZ gunsmith thought it was a joke, too. I removed it when I bedded the action.
All CZ550's do not have this lug. Why a 9.3x62 has one I do not know. I don't even know if all 9.3x62 550's have them.
BTW: the trigger on my 550 was great. Easily adjusted and excellent overall. So was the trigger on my 527. I actually expected trouble with the trigger due to its sort-of complexity, but they turned out to defy my intuition. I like them and wish such a trigger system was commonly found on other maker's guns.
All new guns have warts. This thread is about CZ's, not Remingtons, thus my comments have pretty much stuck to CZ's.
I do not hate CZ's. I consider them a challenge awaiting the bold...
Dovetails are easily tightened.
I have had BRNO's in Hornet, 7x57, .358 NM and .375H&H - all wonderful - no bedding needed, fed perfectly with ALL bullet weights. More recently I've had 2 CZ's in Hornet, both the Lux model with lightweight barrel and Euro stock. Loved them both - 6,500 rounds of 40gr. @ 3,340fps and 50gr. at 3,085fps - wonderful - after 6,500 rounds still shooting 3/8" groups - re-barreled to .17AH - still love the CZ and the single, set trigger. New CZ Lux Hornet, not as accurate as the first, handles same loads in stride - and manages group agg's in 1/2" to 5/8" range. Feeding? - I single load only as they're gopher guns and excell at that. 454yards longest gopher kill so far. Love 'em.
The 550's look just great - so what if you have to do some bedding or action rail work - been doing that on various makes of rifles for years - so far hasn't been needed on the older BRNO's. I like the forward lug on heavy recoiling rifles. Others feel differently about them. Perhaps CZ put them on the 9.3x62's in anticipation of people actually loading that round to it's full potential instead of using 9.3x57-type loads in them. 270gr. at over 2,600fps - 286gr. at over 2,500fps - 300gr. at over 2,400fps - the 9.3x62 does it all. BTW - those ballistics are slightly better than the loads that made the .375H&H famous.