CZ 452

About the CZ 452

The CZ 452 is a Czech magazine-fed bolt-action rimfire rifle that first appeared in 1954 as a development of the earlier ZKM-451 training rifle designed by the Koucky brothers at Zbrojovka Brno. Built on a two-lug bolt with a carbon-steel barrel threaded into the receiver, it was offered for decades in numerous configurations chambered for .22 LR, .22 WMR, .17 HM2 and .17 HMR, fed from 5- or 10-round detachable box magazines. Prized for its accuracy, adjustable trigger and traditional walnut or beech stocks, it became one of the most popular rimfire training and sporting rifles in the world before most variants were discontinued in 2011 in favor of the modular CZ 455.

Descended from the post-war ZKM training rifles built to teach Czechoslovak conscripts marksmanship, the CZ 452 grew into a global rimfire icon. Generations of shooters cut their teeth on its crisp adjustable trigger and walnut stock, and its reputation for out-of-the-box accuracy made it the rifle many first learned to shoot with.

CZ 452 specifications

Receiver carries an integral 11mm dovetail rather than a Picatinny rail. Sold in the United States by CZ-USA. Total Uhersky Brod production reached roughly 1.17 million rifles.