My Great New CZ-550 American!

[undiplomat]

I took a chance and ordered a new CZ-550 American in 30-06 sight unseen. I was very pleasantly surprised when I opened the box at the dealer and saw a perfectly lovely rifle with a quater-sawn walnut stock with some nice fiddleback in the butt area. I took a piece of paper and slid it down the barrel between the barrel and the fore-end and found it is properly free floated.

The real fun came this afternoon when I put a scope on it and sighted it in. The Czechs built me an accurate rifle! I shot a 3 shot group with 165 gr Win PSP into a 7/8" group from off the hood of my car. I'm very impressed with this rifle. I'm addicted to the single set trigger too.

The 30-06 in the CZ-550 doesn't kick too much for my shoulder and the bolt handle doesn't hit my trigger finger like I thought it might. The rifle's weight is just right in my opinion.

I think I got a great deal for my money.  

[P.S. The range was approximately 100 yards.]

[CZJedi]

I just picked up a 550 American yesterday, a .308 . I know I shouldn't have, but it was so good looking, and fit like a dream. I was so tempted, and then I saw it was on sale for $90 off. I had to. Can't wait to put a scope on it and take it out.

[undiplomat]

CZJedi,
I hope you like your CZ-550 as much as I like mine

When I got the rifle home, I cleaned and wiped the bolt and the inside of the reciever with a clean cotton cloth dampened with light gun oil. Then I cycled the bolt more than 100 times [no dryfiring]. After that, I smeared some Mil-Comm TW-25B low-temp lubricating grease on the bolt and inside reciever where the bolt travels. The bolt now has a snug & slick feel to it. It feels & shoots like they should have charged me more money for it!

This is a link to my favorite lube;
www.mil-comm.com/weapons_lubricants.html

I also noticed that the checkering had no finish applied to it after it was cut, so I took the stock off and applied a little boiled linseed oil thinned with a bit of turpentine on the raw wood and wiped off the excess. While i was at it I applied a little linseed to the inside barrel channel where wood was removed when they free-floated the barrel.
I think it's a good idea to protect the wood especially at the checkering somehow without messing up the factory finish. It's where the dirty hands touch the wood.

While I had the stock off I carefully lubed the trigger mechanism without over doing it. If you take your stock off make sure you don't lose the front frame screw spacer[#87]. I chased mine across the floor