Cz 527 Rebarrel

[Mark M.]

Thinking about upgrading the barrel on my Cz 527 223, and maybe a little action work, smooth and square, Does anybody have a Recommendation

 

[MrMajestic]

Metric threads and funny looking shoulder for headspace. Some oddball SAE thread may work if you don't have access to a metric pitched lathe, google it, and possibly square the shoulder abutment. Jim Calhoun would be the expert.

 

[MQ1]

Thinking about upgrading the barrel on my Cz 527 223, and maybe a little action work, smooth and square, Does anybody have a Recommendation

Bob Green!

 

[ben lurkin]

PacNor barrels can set you up and have the CZ barrel tapers already so if you are trying to match your current profile, they would be a good candidate.

 

[searcher]

I had a Lilja put on mine and am very pleased.

 

[searcher]

The smith was Allen Elliott (520) 518-1948 who was referred to me by Lester Bruno. did a real good job.

 

[mikeinct]

Talk to the office manager up at Pac-Nor...Chris, is the owner & has done a few..One for his own son in the caliber I wanted..25-45 Sharps..Stupid me, I let a guy re-bore my 527 carbine & "he" in AZ totally screwed it up..Go w/ the guys you know do good work..Chris has done at least 5 barrels for me...Every one, first rate work...Mike in Ct

 

[shoot4fun]

A buddy just got his CZ550 back from Pac Nor and is very pleased. He had the shot out 22-250 14 twist and had them replace it with a 7 twist 22-250. The turn around was super fast and the rifle is shooting great with 80 ELD-M bullets and H4350.
EDIT:
I have had a R700 rebarreled by PacNor as well and was truly happy with it. I've also had two CZ527 actions rebarreled. One was a 22 Hornet redone in 17 Ackley Hornet and the other was a 7.62 carbine that was redone in 6PPC. Both were done in a buddy's basement in the Atlanta area.

 

[searcher]

"he" in AZ totally screwed it up..Go w/ the guys you know do good work..Chris has done at least 5 barrels for me...Every one, first rate work...Mike in Ct

Not sure who you are referring to. Lester has done six rifles for myself, three times that many barrels and a "whole lot" for friends who are, as I am, pleased. Only Allen other once - and his work was excellent. For re-barreling, I'll absolutely not hesitate to recommend and use him. I do know this - I have had a lot of work screwed up by good gunsmiths that were good at "other" aspects of the trade than what I asked them to do. As you say - I too "screwed up". ALWAYS ascertain what their specialties are before sending a rig off. If it is not their specialty or have done it before - you are at your own peril - just as with any other occupation.

 

[FJVance]

I've had several CZ527', and when I rebarrel mine, I use a CNC lathe to cut the metric threads, and leave a shoulder to locate with. Then open up the barrel channel to fit.

 

[B23]

Kevin Weaver did some work on one of my CZ 527 17 Hornets. I was very happy with his work and Kevin was great to work with.

 

[Bangs OH]

PacNor barrels can set you up and have the CZ barrel tapers already so if you are trying to match your current profile, they would be a good candidate.

Good to know; thanks. I’ll try to remember that when it’s time to re-barrel my .204 Varmint CZ.

 

[Doug30racer]

Montana Accuracy did mine in 20p. Jason does amazing work.

 

[FJVance]

I have tried to use a 700 receiver with a 20 Vartarg, my fat fingers don't like that.
I'm gonna move all this over to an XP receiver to try, if that doesn't help, then move it to a CZ 527.
There should be plenty of material to cut down for the smaller receiver.
But with the CZ receiver, I don't have the options of after market stocks and triggers.
There is a lot more options with the 700 platform.

 

[Bangs OH]

Not a lot of options, but they’re out there:
Rifle Basix sells a 527 trigger. H-S Precision and Bell and Carlson offer stocks.
Also, some build 6PPCs off of 527 actions, which are occasionally offered for sale alone; saw some in .22 Hornet recently.

 

[B23]

I've never hit the wood lottery on any of my CZ 527's so all of mine have been their meh generic looking walnut stocks. I'm typically not a real big wood guy but I wanted to give my CZ 527 204 a better look than the ho-hum boring looking factory stock had so I ordered a stock from Boyd's in their Coyote Laminate and it turned out pretty well.

If you change the pull weight spring in the CZ 527, I bought mine from James Calhoon, you can tune these triggers down to 8-10 ounces pretty easily. James only charges 2 bucks a piece for those little springs so it's a really cheap fix and I have all mine set at 10 ounces with zero creep. I never really liked using the set trigger feature and a 10oz trigger works very well for me.

 

[FJVance]

Good idea, I will look into that.
The smaller receiver is easier on the small cases, and the integral bases are handy. I can't help but put a shoulder on the barrel, maybe I've fitted too many 700s.