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Richta
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Opinion on a rifle

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Hey guys,

I was just wondering what you guys think about a rifle i saw on used guns - the cz 527 223 with the custom stainless varmint barrel. im currently in the market for a 223 rifle and i thought it might be a bargain. (i dont have that much money to spend being a poor uni student!) being a new shooter i dont know that much so hopefully i could get some experienced opinions. thanks in advance

cheers

Chris
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Re: Opinion on a rifle

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Chris, where is the rifle in relation to where you live? I was semi interested in a rifle off used guns a little while back and made inquiries about the postage and tranfer costs and it would have added about another $80 bucks to the equation. Being that you are of limited funds its something to remember.

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Re: Opinion on a rifle

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a brand new one is $1035 from RPG and the synthetic stock blued version is $900 and something from Horsley park
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just had a look, if that was being sold by a forum member and I could trust the history (like rounds thru barrel accuracy claim) and knew who did the work (so i had an opinion of the quality of workmanship) I would buy it.
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Thanks for the advice guys. Im in adelaide and its being sold in ballarat so transfer cost would be an issue. Thats good advice trevort, maybe ill just wait.

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chris
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Re: Opinion on a rifle

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if it's the one with $650 on it - a new match barrel is more than that for the barrel cost alone these days
and if the barrel is long enough- it's round count isn't really ans issue as a quick re-chamber job will get you into new metal without much loss of barrel length

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but crap some of those guns have got tickets on emselves the pricing on them- what a load of crap
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Richta,I will be over at the shop which is doing the Transfer this week so may be able to enquire about the CZ for you.Whitty may know the owner even
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For $650 its probably worth buying. Its a CZ with a stainless varmint barrel and you won't get a better deal than that. Depends also on how long you want to look around.

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I would really appreciate it missed! IF its too much trouble though don't go out of you're way! So many good blokes on this forum!

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I emailed the owner apparently its a ruger heavy barrel. and a guy called john davis from guyra was the gunsmith. he emailed me some more photos too

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Richta wrote:I emailed the owner apparently its a ruger heavy barrel. and a guy called john davis from guyra was the gunsmith. he emailed me some more photos too

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Those links want us to sign into something microsoft based

Last time I saw them for sale Ruger VT factory barrels went for about $350-- a gunsmith in NSW used to advertise them a lot- peter kay I think his name was

Never owned a Ruger VT- so cannot comment on barrel quality or otherwise

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Richta if you have made a link straight from your email account we can not access it. you will need to down load them here or to another web page that can be accessed without a username or password that we do not have.
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Soz forgot i linked them to my email here they are

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Re: Opinion on a rifle

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looks like its done some work, blue worn off the bolt knob but then thats why its been rebarreled!

Offer him $575!!!

Its probably worth $650 but its not a screaming bargain!
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Looks like a pro roo shooters ole banger to me. Offer him 550.00
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