CZ 455 refit project almost done...

[pklin1297]

Hello all,

Just wanted to share some pics of my recent CZ 455 refit project. Things I've done were:

1. Changed factory thinner profile barrel for the factory varmint heavy barrel.
2. Changed factory walnut stock for Boyd's laminated wood tacticool stock.
3. Pillar and skim bedded barreled action.
4. Installed new picatinny rail.
5. Painted the stock.

The stock camo paint job was not based on any templates, I was just messing around with painter's tape and Krylon. I had a few hours to spare this past weekend so I "played" with the stock; it was not meant to be anything serious or "correct" so please excuse the angles/straight lines.












All I need now is a pair of 1" medium height picatinny rings and I'll be good to go. Can't wait to shoot it!

[gotshotgun?]

so very nice

[Dattebayo]

Looks pretty nice for sure! I definitely like that oversized bolt handle you got on that.

Good looking gun!

[sando]

I like how that turned out. Is it going to be a squirrel gun?
Do you notice a big improvement in accuracy after the bedding?

[QuarterBoreGunner]

How difficult was swapping the barrel?

[Tank 57]

How difficult was swapping the barrel?

Pull action out of stock.2 set screws and barrels off.

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Pull action out of stock.2 set screws and barrels off.

Huh, I did not know this. Cool.

[pklin1297]

I like how that turned out. Is it going to be a squirrel gun?
Do you notice a big improvement in accuracy after the bedding?

Living in So. Cal., there aren't that many places we can just go out to the wild and shoot... There are tons of rabbits running around which I would love to be able to do some critter control, but alas I'd be arrest in minutes... This will be a range gun mostly.

I'll be shooting this rifle soon. It was an accurate rifle with several different ammo before this transformation, I'll see if bedding it into a different stock did anything. My gut feeling is that it will, because the factory walnut stock had a few stress points in the action and barrel channel areas causing occasional flyers if I used a bipod.

[coverme2]

Nice...thanks or sharing! What's the source of the o/s bolt lever? I like it.

[pklin1297]

Bolt knob was from Karl at kampfeldcustom.dot.com. It is his campfire series which is a great size for small rimfire rifles. Karl is a very nice person to deal with. He shipped me the knob the day after I emailed him. I had Randall from AR15barrels.dot.com install it for me; he did it while I waited.

[coverme2]

Thanks for the heads-up! I hope to do this lever mod with my 452 trainer.

[sando]

Living in So. Cal., there aren't that many places we can just go out to the wild and shoot... There are tons of rabbits running around which I would love to be able to do some critter control, but alas I'd be arrest in minutes... This will be a range gun mostly.

I'll be shooting this rifle soon. It was an accurate rifle with several different ammo before this transformation, I'll see if bedding it into a different stock did anything. My gut feeling is that it will, because the factory walnut stock had a few stress points in the action and barrel channel areas causing occasional flyers if I used a bipod.

I hear you. I walk in a local park with my girls that is home to crows...everywhere. I hate crows. I wish I could make them targets!

Sounds like you need to get some targets into the monthly rimfire contest.

[Davinho]

So why did you only bed the area immediately around the pillars? I'm getting tired of waiting for the Tacticool models to arrive and will likely be doing something similar with a Varmint model in the next month or so. And where did those pillars come from? They look like a better choice than the lamp rod I used last time.

[pklin1297]

I've only bedded at the front lug and rear tang locations on all my rifles. Some prefer to bed the sides of the action as well to ensure that the action installs in the same location all the time, but as is right now, the bedding in the front and rear locations will make that happen, and any effects on accuracy, if any, is negligible. Also, since the 455 does not have a front recoil lug, I bed the first inch or so of the barrel from the action to give it a bit more support and alignment.

These pillars are the same ones that come with McMillan or Manners stocks. The stock was drilled for them, and the pillars were shortened on my gunsmith's vertical mill to the required length, and then the front relief cut was done. The inner diameter of the pillar are quite a bit bigger than the 6mm action screws which is good because you don't want the screws touching the inside of the pillar walls... I had originally gone with the lamp rod, copper bushing pillar idea, and even bought them, but after seeing what my gunsmith can provide I decided to do it his way. Might seem overkill to some people...

[pklin1297]

Finally got scope mounted after getting the rings of correct height...