Cz 550

graylake said:
Besides everybody needs at least one 375 H&H in the safe.
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I wasn't able to stop at just one, a spare found me in the last week. When you think about it a H&H is a spare for just about everything. It's a spare deer, elk, moose, poodlelope,buffalo,and elephant gun. Leave out the elephants and you can do it with one bullet too.
 
Sounding like a .375 is being purchased in the near future, now choosing between a win model 70 or a cz is the question, wholesale sports have both, at a very attractive tax free cost... the win is a bit more for the left handed model.. is the cz worth the go? didnt see a left handed option, not necessary but nice anyways...
Oh my....
 
Polecat,
Good luck finding a new Model70, they quit making them about 1 1/2 years ago and they leapt off the shelves immediately after that. There are plenty of options for .375s though. Getting a lefthand M70 in .375 would be like winning the lottery.
 
polecat said:
Sounding like a .375 is being purchased in the near future, now choosing between a win model 70 or a cz is the question, wholesale sports have both, at a very attractive tax free cost... the win is a bit more for the left handed model.. is the cz worth the go? didnt see a left handed option, not necessary but nice anyways...
Oh my....
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Do they actually have them in stock? Stupid question but is that WSS Calgary?
 
polecat said:
Wholesale sports got em, have the left handed win 375 on the web page:
http://www.wholesalesports.com/onli...egory_id=10110010020297/~pcategory=1011001002
Hopefully not out of stock... I think there are a few different locations out west, web page appears to be out of Calgary.
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Okay, that's what I thought, you actually haven't talked to someone about their inventory. After the Winchester factory dis-continued production of the M-70, inventories of the guns dried up awful fast, especially for the safari grade rifles, .375 H&H etc...
Last time I checked (last year) they were down to a few .308 and .30-06 type plain-janes and I will bet those are gone also. in fact I doubt there are any new M-70's for sale in this country (unless it's in some out-of-the-way small hardware or sporting goods store).

Watch the exchange section and next time a M-70 .375 H&H comes up buy it. If a LH version of the M-70 .375 H&H comes up, buy it immediately!! LH versions of the rifle will be scarcer then hens teeth!

The CZ-550 is a fine rifle and that gun should be available in .375 H&H, .416 Rigby or .458WM, but I do not know if they make LH models...
 
Friggin frig....:(
Just rechecked the wholesale place... not to be found anywhere...
Guess I was getting a bit too cocky!! I certainley will be looking in the EE, chances of finding a LH as mentioned will be as rare as pope cr*p but never know...
 
Theres that .416 again... I will have to check the main CZ website for LH availability, no biggie, but would be nice to have something that is more practical. Being military, one get fed up with RH stuff!!
 
Polecat,
Left hand .375s H&Hs that are halfway affordable are scarce. CZ is probably out of the question, I don't think they make one. Savage probably does. Ruger is promising that the .375 Ruger will be available in lefthand someday, that may be an option if you aren't in a hurry. A Ruger #1 singleshot probably won't be any slower for second shots than a wrong sided bolt gun and exudes class. They are lefthand friendly and yes, they also come in .416 Rigby.;)
I'd scour the planet and find a lefty M70 if I were you. I wouldn't even think about adapting to shooting a right hand bolt, there are options like the used market, European rifles and such.
 
I bought my CZ 550 (.458 Win Mag) at Williams Arms in Port Perry Ontario (over the phone - they shipped it). Best price I could find. Love the rifle - a bit disconcerting to hear the comment wrt to proper bedding before firing or the stock will crack (I've fired it, I haven't had it bedded...)

/grayrc
 
grayrc said:
I bought my CZ 550 (.458 Win Mag) at Williams Arms in Port Perry Ontario (over the phone - they shipped it). Best price I could find. Love the rifle - a bit disconcerting to hear the comment wrt to proper bedding before firing or the stock will crack (I've fired it, I haven't had it bedded...)

/grayrc
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My .416RM is a 1989 production year and has the original stock. I have no idea how many rounds the previous owner fired of course but I've run about 100 through it.

I think every time I have ever read about these CZ-550's(ZKK-602) guys repeat this issue about the stocks cracking until it becomes accepted as fact.
In my opinion it's exaggerated.
 
It always seems to be the CZ USA stocks that cracked as well. They're not the same ones we get. I cross-bolted and bedded mine, but not before shooting a pile of ammo through both. If they were going to crack they would have already. Still, I like the look and what can it hurt? Bedding is practically a given on any centerfire as far as I'm concerned. They are sitting at 1700 rounds of .375 H&H and 700 .416 Rigby. No worries.:D
 
Dogleg said:
It always seems to be the CZ USA stocks that cracked as well. They're not the same ones we get. I cross-bolted and bedded mine, but not before shooting a pile of ammo through both. If they were going to crack they would have already. Still, I like the look and what can it hurt? Bedding is practically a given on any centerfire as far as I'm concerned. They are sitting at 1700 rounds of .375 H&H and 700 .416 Rigby. No worries.:D
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Can you tell me how you did the cross-bolts? I have some Talley cross-bolts for my .416 that I want to install but I don't understand the correct way to do it...
 
Demonical,
What I did is buy the B-Square jig and the Talley Magnum crossbolts and hauled it down to my gunsmith. My gunsmith being the cautious type made up a spacer that locks it in perfect position on a CZ or 602 with a glass-bedded recoil lug but the tool works on any stock. The jig has its own drill bit, counter-sink and we (we meaning he) made another wrench to fit the Talley cross-bolts which have a slightly different spacing. This is for setting the crossbolt behind the recoil lug, mine already have one through the wrists.
What I've done before is put a guy in touch with my gunsmith and drop my tools off. On guns that are already bedded it is a reasonably cheap job, and these heavy kickers should be bedded anyway. The problem with doing it yourself is you only get one try on the drill. If you are interested I'll send you his number, and the offer is open to anyone else as well.
 
ROA,
No, the bolt is buried in the wood behind the recoil lug recess but I do know what you mean. A lot of Mausers used the steel on steel method with a square bolt due to a tiny action lug and whatever wood they could get. You can hog out a bit more wood and Devon/Steelbed right to the crossbolt though. That's how mine are done.
 
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