CZ 527 Input Needed

[L.Sherm]

Its basically a Ford, Dodge, Chevy thing.

 

[Fern]

Its basically a Ford, Dodge, Chevy thing.

In that order to lol

 

[L.Sherm]

In that order to lol

Well for me its reversed lol

 

[Knotwild]

I had one in .223. It was an honest 3/4 to 1 inch gun. But, as some have mentioned here, it cycled rough and you had to pay attention to get it to feed into the barrel. Although the box magazine looks "cool", in reality it made the gun clunky to carry because the magazine was right where my hand wanted to be. It was a nice looking rifle for sure. I loaned it to a young man I worked with because he kept wounding and tracking deer with a .270. I asked him if he wanted me to fix that for him and handed him the .223 and I said, try this, but you have to be patient and place your shot in the right place. After three dead deer that fell in their tracks, he begged me to sell it, and I did.

Bottom line? I have a 222 model 600 Mohawk. When I get the money saved up, I'm going to get a good 20"222 barrel put on it, bed it, and call it done.

 

[Oso]

CZ 527 mags have sharp feed lips. It helps to run a file or dowel with sand paper to break/relieve the inside sharp edge on feed lips. This will smooth out the feeding. Also, if you have some steel cases for said cartridge then make up some dummy rounds to cycle through rifle while watching TV.

There are “flush fit” 3rd magazines out there. There is a DIY to convert a 5-round magazine into a flush fit. Also, James Calhoun sold the / converted mags at one point in time (as I recall).

Another answer is a single shot block. Several different people offered this. I bought mine from Mr. Calhoun.

 

[searcher]

I don't know understand the hoopla over 527's, maybe the Hornet but I ld rather spend less money on a small Sako and a lot less money on a Howa Mini.

Agreed. I'd actually spend more for the small Sako.....
As others mentioned - kind of like a Ford VS Chevy deal, but I own both and like both a lot.