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[IMG:left][url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=413711&c=500&z=1"]  [/url][/IMG]This is a photo of a CZ 550 in .243 purchased recently by a friend . To my eye it is very pretty . Have been told by a poster on another forum that the wood is crap and will crack . Would be interested to hear comments from someone who knows more about stock wood than I do . The hunting imperative was part of every man's soul; some denied or suppressed it, others diverted it into less blatantly violent avenues of expression, wielding clubs on the golf course or racquets on the court, substituting a little white ball for the prey of flesh and blood. Wilbur Smith | ||
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I'm sure no expert compared to many that post here. For a factory stock it has some pretty grain. In a 243 I see no reason why it would crack. If you would like to swap it out let me know.  As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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243??? Can't really crack a stock, unless it's horribly installed, inletted, loose, and the action blows up from the load. looks fine to me, 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 | |||
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Grain seems to flow through the wrist alright. Does the other poster happen to have x-ray vision or perhaps they're clairvoyant? I doubt you'll ever have a problem with that stock as long as it is bedded properly and the screws not over-tightened. | |||
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Hey Bushcook the stock is beautiful and looks plenty strong. Your other poster is a jealous type who can't find anything good to say about anyone elses good finds or deals. Trust me there are a lot of those types out there nay sayers about everything unless they own it then it's the best ever and your stuff is junk. Ignore the fool and move on, nice peice of wood! | |||
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I think it looks great! I wouldn't worry. Most people who make those kind of post are jealous or don't know what they are talking about! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Tell your friend, I'll buy him a decent synthetic stock and he can send that piece of junk to me. I'm a real altruist, I just don't want anyone to get hurt. "I ask, sir, what is the Militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them" - George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment during the Virginia convention to ratify the Constitution | |||
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One of the nice things about the internet is that all one needs to post opinions is a keyboard.....brain is not required. IMO the .243 will work in that stock very well.... and it appears as though it's the opinion of almost every one here. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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For just an ordinary, non-select piece of factory wood he did very well. I never have luck like that. Garrett | |||
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I take it your friend is worried about the striping in the butt. That is NOT weak and won't ever crack. That is a very high grade of turkish walnut the number one walnut in the world. Does it look that great on the other side? That dark strip is just the figure your wanting in turkish walnut. Just tell him to not give that another thought. The other poster was either dumb or jealous. FNMauser Strike while the iron is hot! Look before you leap!He who hesitates is lost! Slow and steady wins the race! Time waits for no man! A stitch in time saves nine! Make hay while the sun shines! ect. ect. | |||
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Maybe the poster on another forum actually ment , He is on crack and and ate some crap...  | |||
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Now that's funny, GSP7.  That stick of wood is going to take a hell of a lot more recoil than a 243 Win. to make it fail. | |||
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if I remember correctly it was a 243.........pretty dang light recoil. Chances of it cracking any stock very slim to none many factory stocks have the grain flow far from perfect, very few factory stocks crack, even with much larger cals. So with that said..........whoever told you that may not be very well informed, I'd take what he said with a grain of salt. its a very nice stock for a factory gun, shot it like you got good sense and tell him to go pack sand. Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | |||
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Thanks for your opinions and yes the dark streaks do appear on the other side of the stock . The hunting imperative was part of every man's soul; some denied or suppressed it, others diverted it into less blatantly violent avenues of expression, wielding clubs on the golf course or racquets on the court, substituting a little white ball for the prey of flesh and blood. Wilbur Smith | |||
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That is some of the nicest wood I have seen on a standard factory rifle. Your friend got really lucky. | |||
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