CZ 550 American Safari Magnum

About the CZ 550 American Safari Magnum

The CZ 550 American Safari Magnum is a bolt-action dangerous-game hunting rifle built on Ceska Zbrojovka's magnum-length CZ 550 action, itself derived from the Mauser 98 controlled-round-feed system. Chambered in .416 Rigby, it pairs a 25-inch cold-hammer-forged barrel with a double-square-bridge receiver, a large non-rotating claw extractor, fixed ejector and an internal box magazine with hinged floorplate. The American-pattern version wears a straight-comb American walnut stock (a Kevlar/aramid composite stock was also offered), express iron sights and an adjustable single-set trigger, positioning it as an affordable purpose-built rifle for African big game.

The .416 Rigby was created in 1911 by John Rigby & Company as one of the first purpose-built cartridges for the new smokeless bolt-action magazine rifle, and its huge, low-pressure case earned a reputation for utter reliability in the heat of Africa. The CZ 550 revived that classic chambering in an affordable Mauser-pattern rifle beloved by professional hunters.

CZ 550 American Safari Magnum specifications

The American Safari Magnum differed from the European Safari Magnum chiefly in its American-style stock geometry. CZ reinforced the magnum action with a second recoil lug and cross-bolts to handle heavy-recoiling cartridges. The 19mm dovetails milled into the solid receiver bridges accept CZ's proprietary scope rings.