[roo_ster]

Howdy:

I want to place a rear aperture sight on my CZ550 American Safari in .375 H&H. Santa has a limited budget this year and my Leupold VX-III 1.5-5X scope will have to wait.

What makes it somewhat difficult is that CZ has an integral 19mm dovetail mount that scope rings mount to (check out attached image of the receiver--BTW, what would you call the cutout on the rear, left side of the receiver? A "recoil cutout," maybe?).

My preferred solution has the following characteristics:
1. Screw-in apertures allowing different size apertures or none for a ghost ring type setup
2. Low mounting
3. No permanent hardware that interferes with scope mounting

Heck, something that mounted to the CZ dovetail/recoil cutout would be the bee's knees. I reckon if I were meticulous, I might be able to install/replace without it having too much an effect on zero*.




* Keep track # turns/torque it was screwed down with, consistent mounting location, etc.

[Leadbutt]

You mite check with "Brockmans" they do a lot of work on CZ's

[Boxhead]

Riflesmith Lon Paul (So. Cal) made just such a sight that installed on the rear square bridge. There was an article in Rifle or Handloader some time back by Phil Shoemaker showing one. Give Lon a call though he may only provide them when he does a full build on a rifle??

[roo_ster]

Woohoo!

I just got off the phone with NECG.
http://www.newenglandcustomgun.com/

The have in stock a peep sight similar to the ones they already make that works for the CZ550.

It is not on their website, but I ordered one anyway, for the sum of $85 + $7 S&H.

Thanks to Boxhead for pointing me to Lon Paul & thanks to Lon Paul for pointing me to NECG.
http://lonpaulcustomguns.com/

BTW, Lon Paul was a pleasure to speak with, as was Mike from NECG.