I am looking at the CZ455 VARMINT TACTICOOL threaded and the CZ455 American threaded. I wanted to see if anybody had experience with these rifles and if there are any other rifles that I should be looking at. The only requirements are bolt action and threaded. I would also be interested in any opinions on 22LR subsonic ammo. Thank you in advance for your advice. Will get into scopes another day!
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Gtscotty
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I have a 455 American with all three barrels. It's a shooter with all three barrels, but I keep the 17 Hmr barrel attached most of the time just because the round is so much fun. Both the 22 lr, and 22 Mag barrels are threaded for my suppressor, but I had them done by a local smith so I can't speak to CZ's factory threaded barrels. I think the 455 is a great rifle, if I had to replace mine for some reason, I'd by the exact same thing again.
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You guys have confirmed my thought on getting the CZ455. Is there any reason I should go with the heavy tactical barrel versus the American? I will be using a suppressor so can anybody share what sub ammo they like? Also how far out can you stretch out this gun suppressed while still keeping a nice grouping? Last is what would be a good optic for this? Thank you all for your info and will certain look into upgrading the trigger. Any other after market parts that improve accuracy?
Plus1 on the 17 hrm. I have it in a 453 Varmint and it's my favorite shooter.
Have never bothered with sub-sonic.
Use a Silencerco Sparrow on mine.
Accuracy virtually the same at 100 yards with or without.
Choice of barrel would depend on what you want the gun to do & how much weight you want to tote along.
If sufficiently interested, Amazon carries a Surviving With CZ Kindle book that covers the gun, with accuracy & velocity figures.
It outshot a CZ .223 at the same distance.
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Use a Silencerco Sparrow on mine.
Accuracy virtually the same at 100 yards with or without.
Choice of barrel would depend on what you want the gun to do & how much weight you want to tote along.
If sufficiently interested, Amazon carries a Surviving With CZ Kindle book that covers the gun, with accuracy & velocity figures.
It outshot a CZ .223 at the same distance.
Denis
I prefer to retain full .22LR power levels & don't want to deal with switching back & forth between hi-vel & sub-sonic POAs.
Zeroed at 100 yards in the scope with a hi-vel load, I stick to that load as much as possible.
The supersonic crack isn't all that loud in hi-vel stuff through the rifle, the amount of reduction I still get through the suppressor's noticeable, and I don't lose longer-range terminal energy.
Standard velocity jumps down further in sound, but I wouldn't personally go any lower.
For paper, and zeroing just for subsonic stuff, it'd be different.
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Zeroed at 100 yards in the scope with a hi-vel load, I stick to that load as much as possible.
The supersonic crack isn't all that loud in hi-vel stuff through the rifle, the amount of reduction I still get through the suppressor's noticeable, and I don't lose longer-range terminal energy.
Standard velocity jumps down further in sound, but I wouldn't personally go any lower.
For paper, and zeroing just for subsonic stuff, it'd be different.
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Are you wanting to put tiny holes on paper, use it for hunting, or both?
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If you want a lot of info go to the Rimfires Central forum CZ/Brno section and spend hours, if not days reading about CZ's.
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I recently sold my 455 American simply because I have too many CZ'S. I put about 15k rounds thri it. It was a great little rifle.
I have probably done trigger jobs on 50 CZ'S. I make my own tube shims to take any creep out. Some rifles get a new trigger spring from ACE hardware. Some, I just cut a couple of coils off the stock spring.
As far as general purpose standard velocity goes, CCI SV is tough to beat. It has shot very good out of every CZ I have tried it in. Right now it is one of the easier ammos to find.
I have probably done trigger jobs on 50 CZ'S. I make my own tube shims to take any creep out. Some rifles get a new trigger spring from ACE hardware. Some, I just cut a couple of coils off the stock spring.
As far as general purpose standard velocity goes, CCI SV is tough to beat. It has shot very good out of every CZ I have tried it in. Right now it is one of the easier ammos to find.
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I have run a Mueller apv and a sighhtron s1 4-12x on my 455. I like the apv better. I'm using warne rimfire rings. My 452 needed a yodave kit, my 455 did not. All it needed was a couple coils taken off the trigger spring. I also installed a larger bolt knob that made cycling the action a little easier to run the action.
I think the 455 is a nice rifle action, and about 80% of the barrels CZ makes are good. But they do cheap out in some key places. The bottom metal is a joke, as is the magazine well and mag release. Swap those parts out, possibly do the trigger (mine seemed OK), and you've got a nice little rifle.
My 455 Varmit .22LR absolutely HATES subsonic ammo.
My 455 Varmit .22LR absolutely HATES subsonic ammo.
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What do you replace the mag well and mag release with? I'm aware of the DIP bottom metal/trigger guard, but I've never seen a replacement mag release.
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I agree with the folks that said that rezeroing for supersonic and subsonic would be a pain. I went the opposite direction though and pretty much only run subs suppressed with my CZ and Ruger. The difference in sound level is substantial, and anything that is commonly hunted with a 22lr can be killed just as dead with hp subs. The only real upside to supersonic 22lr through a suppressor is that high velocity bulk pack is generally cheaper than standard velocity and subsonic.
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