CZ Mach2

[Neil the Plumber]

Picked up my new CZ American walnut in Mach2.
20 inch threaded barrel.
Standard trigger.
Studs fitted
£260.00

Nice bit of wood, with a hard plastic but plate. Chequering nice and sharp. Action and barrel well blued. Triggers got a bit of creep to it but can be addressed later.

Test fired at 50meters, with the usual fire one, clean one etc. Grouping at about 3/4 inch in quite windy conditions using Hornday red tipped. Got the gun home to clean and found that the stock presses tighly against the barrel. Tried to remove a bit of the wood but still touching. i am now in the process of turning some stainless pillers ti lift the action out of the stock slightly in readyness for a bit of glass bedding. Should have this done by the week end and ready to do a bit more testing.
Also will carry out a bit of trigger group polishing to get the release a bit crisper.
Watch this space for updates on progress.
neil

[Jim O]

Good to see another HM 2 owner on here.Why the pillars to raise the action and the glass bedding.I just followed the floating advice on here before I'd even fired it while waiting for the scope to arive in the post.At first I was abit dissapointed with the reduction in creep after fitting the Brooks kit with thickest sleve but I dont notice it now.
I'll be interseted to here what you think of it out in the field and will look out for your updates.
Jim

[baz]

I get 3/4 inch at 100 yds with my CZ, takes a few boxes to run in though, I only use Remingtons, at £6 a box

Had it a couple of years, cut down to 14 inches, great little gun

HM2 is underrated IMO

[badgeroy]

Whats the difference between the 17 HMR and the HM2?

[snock]

Whats the difference between the 17 HMR and the HM2?

The HM2 has a slower MV than the HMR [2100fps] and around 80ft lb less.

[badgeroy]

Presumably quieter ?

[Spanner.]

get yourself a good amount of ammo never know when it will come unavailable, Eley were selling off there stocks of ammo some monthes ago due to lack of sales. I donot believe it will be discontinude just yet but future is not bright for tis cal at present

Eley supply the American market, can't see them stopping making it.

I have one in CZ Varmint format and prefer it to the two HMR's I have had, only really use it for rabbits out to 120 yards max and for that it is very good. Cheaper to feed, quieter and less damage. Plus a 10 shot mag in a CZ.

[Jim O]

get yourself a good amount of ammo never know when it will come unavailable, Eley were selling off there stocks of ammo some monthes ago due to lack of sales. I donot believe it will be discontinude just yet but future is not bright for tis cal at present

Norman Clarke has just done a custom rifle in Hm2 so someone has faith in the future of this caliber.
Jim

[WoodyD]

The HM2 might be a good round but i cant see why anyone who has a .22lr and a hmr would want one. I certainly would not change my hmr for one. Woodyd.

[Spanner.]

I have had HMR and HM2 and prefer the latter.

[WoodyD]

If we all had the same ideas we would all have the same guns.

[Neil the Plumber]

Done the work on the barrel. Took 5 inch off and rethreaded and crowned. Just put it over the crono and the average FPS has dropped from 1999 to 1959. Therefore a reduction in barrel length of 1 inch gives a reduction of 8 FPS.

[warbucks]

Hi Neil

Are theses crono figures using the ely blue tip rounds, i think ive read somewhere that theses produced the highest fps, i see that before you
started to shorten the barrel, 2000fps is 100fps down on the 2100fps
advertised figures, ( no disrespect intended ), im very interested in your
reviews, because ive just ordered the same gun, havent seen it yet, still
at rfd, i was told its got a 22" barrel as standed, so have you had yours cut
to 16", are you pleased with this and the gun in general, because this what
i intend doing

Thanks Dave (warbucks)