Re: Swiss ZFK /55 Sniper
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: attherange</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had the chance of shooting one of those rare birds about 5 years ago, a local range guy made a trip to Switzerland and bought 5 of them trouhg a gunstore and had them brought back.
With GP11 ammo, this thing kicks as much as a regularr K31, that brake doesn't work worth a crap, the bipod is useless better off taping a plastic spoon to the stock, trigger was awefull but the most interesting part is that the receiver is turned to the right so the ejection doesn't interfere with the scope my 2 cents is this a very interesting piece and pretty rare in the states but not worth the money for a shooter.
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Every body has a right to their opinion but I can say you are categorically wrong when you say the muzzle break is worthless. Every single person that has shot my ZFK/55 and there are many marveled at how low the recoil impluse was. I have shoot hundreds of rounds of GP 11 and when I ran out of that I loaded 168 grain SMK's to the same velocity as the GP 11 and have shot several hundred more rounds.
Even if I didn't have one of these rifles I would find it hard to believe anything Swiss made would be as ineffective as you claim the muzzle break is on the ZFK/55 or that the Swiss would continue producing the rifle with the muzzle break if the muzzle break was so ineffective as you say it is. Additionally The trigger pull on my rifle is very crisp and about 1/2 of that of my K31's or K 11's.
I don't know if your friend actually bought 5 of these rifles or how he brought them back with him back to the states without first filing a Form 6 to import them which usually takes months to approve so I strongly doubt that part of your story unless he somehow smuggled them in.
I shot several of these weapons that some of my friends owned before I bought mine 15 years ago and they performed the same as mine does which is why I bought it. The only criticism that I find partially valid is about the bipod although I think you comparison to tapping plastic spoons is asinine at best. So what is the big deal about changing the geometry of the action so ejected rounds would clear the scope?
Perhaps FlightRN will chime in with his observations on his ZFK/55