skydiver386
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Not a fan of the new 600 series.
The first 600 I was able to handle was last spring at the local SCI banquet where several of various calibers were being auctioned or raffled off. Fit and finish was decent, but the sights were the worst I'd ever seen on a factory rifle. Not only is the rear sight to far forward on the barrel, the front sight looks like the idea of a couple of 8th graders in shop class.
Everything about the magazines were not worthy of a CZ product.
The stock design and checkering were not to my liking, but obviously a European styling was what they thought would sell.
I find the old 550 receiver design and scope mounts preferable to the round top, but to be fair both had advantages and disadvantages.
The controlled round feed and magnum length action will be missed more as time goes on, but for non DG calibers a crf is fine for most.
The shorter barrel puts it in the carbine class in my opinion. A 24in barrel should be standard, possibly longer in magnum calibers. I know a lot of companies are going to shorter barrels, but to me these are only valuable if they are threaded and intended for use with a suppressor.
I was able to fire one and can't say I was impressed with the trigger or the accuracy. Most of the bottom end Savage and Ruger rifles would produce better accuracy than the one I was able to shoot.
I had made my mind up over a year ago that I wanted a new rifle in 30-06, and the CZ was one of the first that I wanted to look at. My budget was 3k, and I looked at every rifle new and used and ended up with this NIB CZ550.
The first 600 I was able to handle was last spring at the local SCI banquet where several of various calibers were being auctioned or raffled off. Fit and finish was decent, but the sights were the worst I'd ever seen on a factory rifle. Not only is the rear sight to far forward on the barrel, the front sight looks like the idea of a couple of 8th graders in shop class.
Everything about the magazines were not worthy of a CZ product.
The stock design and checkering were not to my liking, but obviously a European styling was what they thought would sell.
I find the old 550 receiver design and scope mounts preferable to the round top, but to be fair both had advantages and disadvantages.
The controlled round feed and magnum length action will be missed more as time goes on, but for non DG calibers a crf is fine for most.
The shorter barrel puts it in the carbine class in my opinion. A 24in barrel should be standard, possibly longer in magnum calibers. I know a lot of companies are going to shorter barrels, but to me these are only valuable if they are threaded and intended for use with a suppressor.
I was able to fire one and can't say I was impressed with the trigger or the accuracy. Most of the bottom end Savage and Ruger rifles would produce better accuracy than the one I was able to shoot.
I had made my mind up over a year ago that I wanted a new rifle in 30-06, and the CZ was one of the first that I wanted to look at. My budget was 3k, and I looked at every rifle new and used and ended up with this NIB CZ550.
