Ken: I'm somewhat sure he does mean the 527. Mine in .223 Remington after some tinkering is a sure-nuff tackdriver and so is my CZ 550 American in 7x57mm.

7x57, I didn't mean to sound like a wise guy, thought I might have missed a past production. I also shoot a couple CZ's. Have put about 200 rds through my 452 17hmr american and loved every minute of it. I'm also in the process of breaking in a 527 varmint with walnut stock and heavy 26" barrel. After only 25 rds I am very impressed with its accuracy and love that set trigger. Quite sure it will shoot well under MOA with some decent handloads. I'm thinking this rifle may make a good combination gun with its small action and light stock for walking and it's long heavy barrel for the bench. When it gets a little warmer up here I'll let you folks know how it turns out. KEN

Ken, you didn't sound like a wise guy at all. I was about to post just about the same thing myself. I hope your CZ turns out to be a good shooter as well. Word of warning, when taking the barreled action out of the stock, be careful of the magazine spring. I broke trying to get the action back into the stock and thought I just hit a small area of resistance. Anyway, best of luck ... Tom Purdom

Ken,
Yes I meant 527. Some idiot put the number "4" right next to the "5" on my keyboard.

Steve,



We have had a number of these rifles here, and all of them will shoot under 3/4 at 100 yards with teh right load.



One such rifle was given to Walter, as it had a barrel that got rust in it and pitted.



He asked me to replace his barrel, which I did.



While doing that, I cut the barrel so it butts against the receiver - like in the Remington 700, rather than teh original barrel.



The first 3 shots, using 26.0 grains of Alliant Reloader 7 and Bill Brawand's 52 grain bench rest bullet, went into this nice little hole.







Walter said he did not wish to see any more load development, and that we should stop right there.