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<blockquote data-quote="isaaccarlson" data-source="post: 2440091" data-attributes="member: 33850"><p>The fuss about CZ"s? It's hard to put words to it. I was in the market for a good 22lr for over a year. I looked at savage, tika, anything that was on a shelf. I didn't like any of them. A friend of mine told me to visit him for a day and I could try out his collection and see if I liked any of them. Turns out he had over 20 rimfires for me to try out. He would hand me one and I would feel it, work the action, point it, try the trigger, etc... no dice. None of them felt right, and that's what I told him. He said "I knew you'd say that" and reached into his closet and pulled out a wood gun case. It was old and well worn. He opened it up and pulled out a wood stocked rifle with barely visible checkering. He handed it to me and said "try this one" It was amazing. The balance, the feel, the bolt, the trigger.....it was all perfect. It had seen a lot of use but was still an amazing piece of equipment. I asked him what it was and he told me it was a zastava/cz. I went straight home and looked them up.</p><p></p><p>They were discontinuing the 452 and bringing in the 455 at that time and I could choose which one I wanted. I spent some time looking at the differences and could only find one or two videos on the 455. The 452 was a proven shooter, but I chose the 455. It arrived a week later. The gun shop owner watched me take it out of the oily wrapper and said "that's the best piece of walnut I've ever seen". I went through the rifle and tuned it up. I did a trigger job, crowned the barrel, did a little bolt work, and installed pillars/bedding. It shoots great with it's preferred ammo and absolutely lights out with it's favorite lot of cci sv (which I used up).</p><p></p><p>People called me a liar until I showed up at the range and shot 1.5" groups at 200 yards. My best 100 yard group on paper is this one that measures .438" and was witnessed my the range officer that day. 100 yard groups are usually around 3/4"-1" with currently available ammo. It will usually hold moa or better past 200 yards.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]340428[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>They are great rifles, but the bolt work and trigger job with bedding really make them shine. I can't complain about the wood either. I stripped mine and refinished it with danish oil. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]340429[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, my trigger pull is currently 10 oz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="isaaccarlson, post: 2440091, member: 33850"] The fuss about CZ"s? It's hard to put words to it. I was in the market for a good 22lr for over a year. I looked at savage, tika, anything that was on a shelf. I didn't like any of them. A friend of mine told me to visit him for a day and I could try out his collection and see if I liked any of them. Turns out he had over 20 rimfires for me to try out. He would hand me one and I would feel it, work the action, point it, try the trigger, etc... no dice. None of them felt right, and that's what I told him. He said "I knew you'd say that" and reached into his closet and pulled out a wood gun case. It was old and well worn. He opened it up and pulled out a wood stocked rifle with barely visible checkering. He handed it to me and said "try this one" It was amazing. The balance, the feel, the bolt, the trigger.....it was all perfect. It had seen a lot of use but was still an amazing piece of equipment. I asked him what it was and he told me it was a zastava/cz. I went straight home and looked them up. They were discontinuing the 452 and bringing in the 455 at that time and I could choose which one I wanted. I spent some time looking at the differences and could only find one or two videos on the 455. The 452 was a proven shooter, but I chose the 455. It arrived a week later. The gun shop owner watched me take it out of the oily wrapper and said "that's the best piece of walnut I've ever seen". I went through the rifle and tuned it up. I did a trigger job, crowned the barrel, did a little bolt work, and installed pillars/bedding. It shoots great with it's preferred ammo and absolutely lights out with it's favorite lot of cci sv (which I used up). People called me a liar until I showed up at the range and shot 1.5" groups at 200 yards. My best 100 yard group on paper is this one that measures .438" and was witnessed my the range officer that day. 100 yard groups are usually around 3/4"-1" with currently available ammo. It will usually hold moa or better past 200 yards. [ATTACH alt="F0B69525-E661-4653-8926-42F8F5EAE39E.jpeg"]340428[/ATTACH] They are great rifles, but the bolt work and trigger job with bedding really make them shine. I can't complain about the wood either. I stripped mine and refinished it with danish oil. 😁 [ATTACH alt="A23D573F-1864-45BD-A580-A34E55805CAD.jpeg"]340429[/ATTACH] Oh yeah, my trigger pull is currently 10 oz. [/QUOTE]
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