Thread: Brno Fox / CZ 527 flush bottom metal and internal magazine mods

Originally Posted by Pointer

I had been asked about this elsewhere thought I would put a pic up. I find to carry the CZ 527/Brno Fox models are a pain, the internal magazine sits where the hand should carry the rifle. I feel this is important in a bush stalking rifle. However I'm sure in a varminting capacity it wouldn't matter and the extra rounds would be useful.

The one below is a 1971 Brno fox, the mods are similar to doing a CZ 527 except for the bottom metal on a Brno fox includes the trigger mechanism, as opposed to the CZ 527 where the trigger mechanism is attached to the bottom of the action, not the bottom metal. This makes it inherently easier to do on a 527.

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As you can see this photo is in the white, before bluing. You can see where the webbing from the trigger guard that reaches toward where the detachable magazine sat has been cut away, and shaped to a more regular trigger guard. The new bottom metal is tig welded in place to cover the magazine hole after the trigger guard was shaped. Internal magazine spring pics to follow.

Hows it all look now its blued and put back together?