Picked up a couple interesting rifles from LGS today. CZ 550
Jeff Spencer
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 18:45 (962 days ago)
full stock 9.3x62, and BRNO Fox Model 2 in 22 Hornet. Both in excellent condition, Merry Xmas to me! JT or anyone ever shoot cast bullets in 9.3x62?
Both are excellent rifles. I had one of the first BRNO model
Gary Reeder
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 23:26 (961 days ago) @ Jeff Spencer
602 way back that was chambered in 375 H&H. We rebarreled it to 416 Rigby as nobody was building the Rigby at that time. I fixed it up for Kase in Africa in 1992. Somewhere along the line he traded it off or sold it and Scotty Boggs ended up with it. I don't know if he has taken any game with it or not but I believe he still has it.
The 22 Hornet should be a good one as they don't make any junk. Congrats.
Thanks Gary nice to know! The set trigger on the BRNO feels
Jeff Spencer
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Thursday, December 14, 2023, 00:44 (961 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
like a Jewell Bench rest trigger, must be in the ozs.
If my memory serves me this morning I believe I took the set
Gary Reeder
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Thursday, December 14, 2023, 12:09 (961 days ago) @ Jeff Spencer
trigger out and put the standard trigger in that they furnished with the gun. I figured a set trigger on a 416 Rigby was not the way to go.
I indeed cherish it! It’s my African rifle
WB
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Thursday, December 14, 2023, 18:08 (961 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
It fits me like a glove. I shoot cast bullets out of it more frequently keeping in practice. It is to be my front rifle for anything that needs blasting. Shoots flat with the 350 gr. bullets and can do the job of a stopper with 400 gr. Recoil with the shorter barrel and Reeder brake is about like a 7mm Mag.
I have a .338 set up for longer shots, but the .416 is what I’d want at hand at all times.