CZ 457 Accuracy

[Sharps '74]

Shot my new CZ 457 'Synthetic' from the bench for the first time today. This rifle has a CZ 'Varmint' barrel fitted. I sold the pencil barrel it came with unfired.

Ammo was Remington/Eley 'Target Rifle'. It consistently shot ridiculously small groups, the smallest being 1/4". Targets were the old SFC 20 yd Match Sporting Rifle Target. Distance was 25 yds. All groups were ragged one holers with no flyers.

Off hand produced 2" groups, the best being 1-1/4". More work required!

From the bench with Federal bulk, groups increased to 1/2", good enough for plinking.

I think I'm going to like this rifle ....

 

[iain.quayle]

Missed it by that much

 

[MuthaFunk]

I have an CZ457 At One and with the stock barrel I get 1/2” groups at 50yds with cheapo Federal Automatch. In my testing it likes that stuff better than Eley and many others. I couldn’t be happier! The At One stock is good for the kids to use too! Those MTS varmints have my name on them though.

 

[TacticalTeacher]

Thanks for sharing. Most excited to hear about your reports. Will post my results when the 457 Synthetic I ordered from Tesro arrives and I can get to the range and test out some different brands of ammo. All great fun!!

Cheers, Barney

 

[Sharps '74]

Thanks for sharing. Most excited to hear about your reports. Will post my results when the 457 Synthetic I ordered from Tesro arrives and I can get to the range and test out some different brands of ammo. All great fun!!

Cheers, Barney

I just realized that I posted on the wrong forum! Oh well, the mods can relocate it.

Your 'Synthetic' will come with the 20" 'pencil' barrel that came on mine. It will have no weight to it and will look silly in the barrel channel which was intended for the larger diameter Varmint barrel. Good luck finding a Varmint barrel in Canada. I had to import mine from CZ USA.

However, the stock dimensions are good and you will get the famous 457 short action and trigger.