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I was thinking "Dude, Dennis put the crank on the wrong side"

JS: Nice rifle,that came out great!Shoot it yet?

Very nice. I love the stock.

Terry

thanks. yes, I've shot it and most interestingly, it's a lot more comfortable to shoot with the re-shaped stock. the other rifle in one of the pics belongs to my dad and when he first handled mine he thought Dennis had taken a lot of weight off. Actually, he took less than 1/2 pound but the re-shaped stock completely changes the handling qualities of the rifle. I guess I'd say it's a lot more user friendly at this point.

That rifle is just sweet! I really like the looks of that.

I should send him my 416 Rigby for a wood diet. Looks great from here.

Beautiful piece of work.

Man I like the changes there! Makes the CZ look mighty svelte. Good idea, and good job, Mr. Olson.

How might one contact Mr. Olson to inquire about similar work to be done?

1.406.826.3790

Gracias, Amigo!

Damn! Wonder if he could do that to an older M77? May have to give him a call.

Looks great.


Travis

A few days ago, I asked the OP here -JS La Course- for some other views of the stock. I was curious how thin the finished stock was with all the wood that have to be removed to reshape and remove the checkering, etc. Especically in the grip area.

I knew the factory CZ 550 "American" Safari stocks were pretty chunky, but even so, I was curious.

As you can see in the pics below, the final stock contours and width look pretty much like most pre-war British working big bore magaizine rifle. The butt remains plenty thick in cross section for strenght as does the grip . The grip itself is a bit shallow on the stock because that is simply how deep CZ cut them and it's one of the few places that CZ did not put on too much wood.There was not much Dennis could really do with the depth /angle he could set the cap except make it a bit steeper(raise it at the back where it meets the toeline of the stock).

What he could change, he did superbly. Which is to be expected. Dennis is one of the few true journeyman ,all around gunsmiths who have artistic talent to pull off such work . He also has long had an extensive collection of orgional take off British and Eurpoean bolt rifle stock patterns in his stock to duplicate and study. It is no wonder this conversion looked like it came out of London or Birmingham 80 years ago.

With the Red/Black Silvers style pad, the two screw Jerry Fisher steel grip cap and the Ebony forend tip, this is a very classy rifle. A near dead ringer for a working grade Rigby, Westley Richards or H&H.