CZ 457 Varmint - is this normal?

[u/Over_Independent8887]

I just received this (new to me) cz 457 in 17 hmr and wondering if this is normal or not.

The barrel is just not centered and cannot be centered in the forend, and it’s a bit wobbly.

There is no wobbling between barrel and action, and it just seems this synthetic stock is bending under plain finger pressure so maybe got crooked by previous owner.

Hopefully this makes sense…

I did have a longer term plan to switch to mdt oryx but maybe this needs to happen earlier than I thought…

Thanks !

[u/superdrupal]

Old post but I can across it and thought I'd mention that you will want to loose the action screws and torque to specs. When doing so you can put a little pressure on one side of the barrel to center it. It's just a cosmetic thing.