I'd heard about the accuracy of the CZ (BRNO) 22LR rifles for quite some time. About twenty years ago the CZs 22LR rifles were already selling for premium of about $450 here in Canada.
When the 457s came out I finally jumped as all the features I was wanting from trigger to safety and backwards compatibles were all there in the upgraded 457 model. At the moment I own three CZ 457s in 22LR: a Varmint MTR, a second Varmint 20" (non match barrel) in a LRP stock and a 24" LUX. As said these rifles all shoot very well.
Playing around today at the range with an almost out of the box Varmint MTR with 20" barrel but for a Yo-Dave trigger spring, topped witha Vortex Diamondback 6-24 and Vortex Pro rings I made a 5 shot group with brown package ELEY high velocity 38 gr HP that will cause me to chase my tail around in circles for a time - a sub .250 group!
Don't want to chase the expensive Eley TENEX or Lapua Center X to try and duplicate that kind of group but it's good to know what these CZ 457s are truly capable of even in the hands of this old rifleman.
And then I congratulated myself with solid swig of coffee and my shooting went to ...
