Not the same price tag, at the price of the cz little tweak are needed to get full potential, couple hundred box will get a yodave spring and the gun bedded, if they where in par with anschutz out of the box, anchutz would be bankrup……

 

None of my CZ457's will shoot Eley worth a darn. Did you shoot any SK, Lapua or RWS?

 

I shot some SK Standard + with about the same results as the Eley. I didn't have any Lapua or RWS to try. Suprisingly the best of any ammo was CCI Stand Velocity.

 

I had the same problem last month with my new Varmint, sent all my information back to CZ and they gave me a shipping lable. That is where it is right now!

 

That looks awfully familiar. About what my target looks like today. I have a good friend that bought a CZ Varmint and it shoots lights out. Pretty disappointed, with ARA Factory Class matches starting up soon here in Texas.

 

just about any SK will do as well or better than any Eley in my CZ's.

 

To a degree on any mass produced production rifle accuracy is still a lot of hitting the barrel lottery.
Usually it seems there are a lot of CZ's as compared to many other common brands that land on the better side of the accuracy than those that do not.

But it is still an assembly line mass production rifle and all of them are not going to be tack drivers out of the box.

 

My at one likes Lapua and SK, but unless I ran CCI stinger I never had shot groups at 50 that bad. Stinger did look like a shotgun blast though.

 

This might sound stupid but your scope and rings are tight and not moving?

 

Using Area 419 match rings torqued to their specs on an Area 419 rail.

 

What temperature were you shooting in? Some report poor accuracy with their ammo at lower temperatures.

 

Temp was in the mid 60's.

 

I have had similar experience with 457 Varmints, 4 of them actually didnt produce good accuracy, they werent terrible just not what I thought they should be. I honestly think forearm flex is the culprit.

 

I bought a CZ 457 Varmint a couple years ago. Shot it a couple of times. Then shot a match at our local gun club. I shot a 249 out of a possible 250 with SKS Standard. I've never shot that high before with two other target 22's I own. I also shot another 249 later that year.
I love the looks of the gun and the way it shoots.

 

only have 1 Varmint but here is the spreadsheet on some of my ammo testing. Shot my first ARA factory 2500 with it last March. Got a pair of 452's and a MTR also, all seem to shoot pretty much the same. All 4 have scored 2400 to 2500 in competition.

I would call that lucky except at the ARA matches I attend the majority have CZ's winning the majority of the top ten spots with a few Bergarra B14's and the occasional Tikka. I joke they should rename the ARA Factory class the ARA CZ class

 

Bore scoped it yet? Thats always an adventure.

 

Hmmm....foreend flex huh...don't remember for certain but likely SK Standard Plus which was my baseline ammo at the time.

Sight in target for my 457 Varmint @ 50 yards.

 

Yep, 4 of them and all of them performed the same. A top level BR gunsmith said the same, I am glad yours did well.

 

That is disappointing to say the least. CZ has produced accurate rifles for such a long time going all the way back to BRNO. I hope this is not a sign of things to come. My 452s have always been tack drivers, but I have not bought any newer cz products lately.

 

My 457 Varmint has been great. It's about 2 years old now.
It likes Lapua, SK, and Eley. It hates tac-22.
My other 2 457s shoot well too.
I get bummed out when others get a rifle that needs extra work of whatever. Especially when they are the minority, because there is so much positive support on CZ. Folks go in expecting similar results as others, then their bubble breaks.
Maybe it's QC at CZ or just the odds of buying a mass produced item.
We live in different times. Most every product out there seems to lower the bar as years pass.
I am a strong supporter of CZ firearms in general. Hopefully they start moving back to their roots as long as they don't price themselves out of their own game.

Here is one example of a 50yd 10 shot Eley Match group from my Varmint.
These things CAN shoot. I wish the best results for everyone.

 

Nice shooting.

Is that Minute of Mazda?

Certainly isn’t keyholing🤣

 

I've got some bolt shims headed my way. Will tinker with the head spacing to try and make this rifle shoot. If I can't get it pretty quick, it's going down the road to be replaced with something else. One of my LGS has a CZ 457 Pro Varmint in stock. I assume it's legal for ARA Factory Class. Probable just another trip down the rabbit hole with hopefully better results.

 

Sorry you're having issues. I wouldn't change anything until you try some better ammo or at least some different lots of the ammo you've already tested

Unless your headspace is excessive (like really excessive) and you're getting ignition problems (light strikes) shimming the bolt is not going to help. It can actually cause other problems. Honestly, the whole bolt shim thing is snake oil and a waste of money. Maybe as a last ditch effort to get an old rifle shooting again but not in a brand new rifle

 

Before giving up on the gun, you might want try swapping scopes.

 

Well.....my scope is a brand new Sightron SIII 45x45 with Area 419 rail and Area 419 match rings. All torqued to spec. My plan is to check the barrel set screws for proper torque and double check everything else concerning the scope and rings. If none of that is the culprit, I'm searching for another rifle. The rabbit hole keeps getting deeper and deeper. 🐰

 

I have not read all of the comments, but here is what I sent to CZ yesterday. Except for an acknowledgment, I'm still waiting to hear back:
My [brand new] CZ457 American in 22LR shot amazingly well right out of the box. When I was satisfied with the accuracy, I removed the stock so that I could adjust the trigger pull. In removing the stock, I noticed that the connector bolts were not exactly loose, but they certainly were not tight. That seemed odd to me, so I looked through the owner's manual for a torque spec for the connector bolts. Not being able to find such a spec there, I went online where I found a CZ produced video stating that the that the connector bolts torque spec was 31 inch/pounds. I reassembled the rifle tightening the bolts to 31 inch/pounds with my "Fat Wrench" from Wheeler. When I resumed shooting at 100 yards with the same ammo as before, my impact moved at least 3 inches higher and about 1 inch to the left, and the group grew from about 1 inch to over 3 inches at 100 yards. Online research revealed to me that others had experienced this same thing and many offered suggestions regarding this anomaly. My solution, after much experimenting, was to tighten the connector bolts (rear bolt first) to 15 inch/pounds of torque. This seems pretty light to me, but the rifle started grouping again at about 1 moa. I dare not go any less on the torque out of fear the bolts might wiggle loose, but any tighter causes the group to begin to open up and the impact to shift. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can more securely tighten the connector bolts while still maintaining good accuracy? Thank you, Jim Brannon, Athol, Idaho, USA

 

15 inch pounds is plenty. My CZ 457 Varmint is set at 20 in/lbs front and rear.

You just need to play until you get your best groups.

Steven

 

IMPO these do well with 'Low' in-#s, I have my VMTR at 15-16 also. I've only had it out 3-4 times this Spring and all 'windy days' so I'm still not certain that a few more ip-s might help ? I had a Wheeler Fat but just got a Digital Chinesium Wrench to experiment with - same cost as Wheeler and 'more accurate' ? We'll see b4 I brag it up. I've got some 0.2s and .3s so far, but also some 0.6-7s sooo . . . ?

 

Check the length of the front stock screw. If the tip is marking the barrel it is too long. Tightens against the barrel but does not hold the stock to the receiver. This the way my MTR was from the factory.

 

We have never seen many of the Varmint guns shoot really well. They are not bad, just not as competitive as the MTR and some At-One rifles we have seen at our club.

 

Sadly I am lefty and can't get mtr in left hand

 

Mine really likes CenterX and SK Match.

 

I tried a variety of ammo from SK including Standard Plus, Pistol Match and Rifle Match but the best groupings came from SK Semi Auto so I bought a couple of bricks of it on sale for $ 7.99 a box. I scored a 247 3X on the USBR Green Monster target at 25 yards with my CZ 457 Varmint so I know the gun has potential.

Eley just doesn't do as well in any format so far.

More ammo to test and I'll pick my standard loading.

Steven

 

Steven,

How many different lots of the ammo you mentioned did you test? SK Semi-Auto can do pretty good and you may have a good batch of it but I wouldn't bank on that being the best overall. Try some different lot number of SK Rifle Match. A good lot will be like shooting a decent lot of Center-X

 

My varmit loves SK ammo. Not able to find much of anything else currently.