r/canadaguns • u/SocksOfDeath • Jul 27 '26

Shooting Got to try out my new gun

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Picked up a CZ 457 Varmint on Friday and had to try it out asap. The wood on the stock is gorgeous, I’m not sure if they accidentally used a nicer grade on it but it’s the best patterning I’ve seen on a rifle.

Only put about a hundred rounds through it so far. I’m a little let down by how poorly it was grouping at 50 yards. I’m sure some of it is me being unfamiliar with it but I can get much nicer groups out of my wife’s 10/22. Middle groups were with subsonic Eley and seemed to be the best so far.

Don’t judge the scope mounting, I quickly threw it on at the range last minute. It will soon live on my preordered Makasi.

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u/kestik Jul 27 '26

The cz 457 can be extremely picky about ammo. Others at my range need to run expensive Eley club, Eley biathlon, SK match, etc, through theirs while mine shoots tightest with a $6 box of S&B Canadian Match. My recommendation is go buy like 10 different boxes of ammo and start running groups to find what yours likes best.

Congrats on the rifle, it's such a fantastic rifle imo.

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u/No_Fox_6868 Jul 27 '26

Do you clean the gun between each box?

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u/kestik Jul 28 '26

Not really. We tested 3 ammo types in one session, cleaned and tried another 2 +1 from the first 3 another day, cleaned then tried 1 more plus the same first type (S&B Canadian Match because we were shocked it grouped better than anything put up against it).