Sooooooo.... no luck after contacting the old Cdn distributor, and the only places selling them overseas don't actually have any in stock. Of course CZ USA had them but won't ship outside the US..
No luck at any of the usual US or Cdn retailers either. Anyone know where a guy might find a 14.5mm cantilever mount with 1" rings and a recoil lug? BKL has a mount that will fit but they're intended for airguns...
Anyway, picked up the K1 on impulse, it was languishing at my local CT forever and the price was hard to pass up. It fills my need for oddball and obsolete rifles perfectly. Took it to the range straight from the store, and was surprised at how well it shot with Win 150 gr PP. I was figuring 2 MOA or so, but it seems it has more potential than that.
The felt recoil was surprising as well; for 5.9 lb .308 it is very pleasant to shoot. Banged off a box and would have kept going but dinner was calling. I could see firing this all day which I wouldn't have expected from such a light rifle.
The wood is also unnacountably nice? I don't get it. It seems a bizarre decision to put such nice wood on such a budget and utilitarian rifle... but it sure is pretty. Tons of chatoyancy which I expect will only improve with a stock refinish to oil. Trigger is... ok. Acceptable weight, with a hint of take up to a moderate amount of creep. On the plus side, the creep is perfectly smooth with no stacking or grittiness, so I'm going to leave well enough alone. The trigger is nice and wide too which helps with the pull weight and creep.
The irons are nice, a very clear notch and post, but bizarrely they shoot 18" low at 50 yards. To get the POI right the entire front blade would have to be filed off, and there's no provision to raise the rear other than by shimmimg it... if you could call a 2/10ths thick piece of metal a shim that is.
All in all, a nice little rifle. Bought it on a whim and I'm glad I did. It's kinda growing on me day by day. It's so trim I can wrap my index finger and thumb around the action with a knuckle to spare. Definitely a handy rifle that punches above it's weight on the price / enjoyment factor.
No luck at any of the usual US or Cdn retailers either. Anyone know where a guy might find a 14.5mm cantilever mount with 1" rings and a recoil lug? BKL has a mount that will fit but they're intended for airguns...
Anyway, picked up the K1 on impulse, it was languishing at my local CT forever and the price was hard to pass up. It fills my need for oddball and obsolete rifles perfectly. Took it to the range straight from the store, and was surprised at how well it shot with Win 150 gr PP. I was figuring 2 MOA or so, but it seems it has more potential than that.
The felt recoil was surprising as well; for 5.9 lb .308 it is very pleasant to shoot. Banged off a box and would have kept going but dinner was calling. I could see firing this all day which I wouldn't have expected from such a light rifle.
The wood is also unnacountably nice? I don't get it. It seems a bizarre decision to put such nice wood on such a budget and utilitarian rifle... but it sure is pretty. Tons of chatoyancy which I expect will only improve with a stock refinish to oil. Trigger is... ok. Acceptable weight, with a hint of take up to a moderate amount of creep. On the plus side, the creep is perfectly smooth with no stacking or grittiness, so I'm going to leave well enough alone. The trigger is nice and wide too which helps with the pull weight and creep.
The irons are nice, a very clear notch and post, but bizarrely they shoot 18" low at 50 yards. To get the POI right the entire front blade would have to be filed off, and there's no provision to raise the rear other than by shimmimg it... if you could call a 2/10ths thick piece of metal a shim that is.
All in all, a nice little rifle. Bought it on a whim and I'm glad I did. It's kinda growing on me day by day. It's so trim I can wrap my index finger and thumb around the action with a knuckle to spare. Definitely a handy rifle that punches above it's weight on the price / enjoyment factor.
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