Hamilton gun show this weekend. I needed to move a bunch of the guns I got out of the estate sale and managed to move a few. And, unfortunately, I brought one home. Specifically a CZ452. Its a lovely open-sighted carbine that just has some nice charm to it. And the price was reasonable – $300. So, it came home with me to share a space in the gun closet with my other CZ .22. Wonderful guns.
I also got my Marlin .45-70 back from my buddy who did some work on it for me. The previous owner removed the original sight and replaced it with a Remington 700 rear sight. Well, that ain’t what the Zero wanted. My buddy removed the sight, cleaned up the holes that had been drilled and tapped, and put a sight blank in there:
And, since I was at the gun show it seemed logical to go hunting for a receiver sight. And….
The next and final bit of modification is to remove that outrageous cross-bolt safety. Fortunately, I have some experience with Marlin surgery. The safety delete will be here next week and that’ll put the finishing touches on this grizzly grabber. Although, come to think of it, I should pick up a sling tomorrow.
Other than that wonderful CZ452, I didnt see anything at the gun show worth spending money on. Which is good.
Somebody makes a saddle ring option for that safety delete. Also, you might look into the Ranger Point rear sight dovetail block, which is pretty slick.
CZ 452s are wonderful rifles. The ‘weird’ features are the backwards safety operation and rather high bolt throw interfering with scope. The rest is sublime. Three hundred is a good price.
Bear Medicine – that lever carbine should be tax deductible.
Savage 24’s are my gun show weakness.
Commander…change the settings to allow posts from VPN.
To the best of my knowledge, theres no settings that disallow such.
Great find, CZ! The Czech 452 rifles are indeed wonderful tools. I passed on one years ago and still regret it.
Another Czech wonder is the little vz. 61 “Skorpion” machine pistol. They’ve been very hard at times, but now it’s easy–and less expensive–to buy an upper or a “parts kit” and 3D print a semiauto lower that uses an AR-15 trigger, safety and grip. A picatinny rail on the back allows a pistol brace to be attached–a better option than the shaky wire overfolder “stock” that gives the vz. 61 its nickname. The resulting gun is called a “CZAR.”
Congratulations again on the 452. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!
Bob
I have 3 452’s; 2 American’s (17HMR and 22 Mag) and the Mannlicher stocked carbine in 22 Mag.