It's more about the receiver..in general, the 'American' marked receivers were gloss blued, the others were matte blued. It's been a while, but I think I remember seeing some exceptions to that...like matte 'American' marked receiver on a 452 varmint
...but generally that is, how it is

The barrels on all of them were polish blued.

 

Thank you. Seems like there's no standard rules to it.

 

Another variation is the Americans that came with hardwood, rather than Walnut, stocks, as far as I know they were all matte finished.

 

At the time 452 s were being made CZ was a small company emerging from a communist era and so made many variations of all their guns. Perhaps this was due to supplier limitations etc.
Think about all the action screw variations.
I think they made what they could with the parts they had available.

 

At the time 452 s were being made CZ was a small company emerging from a communist era and so made many variations of all their guns. Perhaps this was due to supplier limitations etc.
Think about all the action screw variations.
I think they made what they could with the parts they had available. View attachment 571808

No offense but they were not a small company. Maybe a smaller presence in the US.. which is debatable...but small company... Nope.

 

I have four 452 Americans and they're all gloss receivers. I have had two 452 Varmints that said "American" on the receiver and they were matte. My two 452 ULs are matte. I believe my 452 FS is also matte.

 

My 452 American had the gloss finished receiver.

 

And then there is the possibility that a previous owner knocked the gloss off with some very fine steel wool.

 

On blued metal?

 

Barrelhorses sir my CZ 452 Fullstock rifles have the gloss finish on them and mine are all Magnums.



Signalman 🚦

 

I have four 452 Americans, a 452 Varmint and a 453 Varmint. They all got different finishes and I simply couldn't find a possible pattern to it all. I guess I'm not alone. Thank you all for the responses.

 

The regular length barrel 452's would have had to change at some point during the run and return to a polished finish in order to have different finishes? That would seem to not be likely. I have a 2012, 452 that has the fully polished barrel/receiver. 2012 was the last normal production year. No, it wasn't the last year they were made, from what some were saying extra parts.

I also own a 2012 452 with 16-inch barrel and threaded muzzle. This model has a matte receiver and semi-polish barrel.

 

You're talking about CZ-USA... sure that's fairly new but.... CZ -USA was literally created for importing and marketing and service in the US...they don't make anything, never have.

CZ-UB (the parent company) has been around for a good chunk of time and is anything but small.

About CZ - CZ-USA

About CZ About CZ About CZ Česká zbrojovka ‘Česká zbrojovka’ translates to ‘Czech armory,’ and at one time there were many ‘CZs.’ Our sister company Česká zbrojovka a.s. Uherský Brod dates back to 1936, when it was established as a branch plant of Česká zbrojovka Strakonice. Production commenced...

cz-usa.com

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_zbrojovka_Uhersk%C3%BD_Brod

 

Read your own article. It was a nationalized , ie govt run company, conglomerated from the rubble of ww2 armament plants until 1992, then privatised at the end if communism , they predominantly made military weapons that were sold to 5th. world countries during the cold war. the 452 was just an iteratin of the brno #2 . A-training rifle for Ethiopia.
Ask yourself this. Why would a company that invented the cz 75 then come out later with the cz 82?
Yes they are huge now , but in the 90 s they werent. Only after they cracked the US market, did they generate enough traction to build new state of the art manufacturing lines, and thats wgen everything became standardized. The 455, same action, screws etc for all rimfires .
the P01 the Nato pistol,

Ceska zbrojovka celebrates its 85th anniversary

Ceska zbrojovka, the largest manufacturer of small arms in the Czech Republic and one of the most important arms companies in the world, will celebrate 85…

www.czdefence.com

And CZ does/ did manufacture guns in the US , the plastic p10s US Made - CZ P-10 Optic Ready Family | CZ-USA LE/MIL

 

I'm old school and was confused as to what you are talking about as "Matte" as I am used to Matte being a metal finish. My old school thinking about wood finish generally meant Gloss, Semi-gloss, or Satin for the dullest look.

My 452'S appear to both be close to a Satin finish. Both of my gun stocks and I believe ALL CZ gun stocks have Stain mixed with the Polyurethane in order to hide lesser wood and make all of their guns appear the same.

Is this possibly what you are seeing? More or less coverup stain in the Polyurethane.

 

With CZ, until recent years (if then), there seemed to be no hard rules on which model had what. At best, it was "generally speaking" rather than a firm rule. Think of it as a sense of adventure when looking for a CZ. I do really like them! And Brnos too, especially the Model 1s.

Doug

 

Not trying the get into a contest here, but you can read it different ways... they were around well before '92 making commercial firearms.

'small' is a subjective word...

Besides, who really cares.

 

@Toomany22s
@nevadany

Can we let the side discussion about whether or not CZ was small rest please?

 

@Toomany22s
@nevadany

Can we let the side discussion about whether or not CZ was small rest please?

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