CZ 455 Varmint

[jayhawk]

New toy, must share! Picked up a 455 Varmint yesterday. So, I'm definitely on the CZ bandwagon these days. This is my second CZ and first CZ long gun. I'm actually kind of excited about owning a .22 again...it's been awhile! Looking forward to getting out and shooting some groups.

I went with CZ rings and a Sightron SII 3x12 on top. I'm not sure if this stock would be considered a "wood lottery" win, but I'm pretty happy with the looks of it.

Hopefully I'll be able to get out and shoot it this weekend.

Factory target looks pretty promising...

 

[Colt556]

Holy Crap that's a nice stock! I have a half dozen CZs and still haven't hit the wood lottery. My 452 Varmints in 22LR and 17HMR are extremely accurate rifles. Enjoy yours....

 

[42769vette]

very nice stock. nice score bud

 

[jayhawk]

Thanks guys. This was a special order at the LGS, so I paid for it before I ever saw it. Most of the 455s I've seen have pretty plain wood patterns, so it definitely made me smile a little when I pulled this out of the box.

 

[MtnBiker6510]

Very nice! let us know how she shoots.

 

[throttletony]

Great looking gun. I like the looks of the crown.

 

[mrfjones]

Looks pretty good, I have been thinking about a cz rifle for some time now

 

[Dr_O]

Clean that barrel real good before you shoot it.

Unusual pattern on that wood.

 

[Billcurtis]

That is a really nice CZ, thanks for the eye candy pic's
Bill...

 

[chipdog4]

Nice gun.
I picked up a 453 Varmint in 22 last November and got a Sightron sII Big Sky 4-14 side focus for mine.

After sighting in at 100 yards, I went to the 200 yard range and the first group on paper was 5 shots in a little over 4".

I'll second the cleaning the barrel part, also. Not sure if it was leftover from machining, but mine was absolutely filthy.

 

[jayhawk]

Interesting, the barrel on this one was very clean. I ran a few patches though it before going to the range, and then used a boresnake at the range after 50 rounds or so. Probably put 100 rounds through it total today, mostly just getting it sighted in and letting some friends give it a whirl. Didn't have time to work on grouping as I spent most of the afternoon "qualifying" to shoot at long range with my .308 (Hillside in Roanoke).

Anyways, I was getting 1" (more or less) groups at 50yds with Winchester 555 box stuff. I did shoot one group of Wolf Match Extra through it and got about a half in group off hand...three shots in a clover leaf and one each about a 1/4 left and right of that group. I'm pretty confident that this thing can shoot if I take the time to point it in the right direction.

I never used to understand why people would spend so much time and energy shooting .22s, but now I'm starting to get it. I imagine I'll eventually have a lot of trigger time on this little CZ.

Next time I'll have pictures and groups, I promise!

 

[CBR1000rr]

Gorgeous rifle. That stock is amazingly beautiful. Enjoy the affliction. I bought my first CZ not to long ago and I continue to browse the classifieds in hopes of finding another one day.

 

[jayhawk]

I actually got to shoot some groups today, so I thought I'd update this thread with my results.

Location: Roush Lake, 80deg, 15mph wind avg
All this data is for 5 shot groups at 50 yards off the bench.
Method of measurement: Measure outside edge of furthest holes in each group and subtract the average hole diameter.

Win 555 Bulk pack
Best 2 of 5 groups:
0.539"
0.650"

Average 0.796"
Standard Deviation 0.21"
Best group with flyers thrown out: 0.315"

Not bad...

Wolf Match Extra
Best 2 of 8 groups:
0.764"
0.829"

Average 1.302"
Standard Deviation 0.42"
Best group with flyers thrown out: 0.379"

Nevermind that flyer...

Eley Subsonic HP
Best 2 of 9 groups:
0.594
0.618

Average 0.770"
Standard Deviation 0.14"
Best group with flyers thrown out: 0.354"

Not bad...

I'd like to have had some smaller groups, but it wasn't to be today...didn't break .5" on any 5 shot group. The Win 555 and Wolf Match Extra both surprised me. The Win 555 shot surprisingly well, gave me my best group of the day, and had more consistency than the Wolf. The Wolf Match Extra gave me some great 4 shot groups, but there were fliers all day, which made the group size rather inconsistent. I'm not really sure what was going on, but I may need to do some more work with the Wolf. The Eley Subsonic HPs were very consistent, and shot quite nicely. It was more consistent than the Win 555, and never gave me a group over 1". Virtually no fliers with the Eley...or at least the fliers weren't as far off the group as with the others.

I figure I'll do a little more work before I try to stretch it out to 100 yards. I'd really like to be shooting under .5" at 50yds if possible. Still have a box of Federal Match that I need to try as well. I'm certainly liking the Eley and am pretty impressed with the cheapy Winchester at this point though.

Cheeers!

 

[Hookeye]

Steel and walnut, I'd expect a dial caliper......

 

[jayhawk]

Steel and walnut, I'd expect a dial caliper......

Haha, nope. That's the $15 Harbor Freight variety of caliper.

 

[Colt556]

Good shooting.

 

[BoilerWes]

Very nice. Now just add a Timney or Yo-Dave trigger and you will be amazed what that rifle can do. I am a big Sightron fan as well, excellent choice in optics.

 

[Fullmag]

All I can say about the gun is Oh Baby.

 

[Fullmag]

Talk about gun porn I had to back and look again.

 

[Gamez235]

I love my 452 and I see a 455 in the future.