CZ 550 Mag in 416 Rigby worth?

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14 June 2009, 21:41

Fjold

CZ 550 Mag in 416 Rigby worth?

I searched the Classifieds but didn't see anything similar. On another board a guy is offering:

CZ 550 Safari Classic .416 Rigby
Fired less than 20 times.
Scope, Ammo and new leather strap included.
3 boxes of Hornady ammo

For $800

What's a good deal?
What's a great deal?
What's the deal that you would knock your grandmother over to get to?

Frank

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14 June 2009, 22:34

MJines

Frank,

Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. The ammo is worth $150 to $200, depending on what kind of scope it is that could be another $200 - $300 just for a run of the mill scope.

14 June 2009, 22:42

Dave Bush

quote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
I searched the Classifieds but didn't see anything similar. On another board a guy is offering:

CZ 550 Safari Classic .416 Rigby
Fired less than 20 times.
Scope, Ammo and new leather strap included.
3 boxes of Hornady ammo

For $800

What's a good deal?
What's a great deal?
What's the deal that you would knock your grandmother over to get to?

Fjold:

Find out if it is the Euro stock model or the 550 American. What kind of scope is it? The Euro stock model is pretty light for a .416. I would buy it and then ship it off to Wayne at AHR and have him do the 1,2,3 treatment on it. At that price, it is a great donor action.

Dave
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14 June 2009, 22:48

jeffeosso

a smoking good deal, if you wanted a 416 rigby .. i personally don't care which stock, both shoot well .. remember, a rigby doesn't kick much

opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club

Information on Ammoguide about
the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR
What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR.
476AR,
http://www.weaponsmith.com

15 June 2009, 00:29

chuck375

True and as RIP will tell you, it's an easy rebarrel to 500 Mbogo once the 416"s lack of recoil becomes annoying ...

Chuck

Regards,

Chuck

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15 June 2009, 02:56

Fjold

The gun's got the American stock, kind of plain looking with the sling swivel on the forearm and some cheap 8x32x52mm "tacticool" scope. I think that the guy was trying to make a long range shooter out of it.

It's right handed and I'm a lefty so I wouldn't hunt DG with it, it would just be a fun gun to play with.

15 June 2009, 08:06

RIP

quote:
Originally posted by chuck375:
True and as RIP will tell you, it's an easy rebarrel to 500 Mbogo once the 416"s lack of recoil becomes annoying ...

Chuck

That's right!
You could wait a while for a used lefty.
Or spring for a southpaw rifle new.
They are available.
And a synthetic stock like this retrofit on a .416 Rigby CZ.
Cheaper to just get the synthetic to start with, rather than having to pay for and replace the wood later.

15 June 2009, 08:48

Fjold

Thanks for the input guys.

My 375 H&H is enough for varmint hunting right now so the 416R will just be a toy. I won't be going back to Africa until 2011 so I have a little time.

I told the guy that I'm interested and I'll just see how badly he wants to sell it to me.