The BRNO Effect in a mild rimmed metric caliber like 6.5x57R, 7x57R or 7x65R would be ideal for me. BRNO does manufacture them in those calibers. The U.S. MSRP is reported to be between $1500 and $1600. I'm guessing a street price between $1100 and $1300. So far so good.
Now the bad news. CZ USA will only import these in .30-06. I have less than ZERO interest in an Effect in a rimless cartridge that is inapropriate for its extractor design and a cartridge that has too much recoil to be pleasant for most of us to shoot in a 6 lb or less (reported 2.7kg = 5.9lb) .
An aquaintance in Canada sent close up pictures of a BRNO Effect in '06. I wish I had the ability to post pics from here. The jury rig they came up with to get the extractor to handle rimless cases looks flimsy and failure prone. No thank you. Otherwise it looks like a nice rifle. If they wouldn't have sawed a big slot in the extractor to add the thin rimless extractor ,a little pin to hold it in place, and the little coil spring to raise it into place, they obviously would have had a nice, simple, beefy, one piece rimmed case extractor. Instead they have a big saw cut deep into the meat of the extractor and 3 extra little pieces to cause problems.
Its frustrating that BRNO makes the rifle that I, and most others that have spoken up on the subject, want but CZ USA won't import it.
Brazos Jack
