Mini Mauser CZ527

[Scott Tschirhart]

I think these little carbines look so good. Like a little Square Bridge Mauser and control round feeding.

Any other fans around here?

[gamekeeper]

I had one in .22 Hornet I loved it but my son loved it more.....

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That photo is over 20 years old seems like only yesterday.

[Paladin]

I don't have a CZ527, but I do have two CZ452s, one in .22 LR and .17 HM2 I bought in 2005. I bought the .22 to use for small game hunting with a suppressor, but it was too good-looking to chop and thread. Then I bought a new 452 in .17HM2 and threaded it. I have two Nephews who think that during squirrel season on my farm in WV, if it goes crack, that is a dead squirrel. The .22 I shot NRL 22 Matches with, and it is so accurate it puts you in the UNLIMITED CLASS just for using it.

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[44shooter]

I always admired the 527 as well. I wish I had picked up one in 7.62x39 and maybe another in 221, 222 or 223

[Scott Tschirhart]

I love the way the action and barrel are machined. And it mounts perfectly for the sight to be dead on for my eyes.

[Rimfire McNutjob]

I'd love one in 22 Hornet, 204 Ruger, or 221 Fireball. I keep watching them up on GB but they all seem to go over $1000.

[Ray]

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[Ysabel Kid]

I had one in .22 Hornet I loved it but my son loved it more.....
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That photo is over 20 years old seems like only yesterday.

I've "lost" a lot of my collection to Y2K that way!

[Carlsen Highway]

I have got one, one of the neatest little rifles I own. Little Mauser action, functions like a clockwork Rolls Royce and is very accurate in .223. It shoots deer big and small. With a 20 inch barrel probably is as closes to a handy levergun carbine as you get in a bolt action. I should put a reflex red dot on it one day just to see how I like it...

[MingoKid]

I have one of these little gems in 7.62x39. Surprisingly accurate. Even with cheap ammo! Originally, I had envisioned a small scope for it. I ended up mounting a Skinner rear sight after drilling and tapping 2 small screw holes in the receiver. The aperture rear and hooded front sight are a great combo. Offhand shots to 75 yards are easier for me than I had expected. It finds its way on many outings for this very reason. MK

[Bronco]

I bought one in .221 Fireball and had it barreled to a .20 vartarg. 40 grbt does 3500 fps. Most accurate rifle I have! Tennis balls at 300 yds no problem. Bipod and table of course! I am a 3 gun ground squirrel guy. 22lr 17 hmr and the vartarg.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Mine is in .223 and it seems to shoot most ammo into the same group. I put a 1.5-5 Leupold on it and that seems like the right scope.

[Sarge]

I traded into a 7.62x39 CZ-527M ten years ago, which my wife promptly claimed as her rifle. I mounted a Nikon 2x7 scope and zeroed it at 200 yards with Barnaul Golden Bear 125 grain softpoint, a good supply of which came with the rifle. I was surprised when it put five of them in 2 2/3" at 200 yards.



We were watching a crossing when a doe finally meandered within 220 yards (per Google Earth). Peggi whispered "I can take her now" so I said "Hold a little high on the shoulder and shoot." I heard her set the trigger and watch through the binos as she fired. The doe landed on her chin and kicked herself under a hedgerow, but we found her at the end of a 30 foot, excellent blood trail. You couldn't have asked for better performance from the shooter, rifle or cartridge. Shoulder pic is the exit from the Barnaul softpoint.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Looks like it did the job. I’d rather have that rifle than one of my AKs

[jnyork]

I have one in .22 Hornet, makes red mist on the prairie reliably when fed a diet of Lil Gun and 35 grain bullets, anything under 150 yards or so is meat in the pan.

From my cold dead fingers......

[Coalsmoke]

I have the CZ527 youth carbine in 30 Commie. It is a fantastic little rifle. I added the NECG rear aperture sight.

It is truly a shame they discontinued this rifle. They are beautifully made.

[Scott Tschirhart]

I just heard that they discontinued the 550 series as well.

I wonder if they were not selling enough of them?

I love the way these rifles were made.

[samsi]

Yeah, the 550 went the way of the Dodo a few years ago. Traditionally manufactured Mauser action, they couldn't build it at a competitive price point anymore.

I had one that I foolishly let go, it shot sub-MOA at 200 yards as well.

Never owned a 527 (yet), almost picked up a Hornet once but dragged my feet and someone else snagged it.

[Scott Tschirhart]

It’s just right for a .223 or 7.62x39.

[Old Savage]

Similar is the Interarms Mark X with controlled round feed and here with a small Leupold 4x. This one is .223 and very accurate.