I too, am impressed. I was just visiting the CZ USA website and didn't see a thing on it, so I called them today. Customer service said the company is making up new catalogs now and is photographing the rifles for the catalogs. I ask her if there will be a weight reduction and she said yes, there would be, but she did not know the overall weight savings. You might consider refinishing your stock. It looks like there is some good figure hiding beneath that elephant snot CZ uses as a finish. I refinished my CZ 550 American in 7x57mm and man, what a difference. Oh yes, the lady said the changes were the result of CZ listening to the major complaints hunters had about the rifles, so I complained that CZ droped the 7x57mm from its lineup and she just laughed a bit. I really like the checkering on that rifle of yours. Were those loads worked up or were they proven loads from another rifle? Tom Purdom
