VZ 58 problems and suggestions

Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
Jablunka, which is where CSA Vz 58s are made, is a small village of less than 1500 people and close to the boarder of Slovakia. Czechs located closer to Central Europe like Germany were the "thinkers" of Czech Republic and are excellent engineers. Czechs located near the Slovakian boarder, with the exception of South Moravia, are a bunch of knuckle draggers. CSA only has a village of 1500 people to hire from and its easy to hire idiots and hard to find good workers.
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Wow!, such an insightful and enlightening comparison between rural dwellers and urbanites.
You most certainly have your finger on the pulse of the Czech people!
 
Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
Can you guys check out the year of your guns that have had issues. The year of the gun is beside the Czech Lion on the gun. Mine would be 2013. CZ guns will have this same thing as well as Brno.





Jablunka, which is where CSA Vz 58s are made, is a small village of less than 1500 people and close to the boarder of Slovakia. Generally, Czechs located closer to Central Europe like Germany were the "thinkers" of Czech Republic and are excellent engineers. Czechs located near the Slovakian boarder, with the exception of South Moravia, are a bunch of knuckle draggers. CSA only has a village of 1500 people to hire from and its easy to hire idiots and hard to find good workers.

I'm not impressed with these issues either as I only just got a NR .223 Vz 58. I have 300 rounds though mine without a single issue.
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Well guys Mine was made in 2013. I put about 80 rounds through it and functioned fine and I disasembled it about three times to ensure no failure. The only couple complaints is I had a small ding in the back of the new bolt that may have been caused by me. On the third disassembly I put it back togeather and the spring cover was not aligned with the carrier on one side. shot about 10 rounds before noticing it(stupid me!).

This small ding in the bolt caused some small wear marks in the reciever where the bolt and the reciever touch. I had a small file with me so I filed it down put it back togeather and worked fine. Just can not win! Anyways, pretty happy with the repairs. The reciever on these new VZ's are know where near heat treated the same as the mil spec CZ recievers. They look nicer and thicker walled but that is about it. Not overly happy with the wear showing insde the reciever from a total of maybe 400 rounds. I guess somewhat my fault but these things happen.

Will not be buying another one. I am going to shoot the crap out of this gun until it breaks again. Then scream bloody murder and hope the seller will take it back. I have now inspected a few CZ with many rounds shot and yes they are superior they just look cheap and the paint sucks!!
 
Dam I was thinking of picking one up this weekend but now I'm a little concerned with the quality of them . I might have to wait to see if the quality control is better on the next batch or to.
 
Here are his pictures:
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Thanks superlative for posting my pics. I will have to figure out how to do that.

I was messing around with my VZ last night to try and figure out how the dent on the bolt and the reciever gouges occured. When I was shooting it the other day I had one sort of jam. It appears some how the bolt open pin got pushed up while firing and hit the back of the bolt. Not sure how that happens but the mark lines up to the pin on the back side of the bolt. Has this ever happened before to any one here? I dont think the damage is too much to worry about as long as the gun does not blow apart.
 
Adriantorty said:
I think you have it the wrong way round, it's the csa's that look cheap and the paint sucks.
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I respect your opinion but you have to be joking. On appearence alone the CSA VZ is a sharp looking rifle compared to a CZ all day long. The machining on the VZ is cleaner as well I have inspected many and have one in my possession at the moment. That is not to say anything about function. Something went wrong at the factory on the CSA and I am positive the recievers on the CSA are not heat treated the same as the CZ. I doubt the CSA version would hold out well used as a military rifle ( At least mine) especially if it was select fire.

Just my opinion
 
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