http://www.cz-usa.com/product_detail.php?id=50

Seems CZ 550 big bores has gone laminate...

http://www.cz-usa.com/data/downloads/common/CZUSA%20Catalog%2007.pdf

If you have handled them what did you think?

Boom Stick:

I have a CZ .404 Jeffery with a wood stock and a .416 Rigby and .500 Jeffery both of which have the brown laminate stock. I really like the lamanites better. I know this is hard to believe but I think the laminates are a shade lighter than the wood, they are stronger, more stable and really quite attractive. In the .500, that added strength is a real plus.

Dave

I found just the opposite. My Rigby with American stock is much lighter than the 375 American Safari Laminate I sold a while back. The laminate was very nicely finished and looked great but the gun weighed over 10 lbs. with no scope.

MTM:

is it possible that your Rigby felt lighter because of the lighter barrel on the Rigby as opposed to the .375? I am thinking that the barrel contour for both would be the same but the Rigby barrel, becasue of the larger bore diameter, is somewhat lighter.

I don't have the CZ .375 but I am guessing that my wood stock .404 weighs at least 10 pounds without a scope. My laminate .416 seems to weigh less although I have to confess, I have not actually put them both on a scale and I don't want to pull the scope off my .404 just to weigh it.

Dave

Dave

I had a 416 Rigby with the sunset laminate. Not bad looking for what it is (plywood) but I beleive it is made for people with bigger hands than myself, although I had no trouble with it. I had trouble with the action being shall we say "rough". I would advise going with the standard advice of trying before buying if possible.

Dave:
Don't know if that particular stock was extra heavy or what but it weighed over 10 with no scope. My Rigby weighs 10 1/4 with 2.5 x 8 Leupold in Talleys. Again it was a very nice stock and the Safari magmuns seem to be a touch nicer than the standard 550 Mags.