nextjoe
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After my advocacy of the CZ 550 on the thread last week regarding .375 H&H rifles, I got two messages from other forum members. One thought I worked for (or was pimping for) CZ, and the other wanted some more info on why I think these guns are so good.
Hopefully this post will help to illustrate why I hold these rifles in such high regard. It's not a full description like the ones Frank DeHaas wrote, but it touches on some of the really nice features.
The CZ 550 is a forged steel action with an integral recoil lug and square bridges dovetailed for scope mounts. It's a Mauser 98 variant with some Winchester Model 70 features. Bottom metal is one-piece, apparently machined from a forging, with a Winchester Model 70 style latch. Trigger is a single-set unit with full adjustments. Pushing the trigger forward "sets" it, allowing the gun to be fired with a very light trigger pull. This photo also shows the spacer sleeves that fit around the guard screws.
The bolt is much like a Winchester Model 70 or Mauser 98 with two forward opposed locking lugs. The CZ also has a small safety lug under the bolt handle, like a Mauser 98. The bolt field-strips with the touch of a button; it's as easy as a Model 70, if not easier.
The extractor is machined, spring-tempered steel. It has the Mauser 98 undercut that makes the extractor grip the case tighter the harder the bolt handle is pulled.
Hopefully this post will help to illustrate why I hold these rifles in such high regard. It's not a full description like the ones Frank DeHaas wrote, but it touches on some of the really nice features.
The CZ 550 is a forged steel action with an integral recoil lug and square bridges dovetailed for scope mounts. It's a Mauser 98 variant with some Winchester Model 70 features. Bottom metal is one-piece, apparently machined from a forging, with a Winchester Model 70 style latch. Trigger is a single-set unit with full adjustments. Pushing the trigger forward "sets" it, allowing the gun to be fired with a very light trigger pull. This photo also shows the spacer sleeves that fit around the guard screws.
The bolt is much like a Winchester Model 70 or Mauser 98 with two forward opposed locking lugs. The CZ also has a small safety lug under the bolt handle, like a Mauser 98. The bolt field-strips with the touch of a button; it's as easy as a Model 70, if not easier.
The extractor is machined, spring-tempered steel. It has the Mauser 98 undercut that makes the extractor grip the case tighter the harder the bolt handle is pulled.