Picked up this today (cz527 17 rem)

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Picked up this today (cz527 17 rem)

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    I'm a big fan of cz/brno rifles and own quite a few.
    I managed to pick up a brand new cz527 17 remington (don't think many of these made it to Australia) and I seem to have won the timber lottery. It's nearly too good to take shooting compared to my others.

    My original plan was to have it rechambered to 17 fireball but I may as well see if I like the 17 Remington over the next few months before I bother mucking around with it.

    Here's a few picture's from my low quality phone camera.


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    Nice, good pick up there mate.
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    She'll do now go and shoot something with it. :D
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    Looks bloody nice Lawsie, they shoot pretty well from the little I have read on them. :D
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    Lovely timber on that one, do they still come with rings? :wink:
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    Cheers. I need to buy one of those skinny cleaning rods before I shoot her.
    I'm not sure what scope I should go for as the best thing I have is a vx2 4-12 (on a cz527 fireball) and haven't really needed anything better.
    I think this one deserves something better though.

    The Americans come with rings but the varmints don't for some reason.
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    nice mate...very nice :D
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    Nice pick up 8)
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    http://usedguns.com.au/Product.aspx?p=54835

    May I suggest one of these, maybe a little up in the dollar department but perfect for a spotlight rifle. I got 2 or these. :D
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    Nice pick up. I have two and am a fan
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    Zeiss are a bit out of my price range unfortunately.
    Any thought's on the meopta meopro scope's?
    They seem to get some good reviews and the price is reasonable
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    lawsie wrote:Zeiss are a bit out of my price range unfortunately.
    Any thought's on the meopta meopro scope's?
    They seem to get some good reviews and the price is reasonable
    I had a look through a 3-9x42 Meopta scope yesterday, seems like a nice scope, clarity was fine and on par with most I've looked through, good eye relief at around 3 or 4" only thing I noticed was when on 9x mag it was a bit eye position sensitive (didn't take much to lose the sight picture as such - I would like to see how they perform in low light/spotlighting situations, they also have a biggish eyebox too so you need to make sure the bolt will clear it ok.

    Not a bad scope for the $$$ I guess.
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    lawsie wrote: Any thought's on the meopta meopro scope's?
    They seem to get some good reviews and the price is reasonable
    I have a Meopro 6x18x50, pretty happy with it.
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    I had one that I sold to my cousin as while waiting for it to turn up (I ordered through the LGS and then forgot about it, arrived around 6 months later) I had found a Zeiss conquest. If the Meopta had arrived first I doubt I would have looked to replace it.

    In a by side comparison with the Zeiss under the spotlight I couldn't see any discernible difference however I know Missed has quite a different view on image quality with the Meopta. For me, if both of the scopes had been on a table and I had to choose I would go with the Zeiss because the hunting turrets and the wider centre section of the duplex reticle better suit my needs. My cousin loves the Meopro on his .204.

    Nice CZ by the way.

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    Waldo wrote:
    lawsie wrote: Any thought's on the meopta meopro scope's?
    They seem to get some good reviews and the price is reasonable
    I have a Meopro 6x18x50, pretty happy with it.
    Interesting, I was quoted one of these the other day and had a quick squiz through it. It's pretty hard to evaluate a scope in a gun shop, so I appreciate someone here sharing there opinion. FWIW I couldn't see any significant difference between another scope I was also looking at which leaves me just as confused as when I walked in. :?
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