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chuck375
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Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs
04/04/11 07:40 AM

Hi fourbore, I went through the same decision process and ended up with a CZ 550 in 500 Jeffery. I was concerned about feeding, but was also concerned with the little bit of bolt face that would be left if I went with a 505 Gibbs. The 505 Gibbs is definitely a more impressive round! And yes, I've had feeding problems and yes I'm a stickler. I've had Harlan at Triple River (CZ Custom Shop) who made it take it back once, and also had Wayne at AHR work on it a bit. It's close, but not 100% reliable so I'm sending it out once again. All told, I have just over $2k in it (I didn't start out with a 500 Jeffery but had a 375 H&H rebarreled which may have been part of my problem). It's accurate and fun to shoot (but not off of a bench!) but doesn't pass my test yet of filling the magazine with dummy rounds, cycling the action rapidly and repeating it 100 times without a failure. I typically get to between 60 and 80 times before it fails to feed, it never fails to extract. By the time I get to Africa I'm sure it will be all the way there though ...

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	Empire375	29/03/11 07:28 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	fourbore	03/04/11 07:24 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	Ben	03/04/11 07:43 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	chuck375	04/04/11 07:40 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	Empire375	04/04/11 10:07 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500grains	29/03/11 09:08 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	FATBOY404	29/03/11 09:26 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	mauserand9mm	29/03/11 10:15 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	450_Ackley	30/03/11 07:33 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	FATBOY404	30/03/11 07:39 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	450_Ackley	30/03/11 08:19 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	Empire375	30/03/11 10:26 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	30/03/11 10:32 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	Empire375	30/03/11 10:57 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	30/03/11 11:09 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	mauserand9mm	30/03/11 11:48 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	30/03/11 11:51 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	NitroX	30/03/11 12:10 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	450_Ackley	30/03/11 12:27 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	mauserand9mm	30/03/11 12:40 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	30/03/11 12:31 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	NitroX	30/03/11 01:32 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	30/03/11 01:36 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	450_Ackley	30/03/11 01:55 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	30/03/11 02:05 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	450_Ackley	30/03/11 03:15 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	30/03/11 03:44 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	NitroX	30/03/11 04:07 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	450_Ackley	30/03/11 05:18 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	NitroX	31/03/11 03:06 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	chuck375	31/03/11 07:22 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	Ben	31/03/11 08:03 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	chuck375	31/03/11 11:54 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	fourbore	03/04/11 07:11 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	31/03/11 05:03 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	Ben	31/03/11 08:10 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	500Nitro	31/03/11 08:13 AM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	mauserand9mm	30/03/11 04:35 PM
Re: CZ 550 in 505 Gibbs	FATBOY404	30/03/11 12:39 PM

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