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BwanaBob
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Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems
26/08/14 06:05 PM

This comment is a bit late, but I just wanted to add my 2 cents worth.

I have a number of ZKK602 rifles but one in particular has been rebarrelled to .404 Jeffery and, without any modifications to the magazine, it fed about 95% of the time. The problem was that some of the rounds would not rise up quite high enough, at the rear of the magazine, to be picked up by the bolt. As I pushed the bolt forward, it would just skim over the rim of the case. However, it only took a little careful polishing of the feed rails and it now feeds 100%.

When I had this rifle built I was debating between the .416 Rigby and the .404 Jeffery and I went with the Jeffery because:

1. I can fit an extra .404 in the magazine than I could a .416 Rigby (5 rounds fit in my .404 as opposed to 4 rounds of .416 Rigby), and

2. I suspected that getting the .404 to feed would be a whole lot easier than getting the .416 Rigby to feed - and it sounds like I was right.

I am amazed that a factory CZ550 in .404 Jeffery has feed problems when it seems like an easy thing for the factory to fix, especially at the cost of one of these rifles! In fact, it is criminal that any factory rifle can be shipped with feeding problems!

p.s. I am also curious as to why I can fit more rounds into my ZKK602 than can be fitted into the CZ550s. My .375H&H holds six (6) rounds in the magazine!

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416 Rigby feeding problems	CZ_hunter	05/12/13 11:03 AM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	Mike_McGuire	02/09/14 10:48 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	500Nitro	05/12/13 11:27 AM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	mauserand9mm	05/12/13 02:20 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	FuzzBazz	17/02/14 09:42 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	mauserand9mm	13/06/14 01:03 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	Rule303	05/12/13 08:11 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	500Nitro	05/12/13 08:24 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	93x64mm	05/12/13 09:26 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	BwanaBob	26/08/14 06:05 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	mauserand9mm	26/08/14 07:45 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	Kano	27/08/14 07:04 AM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	mauserand9mm	03/09/14 09:06 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	500Nitro	05/12/13 11:08 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	93x64mm	06/12/13 07:15 AM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	dok	20/01/14 12:26 AM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	Waidmannsheil	20/01/14 08:35 AM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	DarylS	20/01/14 09:10 AM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	Kiwi_bloke	22/01/14 04:43 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	buckstix	12/06/14 08:32 PM
Re: 416 Rigby feeding problems	375Brno	13/06/14 11:03 AM

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