CZ-527 scope options? I don't want to buy it twice...

FYI: if you can live with non-magnification, Natchez is liquidating some final Weaver stock. They have their Philippine-made Kaspa 1x20mm for only $50 -- I just ordered a pair while they're still available. The Kaspa series I've looked at seemed like pretty good value for the money.

https://www.natchezss.com/weaver-kaspa-hunting-series-rifle-scopes-1x20mm-88-4-13-matte.html

 

Am I just having a bad day, or a brain fart? What purpose is served by a 1x scope?

Plus, I’m not trying to pick on you Dave.

 

I'm betting it's easier to line up the sights on target since the target is in the same focal plane as the crosshairs. Probably pretty nice in a short range hunting situation with aging eyes.

 

Fair question cmb1 -- absolutely no offense taken.

What he just said -- it beats having to use the shooting glasses in my avatar in order to see both the sights and target clearly.

Also, and I have no hard data on this, I find the image through even a 1x scope with a 20mm objective a bit brighter than with my set of MkI eyeballs. Maybe it's just my imagination or maybe it's something to do the multi-coated lenses.

Whether you can live with just 1x for your intended purposes when you have other choices is another matter entirely -- lack of popularity is probably why these are on sale. A 1x scope would have been a vast improvement over irons in our great-grandparents, but today 1-4x variables have understandably more appeal.

Low-to-non-magnified optics were and still are a big deal in the military sphere, BTW. It started with things like the WWI Zeiss Bifocal sight, the 1x scope on the EM-2 bullpup, Nydar reflex shotgun sight and Geman ZF-41 1.5x and gradually morphed into today's red dot sights. Check out the conclusions at the end of this video:

 

Got it. I figured the reason was one sighting plane instead of two with irons but I wasn’t quite sure. I get confused easily, it threw me for a huge loop when they switched Darren’s on Bewitched.

 

Could be worse -- the @$#%*&^ California sales tax was more than shipping!

 

As a data point;

My old 527's bolt won't clear the ocular on anything mounted low(yes I know there's a replacement available),so instead of mounting a 1-4X20 which would be entirely adequate...... it's got a 3-10X50. That's how big the objective can be with this factory bolt handle.

Further,the rings are factory and handle barely clears with the above scope. But,the factory irons are SO nice/fun on this 223 that more often than not,there's NO glass on top.

 

*** guys the rings I bought came in today and they were were too big for the rifle.

Lol I explicitly said I did not want to buy this twice.

 

When you wrote that you ordered Warne 1" Medium Rings, the correct models for the CZ 527 16mm base dovetail should be one of these two:

https://www.opticsplanet.com/warne-1-pa-cz-527-16mm-dovetail-medium-riflescope-rings.html

https://www.opticsplanet.com/warne-rifle-scope-1-quick-detach-cz-527-16mm-medium-rings.html

Did your rings come in package marked with either of these designations? If not, an exchange is in order -- Warne makes rings for several other base types, and even their own website can be confusing. (Man, their QD's have gotten pricey!)

If the retailer gives you grief, I have two spare sets of CZ 527 rings you're welcome to pick from -- PM me for details.

 

Dave, I thought the 527 was a 16mm base and the 550 was 19mm. Am I incorrect?

 

Nope, you are correct and I was wrong -- I even went and checked with a metric caliper to make sure and then corrected my reply to match. Thanks for spotting my error before it led to even more confusion!

 

I have 2 CZs in 7.62x39 and 1 in 6.5 Grendel because of eye problems standard rings don't give enough eye relief I found that the picatiny rail mount works best for me. 3 to 9 power on the 7.62s and a 4 to18 Athlon on the 6.5

 

They’ve done it for me.

 

i have put several scopes on my cz527. I settled on a 1.5-4.5 Bushnell that works really well. I use the Warne QD rings. Personally i think they are overpriced but they work well. I have 2 other 527's both Lux model in 22Hornet and 223. I use 2-8 diamondback on both of them and it is a good size. I had it on the 762x39 and i liked it on that as well. Since all mine have iron sights I have taken off the scopes and reattached them and the CZ factory rings still hold zero.
Just a weird tidbit I though I would share