trouble with CZ Scout bolt

[Dand]

I posted this several days ago on the CZ thread and tho got 21 reads so far, no advice has been offered.

I'm hoping for better luck here.  I don't want to be putting down the product, just seeking advice.

I think I posted a similar concern some time ago but I'd caught it before the bolt came apart. The bolt came apart in my boy's hands while we were hunting ptarmigan. He shot a ptarmigan and shortly after, he was unloading the gun.  All of a sudden he says the bolt came apart - I didn't see what he had done but he had all the parts in his hand.  Very lucky we have a very hard crust on the snow right now. Some how the safety button  had worked up and out of the bolt. The pin base of the safety holds the whole bolt together. Rather a marvel of simplicity and not too hard to reassemble. But for it to come apart is very disconcerting. If it had been fall and we were in tundra or hunting out of our boat - as we often do- the parts could have been lost forever.  Same if the snow had been soft and deep.

I sent a similar note to CZ USA  on 3/22 but I'm open for advice on this issue. No word from CZ as of 3/25.

I love this tough little gun but this really shakes my confidence in it. I've never had any other gun come apart in the field like this. I'm sure my boy (11) might have been a little rough on it in his excitement for his first ptarmigan but he shouldn't be able to make it come apart that easy.

[mcwoodduck]

I sent CZ an e-mail a few months ago.  It did take a week or more for them to get back to me but when they did it was full of good information.
Hang in there.

[trotterlg]

What is a "ptarmigan"?  Can you eat it or does it have nice fur?  Larry

[Dand]

duck:
thanks for the info. Already have learned more here than on CZ thread.

trotter:
ptarmigan - pronounced  tarmigan - is a grouse type bird closely related to the red grouse of the British Isles. There are 3 species, rock, white tailed and willow.  Alaska's state bird. Willow is most abundant and is circumpolar in its distribution.  A few can be found in the Rockies down into Colorado, possibly New Mexico. They are good to eat but might be stronger tasting than some other birds, especially this time of year when they eat mostly willow buds. Here in bush Alaska they are highly prized and can be very abundant. Their meat is very dark and dry - need to cook with fat or moisture or they dry out easily. I've met oldtimers who liked to shoot a batch and can them in mason jars. Never tasted it that way.  If you get into remote parts of Alaska and Canada you can find huge flocks at times. They turn white in winter and brown in summer.

Here's a photo of my boy with his bird:

and a link to Alaska Dept Fish and Game info web site.

http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/bird/ptarmiga.php

and Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptarmigan