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Offline mwfoley

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CZ Bobwhite 410 Regulation Issues
« on: August 29, 2008, 08:14:42 AM »
Purchased a CZ Bobwhite in 410 to hunt doves.

The left barrel shot 1 1/2 feet to the right at 25 yards.

It is now back at CZ-USA and they are going to replace it.

Anyone else have these issues with the Huglu manufactured CZ marketed side by sides?

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Re: CZ Bobwhite 410 Regulation Issues
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2008, 01:15:11 PM »
Nope I've bought several of them and all have shot nicely and to point of aim.


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Re: CZ Bobwhite 410 Regulation Issues
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2008, 04:22:41 PM »
I have a 12 gauge.  Looks good; shoots good.  The front trigger is heavy though.

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Re: CZ Bobwhite 410 Regulation Issues
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2008, 05:49:56 PM »
I had a 28ga. Bobwhite that shot 1 1/2ft left of POA at 25 yards. The front trigger was off the scales (over 12 pounds) and the rear about 8. I called the customer service dept. in K.C., received a "return number authorization" and sent it in. They couldn't have be more courteous, helpful, and quick to take respond. Problem was, they could not fix the problem, nor replace it quickly. The service manager said the Bobwhite small gauges were very hard to get in the U.S. He also said reducing the "pull" on the triggers was rather difficult to do because of the design. After waiting a few months to receive a "like" replacement, I elected to "upgrade" to a "Ringneck" at a better price than I could have received at a gun store or "show".  I received my new gun within 3 working days of the request! The wood on the Ringneck turned out to be "gorgeous" and it shot to point of aim when I "Patterned" it. The single "mechanical" trigger broke at 5 pounds on the right barrel and 6.5 on the left. I'm taking it on a dove hunt in western Oklahoma next week to "break it in". I am well pleased with CZ's U.S. customer service even if Turkey may have some initial problems with their SXS shotgun line.  I felt I was treated well as a customer. (My other two CZ's are from the Czech Republic.)

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Re: CZ Bobwhite 410 Regulation Issues
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2008, 09:34:41 AM »
I'm not sure I'd consider the Ringneck an upgrade over the Bobwhite but then I guess it's all a matter of what ya want isn't it? I've owned several of them in .410, 28 and 20 gauge all three some imported by CZ and some by DeHaan. I've really never measured the pull on any of them as I'm just not that concerned over shotgun trigger pulls but I have to say none felt overly heavy to me. If I were to hazard a guess I'd guess under 7 pounds at least and likely no more than 5 or so. For me at least that's no problem with a shotgun.

I slap more than squeeze a shotgun trigger and it just isn't of that much importance to me that it be light or smooth or break like glass as I want my handgun or rifle triggers to do.

It did seem that CZ had some issues with some of the guns they imported made by Huglu but over all they seem to be of excellent quality and all I've owned have been nice shooting guns. I don't pattern my guns on paper as that's now how I use them so I pattern them on the skeet range. I shoot at the targets and judge how my hits are and whether I'm fringing or centering the clays. If I'm shooting pretty well and not centering most of my targets than I figure the gun might be at fault. If day in and day out it is fringing most of them and consistently to the same point then clearly the gun isn't shooting where I'm looking. Guns like that are traded off regardless of fault as I'd rather not mess with one that doesn't point where I'm looking and find me another that does.


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