Thoughts and impressions: CZ 600 LUX

I have a good number of Brno and CZ products and love them all. However, none of them (with exception of a synthetic stocked 557) are particularly ideal for inclement weather conditions. The new 600 will serve that purpose for me. My bet is that there will be a growing list of reviews and owners will quickly show favour for them in a similar fashion as the Tikka T3x, except this one has CRF, scaled receivers, a convenient trigger adjustment mechanism and a handy safety. Plastic, as unholy as it is, works and has a place.
 
The Kurgan said:
I have a good number of Brno and CZ products and love them all. However, none of them (with exception of a synthetic stocked 557) are particularly ideal for inclement weather conditions. The new 600 will serve that purpose for me. My bet is that there will be a growing list of reviews and owners will quickly show favour for them in a similar fashion as the Tikka T3x, except this one has CRF, scaled receivers, a convenient trigger adjustment mechanism and a handy safety. Plastic, as unholy as it is, works and has a place.
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I agree plastic has its own place, but with all the plastic options already on the market, I don't think we needed another. Especially from CZ with a reputation built around traditional rifles.
 
I agree to a point, but I would rather buy a CZ over the other brands for "tool gun" purposes. The real test, in my eyes, is: how does it shoot and will it stand up to rigorous field conditions?
 
The Kurgan said:
I agree to a point, but I would rather buy a CZ over the other brands for "tool gun" purposes. The real test, in my eyes, is: how does it shoot and will it stand up to rigorous field conditions?
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You might be on to something here with the new 600 line. I may have been looking at this the wrong way with wanting a quality wood stock rifle with iron sights where as thats where they shined with previous generations. It might be the alpha, range and trail models where the 600 will hit it's stride.
 
I have several very nice wood stocked rifles with iron sights and blued steel in both CRF and PF configurations, and I won't part with them, but I really needed something I can bang around and not have to worry so much. I also think traditional rifles are now best found on EE, from pre-64 Wins to Brno 21's to the earlier M77's, among others, including previous generations of CZ.
 
dgradinaru said:
Even with all the plastic, it's still comes in at a hefty 9lbs as pictured with scope and rings.
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The Alpha and Ergo models have aluminum receivers, which should bring the weight down considerably. I will weigh mine as soon as I have it all set-up. I am going to mount a Minox red-dot directly to the integrated picatinny rail. If this thing is at or near the weight of a T3 and shoots MOA, it will be a winner. Albeit, it's hard to beat PF T3/557's for their smooth actions!
 
This one does nothing for me, 527 was the bomb for short-short actions, 557 wasn't offering anything really different from any other push feed. This thing is kinda silly, even the receiver length looks retarded...I know the bolt locks into the barrel and that's the reason, but it also makes rebarreling retarded unless you use CZ barrels which for the 600 ain't cheap.
 
Hitzy said:
This one does nothing for me, 527 was the bomb for short-short actions, 557 wasn't offering anything really different from any other push feed. This thing is kinda silly, even the receiver length looks retarded...I know the bolt locks into the barrel and that's the reason, but it also makes rebarreling retarded unless you use CZ barrels which for the 600 ain't cheap.
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Will they even sell you a barrel? If so they may even force you to purchase it and have it swapped out by their warranty center. Seeing how long warranty work is as well as how long it can take to get parts in this country. You'd probably be better of buying a new rifle then a new barrel. But seeing as they aren't supporting this feature now I'm willing to bet you won't even be able to buy the barrels.

What a giant waste of money the new bolt head, and barrel locking feature is. Both in engineering cost, and Manufacturing since they now no longer support the feature. I would gladly have seen that money be put into something I care about like finish quality of the stock and metal, and less plastic parts like the bolt release button. There's some cool features on this rifle, it's not all bad. But the overall execution of the Lux model, the only model I'd ever have interest in. Is so poorly done, and so out of line with what they used to put out that I'd almost consider this Cz's very own 1964 moment.
 
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I had preordered a 600 Lux in 308, but cancelled when the recall happened. I knew there would be long delays and loosing the barrel swap was a total fail. Purchased a 557 « range » instead and am very pleased. It might be a push feed, but the quality is superb and cannot be bet for the price. Also got a 550 full stock in 308 for open sight hunting.
 
Ribstaylor said:
Will they even sell you a barrel? If so they may even force you to purchase it and have it swapped out by their warranty center. Seeing how long warranty work is as well as how long it can take to get parts in this country. You'd probably be better of buying a new rifle then a new barrel. But seeing as they aren't supporting this feature now I'm willing to bet you won't even be able to buy the barrels.

What a giant waste of money the new bolt head, and barrel locking feature is. Both in engineering cost, and Manufacturing since they now no longer support the feature. I would gladly have seen that money be put into something I care about like finish quality of the stock and metal, and less plastic parts like the bolt release button. There's some cool features on this rifle, it's not all bad. But the overall execution of the Lux model, the only model I'd ever have interest in. Is so poorly done, and so out of line with what they used to put out that I'd almost consider this Cz's very own 1964 moment.
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Thompson did the whole switch barrel rifle thing with the Dimension, now it was ugly as ####, but it was affordable, and it flopped.
Really, for what it costs for a switch barrel rifle barrel, you can basically but another rifle in the caliber you want for the same of less.
The concept is not that appealing, it's been tried and flopped so many times already I'm actually shocked CZ would discontinue 2 lines and put all apples in the same bucket.
 
Edit: I had a weird conspiracy theory about the Sabbati Saphire being the same barrel swap design but ten seconds of research proved me wrong, I have no idea where I got this idea from
 
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hoytcanon said:
Plastic bottom metal, wooden bolt knob, basketball hoop front sight, fish scale checkering, low-end bluing... pass, pass, pass.
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I'm not a CZ basher... I have five CZ rifles, a 550 Lux 7X64 Brenneke, a 550 FS 9.3X62, a 527 Lux .223, a 452 Lux .22 LR and a 452 American .17 HM2... I like the rimfire versions alot... my 527 and 550's have all steel bottom metal and good bluing, the 527 is a very nice rifle with great feel and accuracy, the 550's are too chunky for my taste, thick in the wrist and heavy in the forend, but they are solid shooter's. I had zero interest in the 557's and now, likewise for the 600's.
 
Colt ####s up anything they buy.
Look at Forbes, best ultralight rifle on the market, Colt ####ed it up so bad he's partner with Wilson Arms now
 
Geez...tough crowd in here.
CZ may have screwed the pooch on this one.
I'm trying to remember back a decade ago when the Tikka T3 hit the scene, and I recall it really ruffled some feathers as well but man could it shoot.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and fast forward to present day the market is flooded with T3 copies like Ruger American, sauer 100, Win XPR etc. etc.
The CZ600 may just be a day late and a dollar short.
 
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Hitzy said:
Thompson did the whole switch barrel rifle thing with the Dimension, now it was ugly as ####, but it was affordable, and it flopped.
Really, for what it costs for a switch barrel rifle barrel, you can basically but another rifle in the caliber you want for the same of less.
The concept is not that appealing, it's been tried and flopped so many times already I'm actually shocked CZ would discontinue 2 lines and put all apples in the same bucket.
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Isn't it three lines? Micro Mauser (527), Full sized receivers for large calibers and safari guns (550), And their cheaper to produce push feed compromise (557). They have left the safari chamberings to other more expensive brands, leaving that entire market behind. Went from a traditional carbine Mauser, to a modern AR styled bolt gun with the 600 trail. Then just replaced 557 with the 600.
 
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