The 457 American really is a nice rifle and recently have been available at low prices. I was fortunate to pick one up from RK Guns when they had a 10% deal going. I need to shoot it more.

 

Looks great.

Signalman 🚦

 

Nice!

 

Very nice looking squirrel rifle. For squirrels I have more glass, bad olde eyes.

"cci mini mags. I’ve never had much luck with that ammo on paper", same story here. Mine like Tac-22 sun sonics, less power ut makes me look like a great shot.

thanks for sharing the pic...we will need a range report also!

 

Nice looking rifle. I would be curious if cci standard velocity gives you better groups than mini mags. I bet it would due to subsonic?

 

Nice! I have wanted to try one of those scopes. And of course they discontinued them. I opted to try a tract 4-12x40 AO 22 fire. I like it alot so far. My cz457 royal loves rws subsonic hollow points. I have a dead air mask on the end of it. Squirrel hunting on easy mode now.

 

If I hadn’t found the EFR I was gonna try the Tracy 4-12 ao.

I’m sure I’ll find some ammo that shoots well. I only shot a couple 5 shot groups getting a zero with the MM and they would be ok to hunt with out to 50-60 yards but they ain’t gonna win any target matches

 

My CZ 457 American like Eley SSHP… Will put 5 inside a dime at 50 yards routinely

 

I’m a solid made in USA gun customer. Thing is you have to search for the older model American guns to get a good gun. Today if I had to buy a new rifle, 22rf or CF it would be CZ. Same with 9mm pistols.

 

That's a nice rig for squirrels...what's not to like? Walnut, steel, and a nice little Leupold that sits up there without being overbearing.

 

My CZ 457’s all like the CCi std velocity which group well out to 60 yards, out to 100 meters it’s SK std +.

 

Really nice setup. Like another poster on here, mine loves RWS Subsonics. In my opinion the RWS Subs are the best Squirrel round going.
I use a lot of Leupold scopes on my Squirrel rifles and all in the 6X flavor, but on the 457 American I went with an Athlon 2-12X42 and Leupold rimfire rings.
When you get yours all setup the way you want it, it will make you very happy.

 

Hi, I've got a cz452 22lr and use Norma subsonics and found them really accurate even out to 100yds for rabbits and no problem hitting squirrels and rats with head shots at 50yds.

 

That made a nice looking rig Mr big!

 

Nice looking set -up sir! Looks like it should ballance well. The American is really a nice rifle. Enjoy it!
As for the trigger, you should be able to get it down to a good crisp hunting weight 9 1.5-2#) by following the instructions found in this forum. Just takes 10 min of fiddling with the 3 adjustments.
As for hunting ammo, I'd suggest you experiment to see what teh rifle likes. For hunting, you migth try some of the high speed Match fodder designed for semi autos. SK and Eley both make some. Even bulk packed Federal Auto Match seems to shoot better (and more reliably) than anything CCI in my rifles.

 

Now you've went and done it. I have a 453. A 457 American in 22 mag. A 457 Chassis. But I DON'T have a 457 American in 22 lr. I work a few hours a week at a CZ dealer. AND I can buy at cost. I might have to remedy this when I go to work this afternoon.

 

Feels more like a big game rifle.

This resonates with my experience years ago with CZ. I was looking to buy my first 17HMR, but most of the offerings looked and felt like toy guns, including the CZ at the time. I bought a Ruger 77/17 that felt like a big game rifle. Since then, I've owned seven 17HMRs. My first CZ is a 457 Varmint .22. It is balanced, hefty, attractive, and has a good magazine and appropriate safety. Most importantly, it rivals my most accurate .22s.
And congrats to our OP on a fine set-up. Have fun!

 

Great looking rig! I've got the same scope mounted on my 452 American in .17 HM2. It is a squirrel getting MACHINE! I've also got a 4-12 AO on a 452 Varmint in .17 HM2 and that one is a lot of fun too.