dok
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Reged: 21/04/05
Posts: 87
Loc: NT, Australia
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I recently sold my BRNO .458 and was considering buying a new CZ .416 Rigby but have read a few articles (US) on the stocks cracking.
Anyone having problems with theirs or does anyone know if this problem has been rectified by CZ.
Is their any difference between the Quality of stocks in the US and Australia.
cheers
dok
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Boomer
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Reged: 13/04/05
Posts: 144
Loc: The Hudson Bay Coast, Canada
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Dok -
I have not as yet bought a powerful rifle which did not end with a stock failure. My first experience was with a M-700 .350 Magnum back in the early '70's and has continued with predictability with .375's .416's and .458"s. My advise to anyone purchasing a mass produced big bore, regardless of manufacture, is to send it to a gunsmith who understands big bore rifles, have him bed it, and if necessary install cross bolts. My .375 Ultra is sitting at the gunsmiths right now waiting for a McMillan stock because I didn't take my own advice. I did send it to a gunsmith alright, and this guy does wonders with super accurate bench guns, but he don't know squat about heavy kickers, so when the stock failed I sent it to the guy I should of sent it to the first time, and decided to go synthtic.
Mike
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new_guy
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Loc: Texas
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Boomer is right. Bed it!
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PC3
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Loc: Victoria Australia
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I had a Corporal Trading composite stock added to my cz .416 but before that I fired 8 shots and it developed a hairline crack where the bolt handle rests in. My mate had his stock crack from the front of the mag box to the forearm tang screw after 10 shots...............................cz Australia (Winchester) replaced his stock with a great looking bit of wood and he had it bedded straight away and releived around the tang etc. 200 or so shots later and no drama's.
Just get it bedded first up, I have a cz .458 redone to a .458 lott and I had it bedded and 2 extra cross bolts added for and aft the mag box.
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csutton7
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Reged: 17/02/05
Posts: 70
Loc: SF, CA
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according to Mike Eaglesmith of CZ USA he told me that you should bed it and not worry, as the stocks are better now than the original versions--but I bought a crossbolt jig and crossbolts and will someday attack my new CZ 416 rigby by bedding it and crossbolting it if I keep it in a wood stock(I have another CZ 416 rigby in a fiberglass stock that I bought used and then found out the stock was cracked or cracking in a couple of places--I repaired it, but only time will tell if it will hold up--that's why I'm not in a hurry on the new one)---chris
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atkinson6
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Reged: 26/01/04
Posts: 678
Loc: Idaho
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Factories cannot take the time to bed a rifle properly every time, they produce drop in stocks...In big bores many of them will bust out of the wood at some point...
Glass bed it and your fixed....
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