ALthough I ended up not buying the CZ3, I did resaerch it well. It is a CZ product that is made in the states as opposed to my other CZ products which are made in the Czech Republic. I believe it is the onlyCZ bolt rifle designed around the new short mags. But I have read some lukewarm reviews on this gun. I was not impressed with the groups that the reviewers got with it, And keep in mind, I am not one of those guys who think a rifle needs to shoot .40" groups to be a good hunting rifle. I think a 1" gun is a keeper. Most of the bad reviews stemmed from the fact that a rifle in that price range should be better fitted and finished. I do know that the European CZ firearms are top drawer (I own 3) and styling, fit, funtion, finish, wood, and accuracy is great. My pride and joy is a CZ427LUX with the European style stock in .22LR. It is handy, elegant, beautiful, stupidly accurate, and was only about $275.00 4 years ago. It outshoots literally ALL OF THE OTHER .22's of my hunting buddies. I think the cool thing about this company is that you can have a European madeMauser style bolt gun that is elegant and funtioanl and has alot of the same mystique of high quality European guns of days gone by....but for about the price you would buy aRem 700 for (or maybea little more).
On the other hand, your piece may shoot like the dickens and may be better finished than the ones I saw as I was lookingat the very first ones to hit OKLAHOMA.
However, do yourself a favor and check out the 550 series from CZ
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Of course if you disagree, just tell me to shutup. Sometimes I am a little to forthright