I was messing around a couple of towns over, running some errands and thought I would look for some ammo at the local hardware stores, that also carry the stuff. I was not disappointed as no one had any! On my 3rd and final stop, I decided to take a stroll down to their gun counter.
I swear, I heard a chorus of angels singing and a beam of light shown down to highlight one particular rifle in the rack! All I saw was fiddleback and feather crotch wood. Then I noticed the sticker on the stock, "CZ"! I was hoping it was a .22 or .22 WMR (I would have picked it up, even if it wasn't!). I asked to see it and it was even more impressive. I asked if they had any others in the back. He brought out a couple more for me to see. One was pretty plain with a little figure in the butt. The other was a real fence post!
I told him to start the paperwork! I forgot I had left the wife in the car! She went to the garden center and filled the back up. I didn't even care and we both drove off with smiles on our faces!
I finally hit the "Wood Lottery", without having to pay an arm & a leg!
CZ 457 LUX in .22LR... just what I was hoping for! The pix don't begin to show how awesome it is in person! Seriously... dollar for dollar... is there anyone out there, right now, that can beat CZ?! All this and around ~$550!
PS: I took it out a couple of days ago and it shoots as good as it looks, even with me and the open sites and my poor (old) eyesite!