CZ 455 stocks

kjohn

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I have three Canadians, .22, 22wmr, and 17hmr. I don't have them here, but IIRC all three have rather drab looking wood. Not ugly by any means, but certainly not fancy.

I recently scooped an American Red .22 and a St. Patrick's .22. Both have nice wood, much like the three Americans I have. Does anybody know what the deal is with 455 wood? I believe the three Americans are walnut (?) and the Canadians are beech (?). At least, the ones I have are. My American Red and the St. Patrick's one appear to be walnut? Yes, no, maybe.

I know some gunners don't care for the different colours, so we can skip that part. I am interested if anyone else notices this.

Thanks in advance for your experience. :)
 
I think only the american model is walnut, canadian is definately beech so is the st-patrick edition.

I have a 22wmr canadian red and its beech and a 22lr destined for australian market which is also beech but not stained, it looks nice.
 
Definitely noticed, it's the biggest reason I wanted an american stock.
Can't remember who I purchased it from on here, but they wanted a 455 to put into a chassis I think, and so they picked the nicest wood stock one they could find to sell to me.
And it certainly is a nice stock for a .22
 
Ok, this makes sense. I was in a gun shop this afternoon and saw one of those Australian rifles, non-stained. It looked ok.
 
The Americans came in both.
How to differentiate the models I don't arf a clue.
The American I ordered from a dealer awn'ear came in beech.
I was highly disappointed.
Thought it was going to be walnut.

Regardless, shoots very well and I'm pleased with it.
 
A few years back, CZ 452 Americans were produced for the Australian market and they had beech stocks. I had one. Perhaps the beech stock was to reduce the cost to shooters Down Under as they usually pay more for imported firearms than we do in Canada and more than Americans and Europeans -- even accounting for exchange rates. All other 452 Americans have walnut stocks.

CZ 455 Americans also have walnut stocks. When the same barreled action as in the CZ 455 American is found in a coloured (dyed) stock, the wood is beech.

There are other CZ 452 and CZ 455 (and probably CZ 457) models available in beech, such as the Trainer or Standard.
 
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