CZ created the 457 Varmint Synthetic at the request of customers. All metal components come with a high quality, anti-corrosion finish. Its ergonomically friendly stock is made of an extremely strong polymer with a soft-touch coating. The heavy barrel makes it an ideal choice for accurate sport shooting and hunting at medium to long distances.

Like all CZ 457s, it has an 11mm dovetail milled into the top of its receiver for attaching scope ring mounts. The stamped bottom metal of the 455 is gone, swapped for a classy two-piece interlocking system. To make scope fitment easier, CZ ditched the 90° bolt rotation in favor of 60°, allowing for larger ocular bell diameters with lower ring heights. To top it all off, the 457 now features a trigger adjustable for weight, creep and over-travel.

One thing that previous CZ rimfire platforms were lacking was an American-style push-to-fire safety — something Hunter’s Education instructors and 4-H shooting coaches have begged CZ to incorporate for years. Though that was the most obvious change, they also took the opportunity to tweak a load of small things at the same time. In addition to the receiver-mounted, push-to-fire safety, CZ chopped almost an inch of length from the action and slab-sided it to reduce its footprint and weight. With the exact same swappable barrel system as the 455 and the same reliable polymer magazine system, the 457 is without a doubt the best rimfire platform CZ has ever fielded.