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The CZ 550 action was going to take a consider amount of work, and Dan indicated he would get started on it as soon as it arrived. The bolt face would need to be opened, the ejection port enlarged, the magazine converted over to a single stack feed and the trigger Modified. The single stack feed was necessary to ensure proper and reliable feeding of the huge .500 cartridges and the trigger modifications would eliminate the set trigger design that CZ seems to be so proud of. Dan would also move the trigger further back, giving it a more pleasing appearance inside the trigger guard. To provide an added degree of support Dan recommended that we add a second lug that would attach to the underside of the barrel. This would provide a little more surface area and strength to guard against stock cracking as a consequence of the expected heavy recoil of the .500.

I normally prefer the appearance of black walnut, but due to the demands placed on the stock by the .500, I decided that a piece of the typically stronger, French walnut might be a better choice. Before long we had a nicely figured, solid, AA-Grade French walnut blank waiting to be roughed in, after which Dan would do the fitting and finish work.