Has anyone here had any experience with these rifles? What is the level of fit and finish like? How well do they feed and function etc?
Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Chet

Chet;
I just started shooting a new 9.3x62 i bought a couple weeks ago.
This rifle is great! It feeds factory or my handloads perfectly. Mine
does have that goofy plastic follower. The trigger is real easy to
adjust and it now breaks cleanly at 3 1/2 lbs. The set trigger function
is a little unreliable, though. Sometimes it goes off at 12 oz. and
others at less than 8 oz. Accuracy is just dandy. 1" or slightly less
without working on the load. Lapua factory 286 gr. at 1 1/4".
Fit of wood to metal is better than average for a factory bolt rifle,
but not very high quality. Cheap sling mounts, in the wrong place. But
other than a few minor complaints like that, it's a great deal and I would
by another in a heartbeat.
Raff

I own 5 and there will be more in my future. My cz's have pefromed well for me with no drama's my lux 9.3x62 came with the plastic to but cz swapped it out for steel furniture. By one with confidence, some re-finish the stock and they come up with some nice looking results.

CZs are great rifles. However there are two aggravations and a warning that apply.

1) Some of the followers are plastic. CZ-USA has been replacing some on request. Neither of my rifles have this problem.

2) Some of the rifles have been coming with a clip rather than a second nut retaining the firing pin spring. Several members have noted that this clip can be lost causing failure to fire. Neither of my rifles have this problem.

The warning is that the heavy recoil CZ550s are not bedded well enough. They may need cross bolts, a second lug, and full bedding before they are shot to avoid stock breakage. Applies to .376 H&H on up.

My 9,3x62 American is fine in that regard ... had two cross bolts from the factory and is doing fine. My CZ550 Hogback in .416 Rigby was treated to a full stock redo before I got it and is doing beautifully.

The 9,3 shoots 286 Nosler partitions at 2425 fps (58.0 gr of RL-15 on Norma cases with WLR primers to 3/4" at 100 yards. The .416 Rigby shoots 350 Barnes Xs at 2680 fps (98.0 gr IMR 4350 on Norma cases with FED 215 primers) to 1 1/4" at 200 yards.

Both rifles have killed African game with authority. Neither have had any problems in the field.

I am not complaining.

I have a 550 in .308 with a Leupold 3x9 that is a very accurate rifle. Metal seems pretty good - the wood is certainly nothing special. Have thought about having it restocked with some nice grained wood. Problem is, I'd have more in the quaility stock than the whole rifle cost.

Bottom line. Good rifle to pack into the brush and not worry about scratches and it's accurate too.

-Vlad

I have several CZ's ranging from .22lr to 458 WM. They are all extremely ccurate but they are lacking in some areas.

The wood to metal fit has a lot of slop to it. All of my CZ's have needed to be glass bedded to fill in the gaps around the metal. But they also have all benefited immensely from the bedding job.

The wood finish is terrible to say the least. I have found that they use a very heavily tinted poly type finish that hides what figure the wood does have. Below I have atached some pics of my CZ 527 .223 and 452 .22lr that I refinished and also re-shaped the stock a bit. I also posted a pic of my 550 7x57 that shows how heavily th tint hides the figure. This 7x57 stock shows a lot of promise. My .458 stock puts the rest to shame even with the nasty tinted poly they use. I am anxious to see how it turns out afer getting worked over.

CZ 527 .223 and 452 .22lr after refinishing.


CZ 527 .223 after refinishing.


CZ 550 7x57 before refinish. You can see the faint tiger stripe hat CZ hides so well with their nasty factory finish.


I have also found the stocks to be excessively oversized in the wood area. The nice part is that this leaves a lot of room for you to re-shape the stock to a more desirable pattern and fit.

I also really dislike the HUGE banner they place on the side of the receiver. A much smaller one wold be much better. I wold also like to see them get rid of the "Weatherby" looking bolt shroud and put a decent bolt handle on the 550's.

I truly think that with a small amount of work on the factory side that the CZ rifles would be absolutely incredible. I know I have written and emailed them several times begging for changes but to no avail.

But with all my gripes being said above I will still own CZ's and plan on purchasing more of them. They are a lot of rifle for the money and with a little work can be turned into something very nice.

A friend (and fellow AR member) and I both recently purhased 550 Varmints and they're shaping up to be superb rifles. Fit and finish is good, and they shoot great. I have not had the problem with my set trigger that was mentioned above. Mine is consistent.