Just for the history of it:
A friend of mine have a BRNO ZKK 602 in 375 H&H.
The stock is a Monte Carlo version.
On the barrel is stamped : BAUSKA ARMS, Calispell Montana.

As far as we have been able to dig up, there was a batch of guns odered by Bauska Arms from the BRNO factory, who never reached the US shores due to the former Iron Curtain embargo.
The story says that the batch of guns was re-routed to the Scandinavian marked and sold there.

Any of you knowledgeable guys who know the whole story about this guns who, ( as the story goes ) never reached Bauska Arms ?

That story is quite possible. I bought 2 ZKKs from Bauska back around 1985, had a helluva time getting delivery. They were partnered with some unscrupulous people in Cleveland, OH who I will not name. Their CZ/Brno venture did not last long but they were the first to start importing them into the US after the cold war embargo was lifted.

fla3006

Unscrupulous people in Cleveland, OH?

Really?

That's a story I'd have to hear.

Les

[a former "eastsider"]

Arild: I had the same, identical rifle. I think your spelling "Bauska Arms, "Kalispell" Montana is correct, not "calispell". Anyway, same rifle, same caliber .375 H&H. I was a dealer at the time & bought the rifle (I think in the 1980's) from an importer of Czech Rifles in Michigan, USA. So, I know they were imported here. I was surprized to see the "Bauska Arms" marking on the barrel, as I just ordered the rifle and assumed it was all Brno
make. I can't remember the importer now, if I can remember it, I'll get back to you.
Your name reminds me of another Norwegian, Arild Stoen from Fjordlinna, that I know. Do you know him? He posts on AR at times.
Best Regards,
Tom

Thanks for the replay guys.
Seems like the story I heard is mostly true then. Anyway, kind of funny with a rifle here in the High North with a Montana gundealers stamp on it

Tom...I don´t know Arild Stoen other than here on the AR. Our first name is quite common in Norway. The roots are the old Norse Harald or old Enlish Harold I´m told.
And yes...Kalispell it is

Hi Arild: I've been trying to remember the importer/dealer here in the U.S., ...but I just can't remember it...it was around 20 years ago & I no longer have the rifle...but identical to the rifle you mention. I do know that I bought it from a Czech-American who imported the Brno Rifles.
I didn't keep it long, but resold it, otherwise I'd have more data on it to share.
Best Regards,
Tom

I looked up this information in the blue book value of guns: importation 1994-96 was Magnum Research Inc Minneapolis MN. Bohemia Arms Fountian Valley,CA. until 1997. Euro-imports in El Cajon CA until 2001. EAA Corp Sharpes FL until 2002. The 25th edition of the Blue Book Values shows no recent importation but I have one showing A.A.L. Phile.,PA Don't know if this is the same import markings as the current CZ models. Have no inforamation for the period of the cold war.

Les Bauska of Kalispell, MT was the first US importer of CZs in 1985 after the end of the cold war trade embargo. ZKKs were in production by CZ at Uherski Brod beginning in the late 1960s and were not manufactured at the old Brno plant, famous for the Models 21 & 22, Hornet ZKW-465 and ZG-47, which by the way is closing.

Rodney jogged my memory...I got my Brno 602 with the same markings as your rifle from Magnum Research in Minnesota...it may have been in the late 90's...long time ago, but identical to the markings on your rifle mentioned, in .375 H&H.
Best Regards,
Tom