by Member-Deleted » 29 Aug 2019, 12:09 pm
Thanks again for all the input fellas, good to hear all the pros and cons. So i did my 1000 hours of internet research and procrastinated too long and those CZ 550s were all snapped up by other buyers who knew a good thing when they saw it.
But, there is a God and he wants us to be happy and so I found one at another LGS for the same price but even better to me is that it is the internal mag with floorplate, not a box mag. With Queensland's sensible 'like-for-like' policy, I traded in my existing 308 for it and walked out without waiting. I took a small haircut on the trade probably but when weighed against the hassle of selling the first one, then a new PTA etc, I consider it square.
And it is beeyootiful !! The walnut is choice and first impressions handling it are that it has not been built down to a price.
I love my Howas and always will and they are shooters straight out of the box, even with the rubber Hogue stocks. But I feel like I'll be handing this one down to my son one day.