Hello, this is my first post on RFC.
Based primarily on this forum, I visited my local firearm botique this morning and looked at a 452 (beech stock) in .22LR. While I was there, I also examined offerings from Marlin, which stocks felt a little long for me to shoulder comfortably, Ruger, Savage, T/C, Kimber, and a used Browning autoloader.
All things considered, the cz felt the best to me. The stock fit me, even though it looked a bit alien to my eyes in its European configuration. The sights were great, and lined up nicely. The barrel was a little longer than I'm accustomed to, but was otherwise fine (I'm impressed that cz hammer-forges 22LR barrels!).
With the saleman's permission, I tested the trigger once, and it was not as bad as I had expected. It appeared to have minimal creep, broke at about 4 pounds (my estimate), and did have significant overtravel.
The only bad parts were the safety and the trigger guard. Reverse-acting (compared to industry standard) safeties appear to me to be a really bad idea; if I buy one, I won't use it, ever. (It's kind of like those knives with the straight part sharpened instead of the curved part. Under stress, I revert to old habits.) The trigger guard, on the other hand, appeared very functional, but, my lord, it is really ugly! I hope someone makes a milled steel replacement for it.
Though I went there to buy it, and it was better than I had expected, I did not walk out owning it. The dealer had a $290 price tag on it, and the cz website shows a suggested retail price of $241. I just got home, and haven't looked a prices on the web, but have prices risen so much since cz last updated their site?
Thanks for all of the input that I got from reading old forum posts!
Jaywalker
Edited to refer to the proper model number.
Based primarily on this forum, I visited my local firearm botique this morning and looked at a 452 (beech stock) in .22LR. While I was there, I also examined offerings from Marlin, which stocks felt a little long for me to shoulder comfortably, Ruger, Savage, T/C, Kimber, and a used Browning autoloader.
All things considered, the cz felt the best to me. The stock fit me, even though it looked a bit alien to my eyes in its European configuration. The sights were great, and lined up nicely. The barrel was a little longer than I'm accustomed to, but was otherwise fine (I'm impressed that cz hammer-forges 22LR barrels!).
With the saleman's permission, I tested the trigger once, and it was not as bad as I had expected. It appeared to have minimal creep, broke at about 4 pounds (my estimate), and did have significant overtravel.
The only bad parts were the safety and the trigger guard. Reverse-acting (compared to industry standard) safeties appear to me to be a really bad idea; if I buy one, I won't use it, ever. (It's kind of like those knives with the straight part sharpened instead of the curved part. Under stress, I revert to old habits.) The trigger guard, on the other hand, appeared very functional, but, my lord, it is really ugly! I hope someone makes a milled steel replacement for it.
Though I went there to buy it, and it was better than I had expected, I did not walk out owning it. The dealer had a $290 price tag on it, and the cz website shows a suggested retail price of $241. I just got home, and haven't looked a prices on the web, but have prices risen so much since cz last updated their site?
Thanks for all of the input that I got from reading old forum posts!
Jaywalker
Edited to refer to the proper model number.
