Thread: CZ Alpha 600 vid

Mines a keeper, it's my goto 223 and I can't see it being replaced with anything else anytime soon. For years I lusted after a Sako 75 or 85 in 223 but the CZ 600 has cured me of that!

But it's not really anything like a Sako either, even though it has some similarities - very much it's own beast!

In common with the Sako - a moderately heavy barrel in a fast twist (1:7) but as it comes from the factory, too long, mine got chopped to 500mm. A top loading double stack removable magazine, this for me is key for pest destruction, fire one round, squeeze in another whilst remaining "ready". Fire 5 and replace the clip, ready for another 5! Trigger is as near as dammit Sako quality in its break, 600gms in its low setting.

Diffrences now . . . . It's thermal ready without any messing about with rails, the rail is integral, it works! The safety is like nothing else but works. Mine was a bit fussy with ammo for a start but has settled down and shoots minute of wallaby to 300m with at least two different factory loads, I'd say it averages about 0.8-1.2 moa with factory, and a bit over 0.5moa with handloads, all 55s, I haven't yet got it going with heavies, and it did it shoot my 69gn handloads any better than factory so since I had 300 rounds of cheap Belmont stuff I took the hint. The stock is OK, no better or worse than any of the Sakos, Tikka and dozens of other Tupperware offerings.

Everyone will piss and moan about the alloy receiver, but cripes, AR's have always had alloy recievers and they didn't wear out very fast as I recall, and the integral rail is great.

So how does it go on the hill. Well we went wallaby shooting at Easter, two old blokes and three young guys. I was in charge of supplying 223s for the young team, they went off with the CZ, a TC contender single shot and a very old remmy 700, along with just over 100 rounds of Belmont 223. After 3 days of day and night shooting I got the rifles back, about 5-8 rounds of ammo and a lot of young fella stories about this shot and that shot.

They loved the CZ600, they were a bit worried about the hammering the "nice" (blued wood stock) remmy was getting on the SxS so it got left behind after two missions. I was a LOT worried about the CZ bouncing round on top of and in ( and probably tossed out at least once) of the SxS but it was still zeroed when I checked it yesterday. Did I say they loved the CZ, yup it was the star of the trip, they reckoned they'd shot 70+ wallabies (and one red stag) mostly with the CZ.