Cz 527

[wkndwarrior]

I have a 527 in 17 Hornet w/ a varmint barrel it shoots so well that I ain't messing with it. I even cast for it. Wish I had got another in 204.

I'd be interested to hear more about the casting and your results. I have a 17 hornet american that loves berger 25 grain so I'm always on the hunt for them. Casting sure would make shooting it a lot more fun.

[wkndwarrior]

I would agree with snowwolfe about the two negatives. Bolt handles get ground so either Calhoon or Warne (lowest available rings) can be used to get scopes as low as possible...

I have one of these bolt handles from glades armory, it works quite well.

https://gladesarmory.com/product/cz5...-knurled-knob/

Just a suggestion for other 527 enthusiasts.

[david s]

Numrich use to sell (may still) the newer CZ 527 bolt handles with the thinner bolt handle base that allows lower scope mounting for around $25. The Glades Armory have the advantage of being a bit longer with more leverage as well as allowing lower scope mounting.

[wingspar]

Old thread, but forum tells me I haven’t logged in since January 2021. I know I’ve visited, did not realize it had been so long since posting. I have the CZ 527 in 7.62x39. The set rigger is incredible, but the magazine is horrible. Getting more than 3 rounds in the magazine is very difficult and I don’t like the way the magazine sticks below the stock like it does. Very accurate rifle and a blast to shoot. Never put a scope on it. Didn’t need one with that light set trigger.

[Three44s]

wingspan,

I am a big fan of appeture sights and this would be a look see if I was fortunate enough to have a 7.62 x 39 in a CZ:

https://www.newenglandcustomgun.com/....php?prod=5934

Just friendly food for thought

Three44s

[wingspar]

wingspan,

I am a big fan of appeture sights and this would be a look see if I was fortunate enough to have a 7.62 x 39 in a CZ:

https://www.newenglandcustomgun.com/....php?prod=5934

Just friendly food for thought

Three44s

Looks interesting, but I prefer buckhorn sights, but I can use either. I put a peep sight on my 10/22 and took it off cause I hated it. I have aperture sights on a lot of rifles and leave them alone, as I said a sentence ago, I can use either. I just have a preference for buckhorn sights.

[Three44s]

That's great that you are already set because $100 not chump change.

Three44s

[white eagle]

yes they are fine rifles
I have had 2 and still have one in 22 Hornet
like the set trigger

[35 Rem]

I have a carbine in 7.62x39. When they 1st came out I 1st saw one at Gander Mountain and stopped by each day after work to hold it for a couple weeks. I waited about another year before ordering one for myself. I love everything about it except the stupid magazine hanging out right where your hand needs to be to carry it. You can swap out the bottom metal and magazine parts for every other chambering except the 7.62x39 to end up with a flush magazine unless things have changed since I last looked. In spite of that negative, I love the little rifle. It's so light and handy that it feels like carrying a BB gun yet it will shoot a 150 grain NOE bullet at 2,070 ft/sec which makes it an acceptable 200 yards or less deer rifle. I've yet to kill a deer using cast with it but hope to next year. I wouldn't even consider selling it for 5X what I paid for it. I don't understand why CZ discontinued such a popular rifle. Don't understand a lot of things about current gun companies. They seem to want to sell weird looking junk only. I go to gun shops and look around and often find myself thinking the unlikely thought that there's not much of anything they have that I would take home even if it were free. I never imagined that would be possible say 30 years ago.