CZ 527 Varmint scope mounting recommendations

Here is my 527 Varmint with a Vortex Viper 6.5-20x44 in CZ 30-mm rings. You can check the specs of the scope and compare to your Leupold but there is plenty of clearance everywhere even with the standard bolt handle. I have been casually looking for a lower set of rings but haven't yet acquired any.

I have the CZ 527 Varmint in .223. I have the Leupold VX-R 30mm tube scope. I tried the picatinny rail, but then just ordered the rings from CZ.
The picatinny rail was just too high.

I use factory CZ rings on mine. I certainly would like to mount the scope lower. The CZ rings are pretty nice, but also more expensive than some.

I also have one of the CZ527 Varmints in .223 - I used a set of Warne Maxima permanent rings (they make 'em for the CZ) and mounted a Bushnell Elite 4200 6-24x40ao scope. I like the Warne rings as they are steel and I also like the vertical split rings.

Funny how a rifle that shoots so well limits your ability to scope it. I have a CZ527 Carbine and same issue. Hard to mount the scope low.

dh1633pm said:

Funny how a rifle that shoots so well limits your ability to scope it. I have a CZ527 Carbine and same issue. Hard to mount the scope low.

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One key with CZs is to select a scope that will allow the low mounting. This is especially the case on the CZs with hog-back stocks, and dictates that the ocular bell can't be overly large (the way a lot of modern scopes are) and to a lesser extent, the objective bell can't be overly large. And the scope can't be too long.

Speaking of 527 Carbines, the Burris Fullfield II 4.5-14x42 will clear the bolt and the rear sight, and even with the tallish CZ rings allow a pretty good cheek weld by my standards (the rings in the photo below aren't CZ, but are just a tiny bit lower than the CZ rings). The Carbine has a pretty straight stock so lowest-possible mounting isn't nearly as critical to me as it is with other CZs that have more drop at the comb.

I had an issue with scope mounting my CZ 527. I wanted to mount a Vortex Viper PST 6-24x50 (30mm) tube and tried using the standard rail. Worked great with low rings, but found that I needed to crank the elevation right up to get on paper at 100m. I had 5 mil left over which for a .223 which wasn't much use as I like to take it out to ~600m on occasion.

So I bought the Warne rings specifically for a CZ rail. I bought the medium height rings but found the bolt was hitting the zoom ring upon extraction of a round. I exchanged for a set of high rings which just have enough clearance, see pics below. I still have a small issue with leftover elevation but I'll just have to live with this. You will also need a cheek riser since the scope is now quite high. I got the one in the link below. You can adjust the velcro depending on length of pull. I put some foam below the cheek rest to rise it up a little more and it feels great now.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EJOKC1K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My rifle is the Varmint Kevlar model, so it comes with the Varmint profile barrel. It is likely that you have the standard sporter barrel.

I have a 4-14x50 VX-L on my CZ 527 using the standard CZ rings. If you're not familiar, it is notched out on the bottom side. I don't think the standard 50mm would clear

I like the Warne Maxima options for rifles that have non-picatinny rails. My only reason is that they are cheaper than CZ or Leupold options, and seem to do the job just fine. Their customer service also rocks - I lost a 30mm ring for my CZ550 and after contacting them about ordering a replacement, they sent a whole new set for free!

I know I'll be a customer of theirs for a long time.

I have owned a few CZ's and they all had the same problem when mounting, for example, a scope with a 40mm objective. The bolt would hit the scope long before you could get it reasonably low. But if you mounted a 50mm objective it works pretty good and the CZ medium rings worked for me. They are pricey. I always thought that perhaps CZ had the more common European 50mm objective in mind.

If the eye level of the scope works for you that is all that matters. The CZ's always lined up well from the stock/cheekweld.

People usually assume that lower is better and that is not always true. The way the rifle shoulders and aligns to your eye is what matters. The secondary benefit of a higher mounted scope is that the arc of the bullet passes thru the los of the scope a little further away. You can use that to extend your usable point blank range several yards.