03-14-2021, 10:37 PM
Harpoon1 Wrote:I purchased one a while back, sometime in 2019. I do like the walnut stock and youre right, the bluing is very well done, however, the action is not really a true Mauser type. Its your typical push feed and the example I have is not machined nearly as well as any of my CZs.
My original plan was to rebarrel it after shooting it out, its a 7.62x39 but, after seeing and using the action, Ive changed my mind and have decided not to throw anymore good money after bad. I would much rather convert a CZ 527 instead.
There were about 20 of them at a store shortly before I turned a CZ527 into Grendel before they chambered for it. If the ones there none were as smooth as a new CZ. Machining was a bit rough and the bolt had quite a bit of slop. No regrets converting the CZ. About a year after I had this one done CZ finally got off their butts and started chambering for the Grendel but none of them are blueprinted, glass and pillar bedded to a custom turned Obermeyer barrel. I will keep mine for sure. Last time I fired it was on a doe at a bit over 250 yards and there was never a doubt have shot sub MOA to 600 yards which is as far as I have shot the CZ.
If you can find a Sako in PPC it would be a very good one to make a Grendel out of or that Borden action will be even smoother.