How accurate is a Cz 457 .22?

I think match chambers are a bit of a marketing trick really. A 'pencil barrel" CZ457 I had for a while shot astoundingly well, it was a real "barrel lottery" winner. This particular 457 would hold its own with any fancy pants/expensive match rifle although it was a difficult rifle to shoot well being light and with the flexible synthetic stock. No match chamber. The Lithgow LA101 22s don't have a match chamber and usually shoot incredibly well. My Ruger 10/22 HB doesn't have a match chamber and some years ago beat all comers in a forum postal shoot.

By contrast I've had two EM322s here with match chambers, as has been mentioned they were hopeless for a hunting rifle and wre not particularly accurate. A cobber has a CZ457 with a HB and match chamber and it does shoot extremely well, but unless I was shooting matches (and that's all) I wouldn't bother with one.

Again match chamber or not doesn't mean much on its own as there are so many different common reamer, and you cant tell what is used by each manufacturer.

The idea behind getting a 457 with a match chamber is that you are playing less of a lottery, as they are better finished as well as a different chamber.

But yes for hunting purposes you are going to be limited by the ammo and nothing is going to fix poor quality ammo.

CZ457 is generally good, but you cannot expect every example is good. some are extremely good, some are not as good. The issue comes down to, to some extent, the nature of the swap barrel design. some actions and barrels just dont match super perfectly. Ruger 10/22 has the same issue.

I have two 457s. one is super, other is meh.

Overall, I rate cz457 above cz455 and every other current models under $1500, except T1X, which I think is more consistant.

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Originally Posted by Ultimitsu

CZ457 is generally good, but you cannot expect every example is good. some are extremely good, some are not as good. The issue comes down to, to some extent, the nature of the swap barrel design. some actions and barrels just dont match super perfectly. Ruger 10/22 has the same issue.

I have two 457s. one is super, other is meh.

Overall, I rate cz457 above cz455 and every other current models under $1500, except T1X, which I think is more consistant.

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I’ve read up a lot about them lately, agree it seems some turn up and shoot amazing, then some just don’t, I wonder what kind of guarantee there might be if it doesn’t group can you exchange it, I’m looking at the stainless model, seems like a lot of money if it doesn’t out shoot my 455. Would you consider the t1x to be a better rifle? Or just more consistent with accuracy from the factory
Cheers

CZ does not guarantee accuracy as far as I know, but each gun comes with a factory 5-shot target. It used to be the actual target paper with holes, now it is printed based on some sort of digital scan of the target paper. You can decide if your intended purchase has acceptable accuracy. if your gun is not able to replicate the factory target, you may have a case for return or replacement. I have not tested it.

I wouldnt say T1X is a better gun, there are several things CZ457 does better: more aftermarket trigger mod or upgrade options, easily upgradable barrel, multiple open sight options, better synaptic stock, more wooden stock options, and if we were overseas, we would have more chassis options too. But if you just want tp buy and forget, I think T1X is the safer bet.