I have been thinking about making a new trigger guard that would convert the Howa mini to use CZ-527 magazines, I got the motivation from A5Blaster and his comments about the Howa and CZ comparatively.
Well today I finally decided to try it and turned one of my standard aluminum trigger guards into a conversion model.
This is a proof of concept but so far it works really well and I'm thinking about doing a small trial run. I do like how much trimmer the CZ magazines are compared to the Howa plastic mags.
HokeyPokeyKid Wrote:I have been thinking about making a new trigger guard that would convert the Howa mini to use CZ-527 magazines, I got the motivation from A5Blaster and his comments about the Howa and CZ comparatively.
Well today I finally decided to try it and turned one of my standard aluminum trigger guards into a conversion model.
This is a proof of concept but so far it works really well and I'm thinking about doing a small trial run. I do like how much trimmer the CZ magazines are compared to the Howa plastic mags.
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Now here is the kicker.
Window that mag so it can work as a 4+1 mag set up and loads as long as 2.350 coal and watch the magic happen with varget and h4895 powders.
Window that mag so it can work as a 4+1 mag set up and loads as long as 2.350 coal and watch the magic happen with varget and h4895 powders.
Wrong forum I know, but do you have velocity comparisons from Varget and 4895 for the same bullet? Slower powders tend to do better with long barrels for bullets that are heavy for a caliber. Since I have both powders, single load, 26" barrel, and a bolt action, I was wondering about Varget instead of 4895 for the 130s?
HokeyPokeyKid Wrote:I have been thinking about making a new trigger guard that would convert the Howa mini to use CZ-527 magazines, I got the motivation from A5Blaster and his comments about the Howa and CZ comparatively.
Well today I finally decided to try it and turned one of my standard aluminum trigger guards into a conversion model.
This is a proof of concept but so far it works really well and I'm thinking about doing a small trial run. I do like how much trimmer the CZ magazines are compared to the Howa plastic mags.
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That looks sweet. They are all out of stock of howa mags here in Canada and this is a nice option. Keep us posted!
Chrt Wrote:That looks sweet. They are all out of stock of howa mags here in Canada and this is a nice option. Keep us posted!
I'm almost finished with the first small batch of parts, I'll post some pictures once they're ready.
It feels like everything is out of stock right now, I'm not sure CZ magazines will be any easier to find. I bought several last year before I started this project and haven't been able to find any more.
Im surprised Cz has discontinued the 527 rifles. Im curious if Cz will introduce a modern replacement for the 527. The Cz 527 magazines have always been scarce. It seems Cz only released an occasional small batch and once sold out there were none to be found until Cz manufactured a new batch.
I was unaware that CZ had discontinues the CZ 527 series rifles...I think you may be mistaken. The CZ website still shows CZ527 being produced/offered for sale in all the usual flavors. However, they are discontinuing the 550 Series, which is their Large Magnum big game rifles (African Safari).
03-31-2021, 02:19 PM (This post was last modified: 03-31-2021, 04:13 PM by Harpoon1.)
VASCAR2 Wrote:Im surprised Cz has discontinued the 527 rifles. Im curious if Cz will introduce a modern replacement for the 527. The Cz 527 magazines have always been scarce. It seems Cz only released an occasional small batch and once sold out there were none to be found until Cz manufactured a new batch.
Just got off the phone with Aaron at CZ-USA and they ARE STILL making the 527 but, they did drop the 204 and 223 for this year. He said the new 2021 models should already be starting to arrive and showing up at your LGS.
Well, the American model does, didnt check the others!
