Originally Posted by shinbone
Jim - Thanks for the MRC summary.

When recounting the history of the 1999 action, folks should know that for a few years in the early 2000's, MRC supplied their 1999 barreled actions to CZ-USA, who then put a nicely designed walnut stock on it (I am not sure who the stockmaker was) and sold it as the "CZ USA Model 03." Unfortunately, the partnership quickly fell apart because, apparently, the two companies couldn't agree on how the rifle should be priced - CZ wanted "affordable," and MRC wanted "high end":

https://czfirearms.us/index.php?PHPSESSID=2u2qe17l4j5uqadm2utpio1980&topic=11988.0

https://www.gunsamerica.com/959676959/CZ-Model-03-300-wsm.htm

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I bought one of the CZ Model 3's when they first came out - 300 WSM with a beautiful stock. The tang cracked the first time I fired it upon which I discovered the inletting was extremely sloppy. CZ warranteed it with a new stock, but when it arrived back at the LGS, they had a Pre64 M70 300 H&H sitting on the used rack which I immediately traded the CZ for.