Value of a BRNO ZKK-600 in 30.06 with a missing bolt

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BRNO ZKK-600 in 30.06 (Mauser action)

This rifle belongs to a friend who inherited it from his father. At one point in time his father removed the bolt for safe storage, it is very safe now has he cannot remember where the bolt got to.

His questions are, is it possible to locate a bolt for this gun and at what cost including any head spacing adjustments.

Secondary question is what would be a reasonabe price to ask for this firearm in its current state with the missing part? This gun only has 5 rounds fired since bought new in the very early 80's and is in excellent condition.

It will be listed in the EE here once there is a ballpark price I can post, unfotunately best offer is not allowed.

-CZ

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Sadly this story happens again and again and again.................well it's safe now and basically worthless save for parts...........................Harold
 
Should be lots of people interested in it for "parts."
The older Brno rifles were exact Mauser 98 actions. A friend had a Brno in 7x57 and I had a Husqvarna 30-06. The bolts were interchangeable. We knew enough not to fire the bolt in the wrong rifle, but they certainly fit. Any Mauser bolt of that vintage could likely have the headspace adjusted and you were home free.
By 1980s they are likely a modified Mauser, of some type.
 
Canadian_Zuk said:
BRNO ZKK-600 in 30.06 (Mauser action)

This rifle belongs to a friend who inherited it from his father. At one point in time his father removed the bolt for safe storage, it is very safe now has he cannot remember where the bolt got to.
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Personally I'd tear the house apart to find the missing bolt.
 
Thanks for th replys guys. I posted a want ad last year for bolt and was told London Arms is the distributor in Canada and I would need to have a smith order the bolt. As it turned out London Arms had a bolt in stock, so the rifle was delivered to a smith. After leaving the rifle with the him for 6 months, several calls were placed to find out "what going on with the rifle". The gun smith finally said he can't get the headspace right and the correct bolt would be near impossible to locate. I'm not sure if he just couldn't be bothered, if he even did anything with it or if what he said was true. I didn't really feel right with that guy.


I think I'll start looking for an old 98 parts gun and see what can be foud.


Calum, unfortunately they moved to Ontari from BC...the bolt is somewhere in a house they used to live in. :(
 
a ZKK 600 has absolutely no common parts or dimensions to a Mauser 98 or variant

If you can get a hold of that bolt again, any good gunsmith can set the barrel back one turn and rechamber, probably for less than $150 plus the cost of the bolt.
 
It's unfortunate that some people are so frugal as to forego the $20 for a trigger lock and decide to hide the bolt instead. I wonder if "Hide" and "Lose" have common roots in Latin.
 
BigUglyMan said:
It's unfortunate that some people are so frugal as to forego the $20 for a trigger lock and decide to hide the bolt instead. I wonder if "Hide" and "Lose" have common roots in Latin.
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well, you can get a denser pack in the safe with the bolts removed.

i know how things like this work, the week after he sends the rifle down the road the bolt will turn up.
 
I thought I would be "safe" as well with about 10 bolts to some of my favorite rifles years ago.......... lost them all for over 5 years until I moved a wall unit and found them.

Never again.

If I remove a bolt for any reason for any length of time it gets put into a cloth pouch and zip strapped to the rifle bbl or trigger guard.
 
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That was, and still can be, a very fine rifle!

First, like someone else said, I'd tear the house apart to find the bolt.

Failing that, surely a replacement bolt can be had, even if it has to be ordered in from CZ. Even if it ends up costing $300 bucks, including headspacing, that rifle has got to be worth it, IMHO.

Reducing a Brno Mauser to spare parts for a couple hundred bucks is just a crying shame.


EDIT: To verify, and although it's a long way from your home, phone or email Martini Gun Makers (here in Cranbrook) with all details off the rifle, stampings, etc. Ralph Martini is a great guy, Austrian craftsman of the highest order, and I'd suggest what he doesn't know about Mausers and rifles like yours probably isn't worth knowing.

http://www.martiniandhagngunmakers.com/
 
It's very simple. You know how big the bolt is so you start at one end of the house and you work your way through, looking everywhere an object of that size could be. Everywhere.

That or get a hypnotherapist to put him under and find out that way.:D
 
rgv said:
a ZKK 600 has absolutely no common parts or dimensions to a Mauser 98 or variant

If you can get a hold of that bolt again, any good gunsmith can set the barrel back one turn and rechamber, probably for less than $150 plus the cost of the bolt.
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Exactly.

If the rifle were mine, I wouldn't even bother setting the barrel back and adjusting headspace. I would simply prepare ammunition for it that eliminated the headspace issue.
 
Try to talk to Tony, at Trade Ex. He"s a great ZKK fan and may know how / where to locate a bolt.
 
Canadian_Zuk said:
Calum, unfortunately they moved to Ontari from BC...the bolt is somewhere in a house they used to live in. :(
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Might be a silly question, but has he asked the new occupants of the house he used to live in?


BigUglyMan said:
It's unfortunate that some people are so frugal as to forego the $20 for a trigger lock and decide to hide the bolt instead. I wonder if "Hide" and "Lose" have common roots in Latin.
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I remember years ago walking into a gunstore and they had a rack full of really nice rifles missing their bolts.
After seeing this I vowed never to store mine separately.
 
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