Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters ZG-47 or G33/40

I know they are both dynamite rifles, and wanted to know which you would choose between the 2.

The ZG-47 is in 30-06 great condition but with a slightly damaged stock and want 1399.00

The G33/40 is a custom with all the features I would change already completed in 280 and they want 1299.00.

What do you think?

Oh, I can't afford both at this moment.

I'd get the 33/40. Big-time cool factor. BTW, an original 33/40, not beat to death, is worth twice the asking price of your rifle.

G33-40's are generally good actions, but the only real reason they're so revered is they're slightly lighter than standard 98 actions, due to milling cuts.

Personally, I would buy the ZG-47, both because of the quality of the action (and rifle in general), plus the chambering. The .280's a fine round, but....

the 30-06 is the quinquennial all-around best cartridge.

There, JB, I finished your sentence.

Pics? Seeing the condition and design of both would help break the tie.

They both sound like winners but I really don't care for the balance on the bone stock ZG-47. I love the action though. With a new stock and barrel it would be one of my all time favorites but what does that raise the price to?

The G33/40 is a cool action but hard to make a call on a sight unseen rifle. Some are very slick and others have been butchered by "gunsmiths."

The originals I've seen were all pretty slick as is.

The BRNO ZG47 is a large ring with integral scope bases. It was built as a sporting arm in the 50's and is considered to be very desirable. It is a large ring.
The G33/40 is a military action/rifle. It has a small ring. Making it into a sporting rifle requires a lot of work. The action, if reworked by a really great gunmaker, is very nice. HOWEVER, if done by Joe the neighborhood gunsmith, it can be junk.

I bought the G33/40. I will post pics as soon as it arrives. From the pics it has been worked by a professional. The smiths name was JW Van Patten. The guy I'm buying from had this customized and rode in the safe more than the range of woods.

Some aren't.

Is that ZG-47 a real Mauser, or just most of one like the current CZs?

I think I just answered my own question on a CZ collector site and an auction site.

Drool, Drool!

Anybody got any ZG-47 scope mounts in their box-o-junk?

Good choice...cheap if it has been well smithed

have been tempted by a few ZGs but still would have switched out safety & can do w/o the integral ring selection...

I too like the G33/40 but for half of that I found a VERY nice Husqvarna HVA 30-06!

Of course that was two years ago. The HVA's are habit forming. Since then I have "had" to buy a 243 and a Mannlicher stocked 30-06, soon to be a 7x57 . All three HVA's were less than half of the G33/40.

And nice actions too.

HVA's are a real sleeper. Here's a link to an '06 restoration. Those actions are super slick, to me about as slick as the cherished G33/40 Mausers and a lot cheaper.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/8948791/1

DF