Well.
The four month wait for my new suppressor-ready CZ 527 in 7.62x39 ended last night. This was a "new for 2017" configuration and I was pretty excited about it. Indeed, enough so that I paid $740 up front to assure delivery. I must say that I am a little miffed at CZ. The issue is the synthetic stock. It is the worst form of 'tupperware' stock - the kind stock that makers of cheap .22's abandoned back in the 90s. I would compare it to my son's old Howa .223 but that would do the Howa an injustice. Adding to the misery of a crap stock is the fact that while the barrel is free floating, it's free floating u-g-l-y. There is a gap on the right just big enough to cleanly slip a US dollar bill through but on the left there is a gaping 5/32 - 3/16 of an inch. It is an embarrassment. I sent CZ an email requesting a new stock but they will insist on me returning the entire rifle and I'm not in the mood. Instead I ordered a walnut varmint stock from CZ USA's close out rack for $107.
None of this means that the rifle will be inaccurate. To the contrary, I've never seen a CZ 527 that was not a tack driver. My 7.62x39 carbine is a good example: easily a half minute rifle. Likewise my other 527's. This rifle will follow suit but I can't help feel that i paid a premium price for a barreled action. Before you ask, in the US you cannot return a rifle for refund. The best i can hope for is that CZ sends me a new synthetic and heeds my advice to pull that piece of crap stock off of that model and just install "American" style stocks made of walnut.
I'm shooting it tomorrow. ~Muir
The four month wait for my new suppressor-ready CZ 527 in 7.62x39 ended last night. This was a "new for 2017" configuration and I was pretty excited about it. Indeed, enough so that I paid $740 up front to assure delivery. I must say that I am a little miffed at CZ. The issue is the synthetic stock. It is the worst form of 'tupperware' stock - the kind stock that makers of cheap .22's abandoned back in the 90s. I would compare it to my son's old Howa .223 but that would do the Howa an injustice. Adding to the misery of a crap stock is the fact that while the barrel is free floating, it's free floating u-g-l-y. There is a gap on the right just big enough to cleanly slip a US dollar bill through but on the left there is a gaping 5/32 - 3/16 of an inch. It is an embarrassment. I sent CZ an email requesting a new stock but they will insist on me returning the entire rifle and I'm not in the mood. Instead I ordered a walnut varmint stock from CZ USA's close out rack for $107.
None of this means that the rifle will be inaccurate. To the contrary, I've never seen a CZ 527 that was not a tack driver. My 7.62x39 carbine is a good example: easily a half minute rifle. Likewise my other 527's. This rifle will follow suit but I can't help feel that i paid a premium price for a barreled action. Before you ask, in the US you cannot return a rifle for refund. The best i can hope for is that CZ sends me a new synthetic and heeds my advice to pull that piece of crap stock off of that model and just install "American" style stocks made of walnut.
I'm shooting it tomorrow. ~Muir