CZ 600 Alpha

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Adventurer 2

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I don't know why I seem to like the ugly firearms. I owned a Ruger M77 MK II (boat paddle) 270 for decades (i miss that rifle). Was browsing Cabelas online to find something to use my points on -- CZ 600 caught my eye.
https://cz-usa.com/product/cz-600-alpha/
A CZ 600 Alpha in 308 is on order. Don't have the time to do anything with it when i receive it so it is going to sit for quite awhile (maybe til deer season). Anyone have one of these ugly but captivating rifles?
Experiences and opinions welcome.
 
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armoredman

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Ugly?

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I think it's quite attractive.

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I am still finding what loads make it happy, but here's some relevant targets, shot by me.

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Just three shot sighting groups, nothing special. The last is factory ammo.
The ONLY thing to really keep in mind is follow the bolt removal instructions to the letter - it is not like any other bolt action bolt removal. Failure to do so can lead to bolt damage.

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SIG WHISKEY 3 3-9 scope.

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taylorce1

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The rifle lacks a lot in eye appeal, but you can't argue with the results. I'm more interested in the ability to swap barrels with these rifles.
 
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armoredman

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Trigger is still on the factory setting, the lightest. It's a short throw with a light, clean break.
The barrel switch ability was removed due to some safety issues. So, you have what you have, and in my case, I have a .308.
 
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Picked up the CZ 600 Alpha -- very industrial feeling - largest bolt knob (which sticks straight out) on any of my rifles and also the thinnest trigger. After seeing the cost of an extra magazine, $65, i'm just going to lock the magazine in place and top load the rifle.
Trigger adjusts from 1.3 ish lbs to 3 lbs with a supplied allen wrench (no disassembly required). The bolt has a little bounce when you extract as far back as you can -- haven't seen that before. Need to save my Cabela's points up for a nice milrad scope to put on it. So far i'm happy with the rifle purchase. Can't wait to see what kind of accuracy it is capable of.
 
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eastbank

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i handled one and i,m sorry, but i think the cz 550,s are better. buy what you want. i have seven cz rifles and used a cz 550 in .375 H&H on six trips to africa shooting 64 animals from cape buffalo to dikker with no problems at all, as a matter of fact i have not had any problems with any on my cz rifles. they already had a problem with the 600 with the barrel switch ones.
 
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armoredman

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I never said the 550s weren't excellent, never had one, but I had a 527M for years, and that was top quality. Last time I was near Africa I was helping to wipe out Iranians, didn't have time to check out the hunting, but I hear it's excellent.
You're right, we will all buy what we want, and the price tag on my 600 Alpha was a real steal, it does what I want, so I am happy as a clam with it. :)
What the heck is a dikker?
 
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armoredman

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Ah, that sounds about right, thank you. Probably a very challenging shot. I saw many African game animals stuffed at the International Wildlife Museum in Tucson, and some of the little antelopes looked like they would rather difficult to hit easily.
 
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Rimfire5

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If your 600 is like my old 500, the bounce you feel probably is the ejector releasing the cartridge from the extractor.
My CZ uses a Mauser-like extraction approach that brings the cartridge all the way back to the end of the bolt path before it extracts the cartridge.
 
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Pumpkin

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How does a company go from making some of the classiest, prettiest, functional rifles to one of the quirkiest? Bolt handle could be off of an old lawn tractor, I would love to know who at CZ thought this was okay. Maybe they should have added the 600 to their lineup and not replaced the various 500’s with it.
 
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