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I have a CZ ringneck. Cheaper shotgun but honestly it is my favorite for upland. Gonna sound crazy but I prefer it to my citori for hunting.

Anyway last fall it stopped firing the right hand barrel. It would click but no bang. Put a piece of paper in and no dimple. So broken firing pin right? No big deal.

Sent it out to gunsmith. Where I live there are no awesome smiths so anything like that needs to be mailed. Got the call yesterday that it is a broken cocking arm. They cannot source a replacement so gun is now a single shot.

I could probably get a new arm CnC'd or whatever but by the time I get the gun home, get the arm made, send the gun back, get it installed, etc etc I will be into it for way more than it is worth.

So what to do? Wallhanger? (It is real pretty). Single shot? Sell it cheap to someone as a project? Cut the stock up for knife handles and use the barrels as tent pegs?
 
Doesn't the warranty center support you - Wolverine Supplies? The guys at London Arms were always a great place to talk to as well, though I always did that wrt pistols. Even a call to CZ USA might find something. Unless the parts aren't manufactured any more you should be able to get something, given time.

**Just googled a bit. It seems that CZ-USA helped people if contacted by phone. TR Imports may have parts. These shotguns are made by Huglu, apparently, but there is no Hugli warranty center.
So if the Cz-Canada or USA won't help you you may be in trouble.
 
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I was debating getting some stockwork done on my SKB O/U. The gunsmith suggested getting both cocking linkages swapped out at the same time.

I don't know about you folks but my O/U doesn't go anywhere without snap caps. Merely relieve firing pin springs. Too many stories I hear guys breaking firing pins while proving shotgun is unloaded.
 
Gary V said:
Doesn't the warranty center support you - Wolverine Supplies? The guys at London Arms were always a great place to talk to as well, though I always did that wrt pistols. Even a call to CZ USA might find something. Unless the parts aren't manufactured any more you should be able to get something, given time.

**Just googled a bit. It seems that CZ-USA helped people if contacted by phone. TR Imports may have parts. These shotguns are made by Huglu, apparently, but there is no Hugli warranty center.
So if the Cz-Canada or USA won't help you you may be in trouble.
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CZ USA thinks they can get the part but cant ship it to Kanada. Corlanes talked to Wolverine and they cannot source the part as these guns were imported by CZ USA.
 
Cocking arms can be made. I made one from an old one. Piece of steel plate was cut close with a cutting wheel on a grinder. Bench top belt sander finished it to proper size with hand files near the end. I have a 80 year old Belgium double 16 that the cocking arm broke. Can’t find parts so I decided to make it. My favourite double I had to have working. A gun smith with machinist knowledge or a machinist should be able to copy the part.
Have you tried contacting CZ directly. I couldn’t get sites in Canada or the U.S. so I called their head office. About two weeks and I had my front sites.
 
IvoB said:
make your own
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Thats what i am going to do. I make knives (True blacksmith knives, start with round 01, heat, beat repeat, grind) so copying the old one should not be too much trouble. Just took me by surprise that "gunsmiths" can't fab a part and that you cannot access parts in this country for a fairly common shotgun. Worst case scenario its a single shot with built in cigar or dog treat carrier.
 
nof60 said:
I have a CZ ringneck. Cheaper shotgun but honestly it is my favorite for upland. Gonna sound crazy but I prefer it to my citori for hunting.

Anyway last fall it stopped firing the right hand barrel. It would click but no bang. Put a piece of paper in and no dimple. So broken firing pin right? No big deal.

Sent it out to gunsmith. Where I live there are no awesome smiths so anything like that needs to be mailed. Got the call yesterday that it is a broken cocking arm. They cannot source a replacement so gun is now a single shot.

I could probably get a new arm CnC'd or whatever but by the time I get the gun home, get the arm made, send the gun back, get it installed, etc etc I will be into it for way more than it is worth.

So what to do? Wallhanger? (It is real pretty). Single shot? Sell it cheap to someone as a project? Cut the stock up for knife handles and use the barrels as tent pegs?
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Have you contacted a stocking dealer such as Prophet River (ask for Clay)or The guys at Reliable Gun (ask for Shane)in Vancouver and have them order the part ?
So, your down to a single shot and you still have a Browning ...your not out of not being able to go hunting while the sourcing of said part takes place.
When life hands you lemons you make Lemonaide !
Or you can resort to drinking rebeebs.
Unless of course your reeb bucket has a hole in it then you can’t drink no reebs.....

Rob
 
todigy said:
When US travel is a go, rent a US PO box and have it shipped there. Then go pick it up.
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If the US import/export laws prevent a business from sending the part to Canada, you will be breaking those US laws if you obtain the part in the US and physically bring the part into Canada without the US paperwork required... don't get caught doing it...
 
guntech said:
If the US import/export laws prevent a business from sending the part to Canada, you will be breaking those US laws if you obtain the part in the US and physically bring the part into Canada without the US paperwork required... don't get caught doing it...
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This is true.
 
There is a UPS store across the border from me. I have stuff shipped there and they store it until I get there. It’s something like $5 / week. Maybe look into that when it opens up this summer.
 
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