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I recently picked up a new CZ 527 in .223/5.56 from Buds. Ordering sight-unseen,and having never handled one before, I didn't fully know what to expect. I was a little afraid it would feel TOO tiny and lightweight, but it doesn't at all, it feels very well proportioned, and shoulders up very nicely.The walnut stock looks outstanding, with a nice amount of flame and figuring ( not nearly as plain as on the CZ452 I got from them a couple years ago) , the recessed crown is also a nice touch. This is also my first experience with a set trigger, and me and my buddies all liked that a lot, though it took some getting used to.
Anyway, before scoping it, I took it to a shooting buddy's house to test out the iron sights. I gave the mag innerds and the bolt a spray of Rem-Oil, and loaded 5 rounds of Lake City xm193, and tried to chamber a round, and it promptly jammed up on me. After considerable fiddling, we tried loading with only 3 or 4 rounds, and often got better results, but it was still pretty sticky, and would occasionally jam.
By "jam", I mean the round seems to slam into the feed ramp but doesn't slide into the chamber. I think the only times it's chambered consistently have been with only one or two rounds in the magazine.
I'm wondering if I could have magazine issues, or if it's likely a problem at the feed ramp? Or, is this simply a break-in issue? Or something else entirely? I also notice that it (sometimes) respondes to more force, but that doesn't feel right. I'm used to the gentle,smooth cycling of my Tikka .308, but so far,this rifle doesn't seem to respond to that too well.
After installing a Bushnell 4200 Elite 3-9x40 that I already had lying around, my buddies and I took turns shooting from a sandbag rest on our host's porch, with targets at exactly 50 yards. We were mostly shooting at a sheet of carboard covered with those orange or black nickel-sized decals that come on the edges of those big decal targets from wal-mart,or small circles drawn with a sharpie pen. The 554 gr. xm193 was generally giving us respectable little groups. One freind shot a particularly tight group and asked again if that was really just mil-spec surplus stuff, happily surprised at the results he was getting.
But then, just for heck of it, expecting nothing at all, I pulled out a box of 62 grain Silver Bear that I had left over from my Mini-14 phase, and that stuff was incredible !! I was pretty consistently putting 3-round groups completely inside the nickel-sized decals. I had expected the 1/12 twist barrel to not respond too well to the heavier 62gr. ammo, and I sure didn't expect the steel cased Rusky stuff to noticably outperform my 'Merican brass-cased stuff, but this rifle seemd to really like it a lot, which is cool, 'cause I think i have about 20+ boxes left.
So anyway, if anyone can offer any enlightement or advice on my chambering issues, I'd really appreciate it........
Anyway, before scoping it, I took it to a shooting buddy's house to test out the iron sights. I gave the mag innerds and the bolt a spray of Rem-Oil, and loaded 5 rounds of Lake City xm193, and tried to chamber a round, and it promptly jammed up on me. After considerable fiddling, we tried loading with only 3 or 4 rounds, and often got better results, but it was still pretty sticky, and would occasionally jam.
By "jam", I mean the round seems to slam into the feed ramp but doesn't slide into the chamber. I think the only times it's chambered consistently have been with only one or two rounds in the magazine.
I'm wondering if I could have magazine issues, or if it's likely a problem at the feed ramp? Or, is this simply a break-in issue? Or something else entirely? I also notice that it (sometimes) respondes to more force, but that doesn't feel right. I'm used to the gentle,smooth cycling of my Tikka .308, but so far,this rifle doesn't seem to respond to that too well.
After installing a Bushnell 4200 Elite 3-9x40 that I already had lying around, my buddies and I took turns shooting from a sandbag rest on our host's porch, with targets at exactly 50 yards. We were mostly shooting at a sheet of carboard covered with those orange or black nickel-sized decals that come on the edges of those big decal targets from wal-mart,or small circles drawn with a sharpie pen. The 554 gr. xm193 was generally giving us respectable little groups. One freind shot a particularly tight group and asked again if that was really just mil-spec surplus stuff, happily surprised at the results he was getting.
But then, just for heck of it, expecting nothing at all, I pulled out a box of 62 grain Silver Bear that I had left over from my Mini-14 phase, and that stuff was incredible !! I was pretty consistently putting 3-round groups completely inside the nickel-sized decals. I had expected the 1/12 twist barrel to not respond too well to the heavier 62gr. ammo, and I sure didn't expect the steel cased Rusky stuff to noticably outperform my 'Merican brass-cased stuff, but this rifle seemd to really like it a lot, which is cool, 'cause I think i have about 20+ boxes left.
So anyway, if anyone can offer any enlightement or advice on my chambering issues, I'd really appreciate it........
