Sig-man pretty much covered it all I think. Love my 2008, but I will warn you that the beaver barf handguard gets hot in a hurry. I normally prefer to keep my rifles in their original configuration, but I switched mine out for some poly furniture that is much easier on the hand, and also allows the mounting of a red dot, scope, light, etc...
Yup, in typical eastern block fashion the forearms do get hotter than a SOB and quick.
They're cool rifles with cool history. But Century screws up everything they touch and for that reason, sold my VZ2008. If you want one, look for an older CZ or a modern Czechpointe
I would disagree on the severity of the Century judgment. I have owned four or five of the CAI VZ2008 rifles and all have had very good fit and finish and been reliable.
NIce VZ Doggy, I have the same buttstock to put on mine but have not attempted to take off the original folder because of the dreaded screw. I have seen many ways of doing this but am curious what worked for you? I absolutely love my VZ2008. I have replaced front forearm with the NEA, slovakian muzzle brake, extended mag release and bolt release. Once I get the aforementioned folding stock off I am done...
That's the same one I used on mine too. The stock set came from Zahal in Israel.I bought one of the VZ2008s from PSA, and absolutely love it. The only thing I changed was the muzzle device.
This one seemed pretty close to the originals on the VZ58s: Knurled Compensator - M14 X 1 RH
NIce VZ Doggy, I have the same buttstock to put on mine but have not attempted to take off the original folder because of the dreaded screw. I have seen many ways of doing this but am curious what worked for you? I absolutely love my VZ2008. I have replaced front forearm with the NEA, slovakian muzzle brake, extended mag release and bolt release. Once I get the aforementioned folding stock off I am done...
I have one and I like it. It has a milled receiver but weighs less than a stamped receiver AK. I like the short stroke piston. The magazine can be loaded via stripper clip while the mag is still in the gun, AK clips will work but the ones I have used seem too thin and wiggle around too much to work properly. There are Czech made clips specifically for the VZ-58. It's cool for being striker fired.
The lower handguard has no heat shield so it does warm up fairly fast. The mag release is pretty much only accessible with your left hand and is still kinda tight to get to. I have not looked at extended releases. There is the possibility of something referred to as the VZ Gremlin which is a problem with the disconnector. Century claims the new disconnector fixes this problem but I'm not buying it, I still want to get a tab welded to my bolt carrier.
I had to use a pneumatic wrench to remove the screw on mine. I didn't want to destroy the screw or the finish as I may want to put it back on later. I picked up a solid stock at Knob Creek back in April. The solid stock looks better and feels better but when I shoot it with the solid stock it seems to slap my cheek. I still want to get a muzzle nut for mine to replace the slant brake. I really don't understand why they threaded the muzzles 14RH instead of 14LH to let customers access all of the AK muzzle brakes that were already on the market. I may look into that knurled compensator.
I do like the look of the fixed stock a lot better than the wire side-folder. It's funny that you said you feel like it slaps your cheek though, because that's the way my wire stock felt. Actually felt more like a pinch than a slap though, and that was after wrapping it with paracord. That plus the heat issue is what convinced me to go with the aftermarket furniture.
I think the "cheek slap" comes from the slant brake. Once I changed to the changed muzzle devices, I have no issues with the folding stock.
i have no idea why anyone would have thought to put a slant brake on this gun isn't he first place.
You may be right. I switched everything out at once, so I never got to try the wire stock with the new muzzle device.