Info for reference to my question:

A magazine article in a Guns&Ammo/1994 special edition, called 'RIFLES and Cartridges for Big Game' had an article by Joe Coogan about The Ultimate .375 , pp.16.
The rifle was/is a BRNO ZKK 602 and modified/rebuilt by Lon Paul of Tanglewood Ranch.

Another special edition, like the one above, only a 1995 issue called 'Big Bore Rifles', also shows a Lon Paul 602, pp.96, in a synthetic stock with a pair of scopes to use and a removeable muzzle brake.
(THIS IS THE RIFLE I'VE OGLED OVER FOR SO LONG AND WILL TRY TO EMULATE WITH THE A-BOLT II I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT).

The question involves the two position safety switch that is described as being 'backwards'; back to fire/forward for safe...seemingly to simulate 'cocking' the hammer back before pulling the trigger.
Being that I have so far been a Remington bolt-action rifle user, this would be backwards indeed.

Now, I'm wondering if it would be possible to reverse the backwards safety to make it function in the directions a Remington rifle would have...
It makes me think that in such a case, a Remington rifle enthusiast would be able to have a .375 H&H with extra capacity AND controlled-round-feed , and still have the familiar operation of a two position safety.

Are the BRNO/CZ like Clark Kent/Superman?

Am I thinking and reading too much again?

[ 07-29-2003, 06:17: Message edited by: BusMaster007 ]

Okay,
the 602 has a backwards safety... it's BACK to shoot, and FORWARD to safe... you certainly could screw that up... you can replaced/upgrade that safety for a 2-pos for about 100, or a 3 pos for 150... and be SAFE

jeffe

Yep, I sure COULD screw it up!
I drive anything from little GILLIG 30-ft. 1-door diesel coaches to BREDA 60-ft. Dual Mode Diesel/Electric Trolley Articulated coaches and whatever comes between those on a daily basis.
Being conscious of what I'm driving at all times, I can still tag a curb if the set-up isn't just right.

Point being, my collection is based on two-position safeties being either ON or OFF, so I'm not interested in changing that at this point to a 3-position wing type.
The pistols, shotguns, rifles - are all two-position.
The only weird one of the bunch is the Ruger 10/22 with the safety in the front of the triggerguard...all the others are at the rear, where they should be...
I'd rather not have one of them operate contrary to everything else.
Seeing how much money gets into the hands of the custom rifle builders, I had to ask if this might be a feasible change to that system.
What 2-position replacement safety did you refer to?

Busmaster,

I had my BRNO M602 .375 H&H converted from a "wrong-way safety" to a M70-style safety. Now both my .375s operate the same. After I took the BRNO to Africa to hunt I vowed I would "fix" the safety or sell the rifle.

The current CZ M550 rifle has a two-position safety that operates in conventional fashion. You won't have any trouble with moving from a Remington M700 to this rifle, which is a fine hunting rifle by the way.

jim dodd

The current batch of CZ550 rifles, including the .375, uses the forward-fire safeties. I don't believe they are interchangeable with the Brno 600 series rifles.

There seems to have been some early CZ550 models made with the backwards safety.

This place is QUICK.
Thanks, Gentlemen!

Hey Busman....
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