CZ 958 Teaser Part 4 (NO THEY DON'T HAVE CHROME LINED BARRELS)

[serg777]

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Ok, what?

18.5" barrels have been pressed into Vz58 recivers for over a decade now. CZ was the first to do this with the 858 and I'm sure they haven't forgoten the formula (smaller gas port and smaller diameter piston) for the 958. As for CSA, the problems with those guns were due to production errors. '11, '12, and '14 dated rifles have had zero over gas issues. Only '13 rifles had problems.

Word around the campfire is CSA did some design changes in with the bolt and breech block in 2013 to reduce the amount of milling and speed up production. The weight of these parts were reduced and requiring less gas pressure to cycle the action, but they didn't adjust the gas system to compensate causing broken breech blocks.

Whatever. With vz58 2013 they attempted to fiddle with construction without noticing obvious overgas clues. That suggested they did not care to shoot at least few hundred rounds to test it properly. So QA has passed it for mass production.
Oh, and wasn't it a gremlin issue with Cz858 after they converted it to semiautomatic? Seems like every time they do some "improvisations" with this rifle it initially blows up somewhere.
So same story could be with cz958. What if one has undertighten those little screws? The whole thing with that massive scope on the top would move a tiny bit back-and-forth due to recoil, screws would wiggle as well. After shooting n number of rounds before one eventualy would notice a problem the holes and screws would get damaged. Could it be real scenario? Overtightening screws is another scenario of imediate damage. How this rifle is designed against this possibility. Im just guessing based on description of the design, did not handle the gun myself, so may be this possibility is addressed somehow

Im not against this new model. I just would suggest to hold off for a year or so from buying it untill they fix all possible problems reported by its early adopters.

[Input Acorn]

Is there any update on the status of the 958 yet? Is it still coming?

[copeland]

I would like to see 858's return with the 958 being a heavier 7.62x51 to up the variety

[5HoursNorth]

762x54r would get my vote, doubt we will see ether anytime soon

[Icedman]

I believe North Sylva is still thinking about ordering some CSA made VZ58s in .308 but they are looking for significant interest before that would happen. They would also be more expensive than normal VZ58s because CSA would need to recoup the loss on the new tooling.

[The Joe-Man]

I was hoping the 958 would be prescribed non-restricted by OIC at the same time as the 858. I guess it didn't pan out.

[DT741]

Cant wait to see this rifle on sale !!!

And no need for chrome bore, i know how to clean a rifle and not too lazy to do it

[MartyK2500]

How big will the first shipment expected to be?
Is there good chances lot's of people waiting on this will have their hands on it, or will the first shipment be limited and only the close followers will put their hands on one?

[sewktbk]

Im sure this has been answered in one of the 24 pages, but will the handguard, grip and stock be interchangeable with the vz58? Logic would dictate that yes, but i wanna make sure

[upinsmokeweldinginc]

Yes all hand guards and pistol grips will be interchangeable