I acquired this 1993 ZKM 611 with one fat stroke of my "buy it now" finger. The "buy it now" impulse is susceptible, or should I say "triggered", by nice wood and a box. Man, what a beauty. The seller was a very decent fellow. He offered that this had come from Denny's estate. I believe it came to me unfired, more on that later. There were a few little quirks or hiccups along the way.
1> Initially, it wouldn't feed at all! It's a bad feel to be staring at a thousand dollar gun broker debacle. I disassembled it and stared at it for a long time. The firing pin was in backwards, it didn't retract. It seems like a pretty easy mistake to make, it's not too far from symmetrical. But it all looked brand spanking new on the inside, my guess is, it was assembled last minute or just a momentary lapse, never sorted out, because it was never fired.
1> FOLLOW UP QUESTION- is it normal for the bolt to be un-numbered on a 611? Can't swear, but recollect all my other cz and brno bolts are numbered.
2> FOLLOW UP QUESTION- Anyone have any spare firing pins an or retaining springs. the firing pin and retaining spring ain't gonna last for-ever, that's not my favorite part of the design.
2> The spare magazine i got from the cz website would jam. turned out to be the little hold open screw on the side, it's mis-aligned, not a biggie, works fine without the screw.
3> The CCI flat nose ammo doesn't feed well. The other 2 ammos that I tried worked fine.
4> It's working great now. My kids (23 and 25) LOVE IT. I haven't scoped it, it's such an amazing plinker. it points SO WELL. seriously comes up aimed at what I'm looking almost magically.
5> ROLL PUMPKINS. shooting small rolling pumpkins on a hill with your kids, it's hard to beet.
6> i'll probably scope it temporalily to test ammo, will my rings off my Model 3 work?
7> I think I will keep this handy in the house. Honestly, it would be a pretty versatile defense gun, and it would chew you up with wind and precision
8> Does anybody have a line on some fairly priced 10 round magazine?
9> It has a bit of a rattle, is that fixable or just the way it is? i am not really rattled by a little bit of a rattle, I grew up with a remington 472, I can roll with a rattle.
1> Initially, it wouldn't feed at all! It's a bad feel to be staring at a thousand dollar gun broker debacle. I disassembled it and stared at it for a long time. The firing pin was in backwards, it didn't retract. It seems like a pretty easy mistake to make, it's not too far from symmetrical. But it all looked brand spanking new on the inside, my guess is, it was assembled last minute or just a momentary lapse, never sorted out, because it was never fired.
1> FOLLOW UP QUESTION- is it normal for the bolt to be un-numbered on a 611? Can't swear, but recollect all my other cz and brno bolts are numbered.
2> FOLLOW UP QUESTION- Anyone have any spare firing pins an or retaining springs. the firing pin and retaining spring ain't gonna last for-ever, that's not my favorite part of the design.
2> The spare magazine i got from the cz website would jam. turned out to be the little hold open screw on the side, it's mis-aligned, not a biggie, works fine without the screw.
3> The CCI flat nose ammo doesn't feed well. The other 2 ammos that I tried worked fine.
4> It's working great now. My kids (23 and 25) LOVE IT. I haven't scoped it, it's such an amazing plinker. it points SO WELL. seriously comes up aimed at what I'm looking almost magically.
5> ROLL PUMPKINS. shooting small rolling pumpkins on a hill with your kids, it's hard to beet.
6> i'll probably scope it temporalily to test ammo, will my rings off my Model 3 work?
7> I think I will keep this handy in the house. Honestly, it would be a pretty versatile defense gun, and it would chew you up with wind and precision
8> Does anybody have a line on some fairly priced 10 round magazine?
9> It has a bit of a rattle, is that fixable or just the way it is? i am not really rattled by a little bit of a rattle, I grew up with a remington 472, I can roll with a rattle.