cz 555?

[dlbleak]

hello,i picked up one of these beauties in 30-06. i can't seem to find much info on them. all of the websites or youtube videos are foreign. it is a shooter and i love the gun, are they just not popular here or not readily available?
thanks

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Welcome to the club.

The Model 555 is essentially the Model 550 with a detachable, 3 round, single-stack box magazine.  Not too common, but not rare.  The ones I have seen are usually in the Lux stock configuration.  If you search on "CZ 550" you will find lots of information.

You will find that the Lux stock is perfect for shooting iron sights.  Not so much for shooting with scopes - it is hard to get a consistent cheek weld for scope sighting with the Euro-humpback stock.  Still, a lot of people make it work.

Since your gun is new, I recommend working the action a few hundred times to smooth it up.  My 550 was a little rough at first.  Also, try the set trigger at the range and get a good feel for it before trying it in the field.  I love the set trigger on mine, but it is awful light until you get used to it.

Please post pictures when you can, especially of the magazine. I am willing to bet that many on this board have never seen a 555.

[dlbleak]

Thanks Sheik,frank zappa lives on in the cz forum! i will get some pics up soon. i have taken some but need better ones. i mounted a swift premier 4x12 on it first. then went with a redfield 3x9x50. the set trigger is crisp and lets you put the shot down when you need it. i'm getting respectable groups at 200 yds. going to go to 3-400 yards over the next couple of weeks with some handloads.

[armoredman]

Where did you find a 555? I am lusting for a 555 in .308, but have been told they aren't coming to the US...

[Sheik Yerbouti]

armoredman, I think most of them come into the country with servicemen who have been stationed in Germany.  I have only seen a few, and in all cases that was the story on them.