Well I picked the 452 Training Rifle up today from my dealer. I am very pleased but for one thing...
The rear tangent sight leaf has too much play left to right in its housing. The sample target seems to reflect that , though I'm sure it is in spec. I know there are tolerances on any and everything produced (I work in the Engineering Department where I work and deal with them on a daily basis) so this is a case of tolerance stack IMO. If you grab the rear sight and move it from side to side, it probably moves between 1/64 & 1/32". Not significant for some things buy crazy significant with respect to a rear sight.
No I will not be sending it into CZ for evaluation/repair. I plan on removing the sight leaf and soft soldering a thin piece of brass on one side, drill a hole thru the brass for the pin and then file the brass shim until I have a nice tight (but moveable) fit between the leaf and housing. Not a particularly involved repair but one that should not be needed on a CZ...a Taurus maybe but not a CZ.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I found this for sale NIB but dissapointed that I just can't take it out and count on it to hit consistently once sighted in. Any bump of the rear sight and any hope of consistency flies out the window.
I wanted to shoot this rifle this coming weekend but not sure I will be able to get to the repair before then. Actually I don't think I'll be able to rest until I get it done before Saturday...I'll post when finished. If motivated enough I might take pictures of the repair and post them in this thread..... Time will tell.
