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I am right now in Reno at the SCI show and I have personal friends in both CZ USA and Triple River Gunsmithing.
Here are the facts as related by these sources:
- CZ as eight times (8 X) more business in pistols than in rifles.
- CZ has stopped production of ALL 550 actions and rifles.
- CZ USA does not have any - zero - CZ 550 medium length (30-06) actions left.
- Whatever CZ 550 rifles are offered by CZ and existing dealers, in shops or on line, is all there is. There will not be any more after that. Period. By my rough count on Gunbroker.com etc. a few months ago, it seems like there are less than 1,000 African caliber rifles for sale in calibers .375 , .416, .458 in the USA.
- CZ USA has ~100 magnum length actions with .375 bolt faces and ~25 actions with .416 Rigby bolt faces left for custom builds at Triple River Gunsmithing.
The CZ 550 is gone friends, and I wager that it will be dearly and sorely missed.
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