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Bingo. Enjoy
Thoughts on this new rifle with warped stock?
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coleman1495
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Thread revival. I just received a CZ457 from the EE. The barrel is crooked to the forearm in the same fashion. This is a synthetic stock too.
Have tried loosening the stock and tighten it while holding it aligned?
coleman1495
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Yup. Its still crooked
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Post a pic of your newly stocked Range rifle.
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I had a Sako Bavarian Carbine that had the same issue as your 375. It bothered the hell out of me, but I lived with it. I recently sold it. My current Ruger M77 also had some barrel channel misalignment, but I chucked the factory 2x4 and fitted a nice Boyds. All my CZ's have been good, so I guess it's a bit of a roll of the dice.
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Once scoped, it will be awesome. Didn't know they didn't come with studs. Wolverine can probably get them in. Beautiful rifle.
You won’t get any warranty out of CZ. It will come back to you from them after 6 months with a note that says “rifle is within factory spec.” Been there done that, and my rifle had way more issues than yours. Face it - you bought a third world produced gun and that’s what you have.
Don’t worry about the forend of the stock, try to forget about it, it’s not bad considering where it came from. As for the barrel misalignment, if loosening and trying to adjust the barrel alignment doesn’t work, it will have to have the stock re worked to align it properly - likely one of the action screw holes bored out and the stock shifted that way. And to do it right, the stock should then be pillar bedded, and at that point you might as well have the action bedded as well.
Sure is a beautiful piece, though. And that’s the way mine was as well. CZ’s quality ends at appearance, cuz what first meets the eye…..
Don’t worry about the forend of the stock, try to forget about it, it’s not bad considering where it came from. As for the barrel misalignment, if loosening and trying to adjust the barrel alignment doesn’t work, it will have to have the stock re worked to align it properly - likely one of the action screw holes bored out and the stock shifted that way. And to do it right, the stock should then be pillar bedded, and at that point you might as well have the action bedded as well.
Sure is a beautiful piece, though. And that’s the way mine was as well. CZ’s quality ends at appearance, cuz what first meets the eye…..
I have a CZ527 with synthetic stock. Bought it used off the EE.
The forend was warped to the point that it was contacting one side of the bbl. I put some small wooden shims along side the bbl to force the stock back to straight and gently heated the stock ahead of the receiver with a heat gun. I left the shims in for a couple weeks after that. Seems to have worked.
The forend was warped to the point that it was contacting one side of the bbl. I put some small wooden shims along side the bbl to force the stock back to straight and gently heated the stock ahead of the receiver with a heat gun. I left the shims in for a couple weeks after that. Seems to have worked.
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That's a great idea.
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Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about. You should spend a week or two in Prague and then spend or a week or two in Toronto or Edmonton. You may quickly change your opinion on what is "third world". CZ products are produced at a very high standard, and dwarf comparable products made in 'merica. Lemons come off of every assembly line, and the issues often get magnified on internet forums. The same Rubbish used to be said about Rugers and Sakos.
I have had a lemon from every manufacturer. This CZ is far from a lemon. Wood warps and bends.
CZ was easy to warranty, no issues there. Done right here in Canada too.
Lol.........glad everything has worked out OP
I've never heard or seen such a thing with CZ rifles, interesting indeed
I have seen many factory rifles with problems with bedding due to wood warping at sometime so the barrel was considerably off to one side in the barrel channel. It is due to a poor choice of wood blank used for the stock. Side grain in the forend will move after production.
Some were solved easier than others with glass bedding. Some require milling down the center of the barrel channel and bending the stock straight, glass bedding a metal piece in place.
Some were solved easier than others with glass bedding. Some require milling down the center of the barrel channel and bending the stock straight, glass bedding a metal piece in place.
I have definitely been lucky with wood stocks up until this one. The grain on the warped stock looks excellent but it is a very gradual bend starting towards the middle of the stock. I don’t think I have to ship it for warranty so I might play with it and try those fixes.
Scope, rings and mag arrived so I’ve got it all together, torqued and bore sighted. Without any adjustments at all the scope was dead center left to right and 1 inch low at 25 yards. I left it right there. Once this cold lets up a bit I’ll get out and give it a go. No doubt it’ll be a great shooter. It’s heavier than some of my other rifles but only my scale really notices that. I’m a big enough boy that a pound here or there isn’t really perceived. Too light a rifle and i start to notice is more like it with me like with my carbon fibre build that’s long gone for that very reason.
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She's a beauty. Much nicer with the 4-round mag. There's a reason why it was accepted for the Canadian Ranger trials.
Lots on the internet about straightening and bending wood using steam and another method using linseed oil and heat, steam method doesn't seem to be permanent, wood returns to the previous shape. The Linseed oil method looked interesting and messy, if I attempted it I would do it outside.
