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I have a FN Action that I was going to build into either a 35 Whelen or 9.3x62 rifle, but I thought I'd first go take a look at a CZ 55O in 9.3x62mm. It comes to the shoulder OK, but the stock seems fat forward of the action. Anyone else feel the same way? John in Oregon | ||
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I've got one and yes they are a bit more chunky than need be. "Svelte" hardly comes to mind. I read somewhere that they'll be introducing a slimmed down version in the not too distant future. Great shooting rifles either way. Mine shoots the S&B and Privi Partizan 285 gr loads into less than an inch with a 4x IOR/Valdada. | |||
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John: I have the CZ 550 American in 9.3X62. I agree that the stock is not the most shapely. It tends to make the rifle a bit heavier than it need to be but it does help tame the recoil. One good option might be to just buy the CZ, shoot it for a bit and see how you like it. Later, if you want, you could just drop it in a nicer stock. Mine is really a shooter and I really like it. In fact, I have come to prefer it to my .375. Dave Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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Try a Lux Mannlicher in 9.3x62, they point like a nice quail gun, awfully nice package for the money. | |||
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I think the 550 so chamberd would be a great elk rifle, I have one in .243 I sort of wish i didnt buy. Its super accurate but why did I buy an 8Lb .243. Might have to trade or rebarrel to ? .338 federal ? ...tj3006 freedom1st | |||
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I took a CZ550 American in 9,3x62 to RSA in 2004 as well as a CZ 550 Safari Magnum in .416 Rigby. The little rifle seemed so light and agile in comparison to the big rifle that I really didn't notice it being "chubby" in front. The 9,2x62 performed wonderfully on Warthog, Impala, Blue Wildebeast, Kudu and Zebra. Everything except the Kudu (who obviously hadn't read "The Perfect Shot") was DRT. Very, very effective caliber! Mike -------------- DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ... Knifemaker, http://www.mstarling.com | |||
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I have the lux cz 9.3 and that is a slim little rifle....................see if you can get a feel of the lux and see what thats like. | |||
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I have the CZ550FS in 9.3 X 62 it's beautiful, handles perfectly etc. I also have the Safari Magnum Classic in .404 Jeff. If your American is a real shooter and it's just the stock thickness that bothers you, take it and have a competent woodsmith thin it down to your liking. The fullstock is sweet, check it out before going too overboard. Larry Sellers | |||
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what Larry said! Rich DRSS CZ-lover | |||
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I agree as well. Check out the Lux or Fullstock model. | |||
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I bought a CZ 550 American in 9.3x62mm from fellow AR member lawndart. Let me say this about it. The rifle shot like a dream (0.5 MOA), but the stock on it - to me anyway and IMHO - looked and felt like a nightmare. If that two-by-four is what the Czechs think is American, and if other perceived and so-called Americanisms there and elsewhere follow suit, then I say no wonder the rest of the world hates us! In any case, I sure as hell hated the aesthetics and feel of that pirate's plank of a stock. Fellow AR member Marc Stokeld is now restocking it for me with a nice piece of Turkish walnut (donated by fellow AR member butchlambert and bought by me at auction for the Searcy scholarship fund established by fellow AR member ForrestB). Marc is also tweaking it in a few other respects as well.  When Marc finishes, the rifle will have a much nicer, trimmer piece of wood on it and, besides that, it will be a 100% AR production!  Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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This is a perfect example that there is no accounting for taste. I've got one of the American stocked ones to which I added NECG open sights. It is an accurate fool. Though I am not crazy about the backward slanted forend tip, the stock and fit are fine to me. A couple years or so ago I hadn't even heard of the 9.3x62. I guess I glazed over the write-up in Taylor's book. But it is an awfully efficient cartridge, for the power you get out of it for the powder expended and the size of the cartridge/action. And 270 gr. Speer cheapies to the 320 Wooldeighs, it is an easy shooter, which it should be since it NOT a 375 H&H. But it has a good reputation on game. It is a good "plinker." ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Will, that does not even figure the $20 per hundred prvi partizan (serb) 285gr softpoint semi-spitzers available from Graf's for full tilt practice ammunition! This is just an absolute marvel of a cartridge! Everything everybody hoped for from the 35 whelen and about 10% more bullet weight. I am really enjoying my FS CZ. Fits me, shoots in the 3/4moa range at 100yards with some very preliminary testing, and is a delight to carry. Rich DRSS CZ and X62 fan | |||
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Will, that ain't the half of it. Marc's putting a three position, Model 70 style safety on it, too.  But taste aside, I sure do agree with your opinion of the cartridge. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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I have one, its groups off the bench at 100 yards are usually ragged holes. I like the stock just fine, although there are a few details that bug me a bit (checkering with the outlined pattern) but nothing serious - certainly nothing that bugs me when the results have been so outstanding in the shooting department. So far, I've shot 2 does and 2 hogs with it, but its going to Namibia with me in July. I don't find the recoil even close to what I would consider "stout" - its a pushover compared to my 300 WSM or my wife's Win 1886 45/70 . . . really not much different than my Dad's 30-06. Troy | |||
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Honestly, get the CZ550. Then PM Idaho Sharpshooter on his break in technique. Honestly & very truelly I'm a believer enough to buy one! Thanks a lot Rich!!!! | |||
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you are welcome! Shoot one and clean for twenty rounds, then shoot three and clean for thirty rounds more. At that point in time you have fifty fireformed cases to work with and a well-broke-in barrel. I got started doing this with benchrest rifles. Works for me! regards, Rich DRSS X62 fan | |||
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You just had to go and ruin it, didn't you?  ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Will Those must be some tall sights. Do you have a pic? I find mine about right for a scope and those tall boat anchor mounts that come with it. No way could I crowd my fat face down to iron sight level. I've had second thoughts on whether I should have got the hump back stock and irons. Contrary to most, I don't mind the safety and I really like the single set trigger. Mike | |||
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right on Mike! I did get the humpback after shooting mine in 416 Rigby a couple hundred rounds. The safety is a non-issue for me as well, and I really, really, like the set trigger. Good choice in rifles, AND calibers. Rich DRSS CZ fan | |||
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Mike, Discounting the fact that it came out sort of fuzzy, I'm not sure this proves anything but here it is. I guess straight stocks fit or they don't! I have no problem with them, and prefer them.  ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Thats quite a nice bit of wood on that one !! and it does not look to clubby either !! | |||
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You have to hold it, feel it, put it up to your shoulder and look at it carefully before you realize that about a pound and a half of wood needs to be carved off of that CZ "American" stock to make it handy. To understand just what it lacks in terms of looks, feel and quick handling qualities, it helps to have an Oberndorf Mauser or Model 98 German guild rifle for comparison. That CZ American stock is a plank! But it can be carved down or even replaced, and that's what I'm doing. The action and both recoil lugs will be glass bedded into the stock, and it will have two hidden cross bolts as well. BTW, I'm also having NECG sights installed on mine. The rear will be a fixed blade on a barrel band type ring base and the front an ivory bead. Not all Americans prefer a naked barrel. I'm also having a straight bolt handle put on it, along with the three position safety and a barrel band mounted forward sling swivel.And it will, as any 9.3 should, have a schnabel fore end tip!  Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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mrlexma Sounds exactly what I'm thinking of doing to my f/s carbine.. Who's doing the work for you.?? MopaneMike | |||
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 Why didn't you just start from scratch? Anyway, it should look nice even if is not a CZ anymore! And, no, the stock is not chunky. Maybe they sell different CZ's in Mass.  ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Will, it's hard to start from scratch when the metalwork will shoot into a half inch at a hundred yards. But I won't argue the point, as that's close to what I'm doing. And the rifle, with its thunder thigh fore end, came from the Czech Republic, to Massachusetts, via Kansas and Idaho! Mike, fellow AR member Marc Stokeld is doing the work. Here's a link to some magic he worked on a CZ 550 Magnum in .416 Rigby. Stokeld .416 Rigby On this one, he very nicely carved back the original CZ stock to proper British proportions. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Jeez.... I think I hurt myself while looking at those pictures.... MopaneMike | |||
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That is a nice looking rifle. Does it come with shooting gloves? Okay, that was a cheap shot, but I couldn't resist. Post a pic when you get it back for us mere mortals. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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