I bought a CZ455 (.22LR) back in January, and I'm finally getting around to posting a "few months of use" shooting review on it. I've taken it out to the range maybe four times now. It is the nicest .22LR rifle that I own.
Mine is the "Tacticool" model. Which means it has a short, heavy, threaded barrel. And a Boyds stock that is in the style of benchrest stocks.
I have not shot a whole lot of different ammos through it, but it likes everything I've tried. I am currently using "SK Standard Plus" (500 round can of ammo). With this ammo, I am able to fairly consistently get 3-shot groups right at 1 inch at 100 yards. Typically, my first two shots are touching or almost so, and the 3rd shot is off from the first two, making the entire group size 1 inch. Note that I repeat this pattern on just about every rifle I shoot, regardless of caliber. I think maybe I notice that I am doing very well on the first two shots, and then I try to force the third shot into that small group, and typically fail. There have been a few times where I've gotten a nice little triangle of shots in a sub-moa group at 100 yards, but my skills just do not allow me to repeat that very often.
Bottom line: This rifle does have the ability to shoot very well. I need to hone my skills, and probably check out different ammos too. But I am not disappointed with 1 inch groups at 100 yards with a .22LR. On a bad day, I do notice my groups opening up to more like 1-1/2", but then if I settle myself down and concentrate I do seem to be able to drop them to 1". I am guessing that with the right skill set behind the trigger of this rifle, that it could quite possibly be capable of 3/4" groups. But that's just my conjecture.
I have a SWFA SuperSniper fixed 10x scope mounted on a Picatinny rail on this CZ. This is a nice enough mid-to-low range scope, but it is not optimal for target shooting. The glass is very nice, but for target work I want a different reticle and more magnification. It has mil-bar hash marks, and at only 10x, these clutter up the reticle and do not work well for precision shooting. Some day I hope to put at least a 24x fine reticle "floating dot" target scope on the rifle.
The stock trigger is not bad on this rifle. The break is extremely clean. I would guess it is in the 4-5lb range. Pull weight is adjustable, but I have not attempted any adjustments yet. I have several friends who have this same rifle and they have gotten their triggers down under 2lbs with the adjustment (and a lighter spring in one case). The trigger on my particular rifle has almost a two-stage feel to it, but that is very subtle. You can feel it move back just barely, then it is firm and the trigger breaks very cleanly. This "move back" is so subtle that nobody else has noticed it until I point it out to them. With only about 200 rounds downrange with this rifle, I am continuing to shoot it as-is, waiting for a little break-in, before embarking on any trigger modifications.
The bolt is totally wobble free. Initially it felt a little stiff, but extremely solid. Now, the initial stiffness has been worked out of it and it is a really nice bolt.
The barrel is free floated, but when I'm sliding my dollar bill down there to check it, I have to be careful because it feels like the bill might rip in a few places. It makes it all the way back to the receiver, but it is tight.
The stock is made by Boyds and performs extremely well. It fits me perfectly. It is not a beauty to look at though. Not the fine wood that you see on many CZ's. It is composite and painted black. It was performance that I bought it for though, and it certainly delivers that for me.
I mounted a friends suppressor on it, and that was fun to shoot. I never realized how loud a firing pin striking a shell case was. With a suppressor, that's about all you hear (my ammo is subsonic). I keep thinking "misfire", but it's not.
The fun thing about shooting a .22LR at 100 yards is that (1) there is no recoil, (2) it takes a bit under 1/2 a second for the bullet to impact, with these two things you can see the bullet hit the target in your scope. Even with just a 10x scope (you probably have to have fairly decent glass though). That is really cool. Higher power rifles do not easily allow for seeing the bullet impact with their increased recoil.
Several of my shooting buddies swear that once you've become a proficient .22LR shooter that you will be much better with larger calibers too. We'll see if that plays out in my case. I haven't shot my .308 for a while (I'm having too much fun with this CZ455!)
Mine is the "Tacticool" model. Which means it has a short, heavy, threaded barrel. And a Boyds stock that is in the style of benchrest stocks.
I have not shot a whole lot of different ammos through it, but it likes everything I've tried. I am currently using "SK Standard Plus" (500 round can of ammo). With this ammo, I am able to fairly consistently get 3-shot groups right at 1 inch at 100 yards. Typically, my first two shots are touching or almost so, and the 3rd shot is off from the first two, making the entire group size 1 inch. Note that I repeat this pattern on just about every rifle I shoot, regardless of caliber. I think maybe I notice that I am doing very well on the first two shots, and then I try to force the third shot into that small group, and typically fail. There have been a few times where I've gotten a nice little triangle of shots in a sub-moa group at 100 yards, but my skills just do not allow me to repeat that very often.
Bottom line: This rifle does have the ability to shoot very well. I need to hone my skills, and probably check out different ammos too. But I am not disappointed with 1 inch groups at 100 yards with a .22LR. On a bad day, I do notice my groups opening up to more like 1-1/2", but then if I settle myself down and concentrate I do seem to be able to drop them to 1". I am guessing that with the right skill set behind the trigger of this rifle, that it could quite possibly be capable of 3/4" groups. But that's just my conjecture.
I have a SWFA SuperSniper fixed 10x scope mounted on a Picatinny rail on this CZ. This is a nice enough mid-to-low range scope, but it is not optimal for target shooting. The glass is very nice, but for target work I want a different reticle and more magnification. It has mil-bar hash marks, and at only 10x, these clutter up the reticle and do not work well for precision shooting. Some day I hope to put at least a 24x fine reticle "floating dot" target scope on the rifle.
The stock trigger is not bad on this rifle. The break is extremely clean. I would guess it is in the 4-5lb range. Pull weight is adjustable, but I have not attempted any adjustments yet. I have several friends who have this same rifle and they have gotten their triggers down under 2lbs with the adjustment (and a lighter spring in one case). The trigger on my particular rifle has almost a two-stage feel to it, but that is very subtle. You can feel it move back just barely, then it is firm and the trigger breaks very cleanly. This "move back" is so subtle that nobody else has noticed it until I point it out to them. With only about 200 rounds downrange with this rifle, I am continuing to shoot it as-is, waiting for a little break-in, before embarking on any trigger modifications.
The bolt is totally wobble free. Initially it felt a little stiff, but extremely solid. Now, the initial stiffness has been worked out of it and it is a really nice bolt.
The barrel is free floated, but when I'm sliding my dollar bill down there to check it, I have to be careful because it feels like the bill might rip in a few places. It makes it all the way back to the receiver, but it is tight.
The stock is made by Boyds and performs extremely well. It fits me perfectly. It is not a beauty to look at though. Not the fine wood that you see on many CZ's. It is composite and painted black. It was performance that I bought it for though, and it certainly delivers that for me.
I mounted a friends suppressor on it, and that was fun to shoot. I never realized how loud a firing pin striking a shell case was. With a suppressor, that's about all you hear (my ammo is subsonic). I keep thinking "misfire", but it's not.
The fun thing about shooting a .22LR at 100 yards is that (1) there is no recoil, (2) it takes a bit under 1/2 a second for the bullet to impact, with these two things you can see the bullet hit the target in your scope. Even with just a 10x scope (you probably have to have fairly decent glass though). That is really cool. Higher power rifles do not easily allow for seeing the bullet impact with their increased recoil.
Several of my shooting buddies swear that once you've become a proficient .22LR shooter that you will be much better with larger calibers too. We'll see if that plays out in my case. I haven't shot my .308 for a while (I'm having too much fun with this CZ455!)