Just noticed lots of CZ 527 rifles are discontinued

[carbonbased]

Some versions of the 527 discontinued

https://www.czub.cz/en/news/new-products-in-2021 Under discontinued products, "Due to production capacity, we've decided to discontinue a few of our models...........Production of several rifle models has also ceased. The complete list of discontinued models are listed below."...

www.rimfirecentral.com

https://www.czub.cz/download/2873/cz-catalogue-2021.pdf (p.69)

I’m really late to this party.

The CZ usa web site still shows a bunch still available, but I belatedly discovered they’re discontinuing a whole bunch of calibers. See the links in the top link and look in the Euro catalog. Rumblings of some big new offering? Push-feed only?

Along with CZ, Tikka stopped offering 204s, definitely in the the US and maybe worldwide? (Still shows up as a filtering option on their main site but not in their Selector site). And to the best of my knowledge Tikka’s never offered a 17 or 22 Hornet, which to me at least always seemed like a natural fit for them. Maybe they don’t like rimmed cases.

In the US, in 204 now there’s only Ruger, Savage, Thompson Center, Browning, and I think Howa and probably some small or boutique brands like Cooper. I’m unsure of the status of Remington production.

If CZ doesn’t import their thumbhole 17 Hornet there will be only Ruger and Savage.

I cannot believe CZ stopped making a 22 Hornet! Thank god I can still buy it in a Savage .

I’m sure I’ve missed some offerings, like in the Euro guns, like Anschutz and Weihrauch. Let us know what you find.

I’m glad I have this area already covered, but what the heck? I guess there’s only room in this big world for 22 LR, 223, 6.5 manbun and 30Hate. Kidding! (sob!)

I understand the law of supply and demand.

I’m posting this to inform and for the like-minded to commiserate, not for a spellbinding macro-economics soliloquy from the peanut gallery. (But I still you up there in the nose-bleed seats)

 

[Mr. Z]

 

[spife7980]

I know I know, peanuts... but Im surprised they offered any hornets at all for this long.

Shot my first deer with my grandmothers stevens 22 hornet, its the only hornet Ive taken notice of having seen in person. Ammo is stupid expensive for that little thing for the one box we buy every 5 years.

The 204s kind of surprise me just based on prairie dogs etc but even those I dont see much of other than my cousins that never gets shot.

 

[carbonbased]

I’ll preemptively post some peanuts:

“What’s the problem? Buy some dies and reload. Everyone likes to hang out alone in the basement for hours staring downwards.”

“Haters gonna hate. Nuthing wrong with Savage or Ruger (except for their shitty 17 & 22 Hornet bolts).”

 

[nikonNUT]

Well, per CZ-USA these are still availble...

1. CZ 527 American, .223 Rem.
2. CZ 527 American, 7.62x39
3. CZ 527 American, 6.5 Grendel
4. CZ 527 American, .204 Ruger
5. CZ 527 American, .22 Hornet
6. CZ 527 American, .17 Hornet

But IDK...

 

[carbonbased]

Well, per CZ-USA these are still availble...

1. CZ 527 American, .223 Rem.
2. CZ 527 American, 7.62x39
3. CZ 527 American, 6.5 Grendel
4. CZ 527 American, .204 Ruger
5. CZ 527 American, .22 Hornet
6. CZ 527 American, .17 Hornet

But IDK...

Yeah, I alluded to the fact that CZ USA’s website is not current in the original post. If you read the stuff I linked to, you’ll see what I’m talking about.

 

[carbonbased]

Here’s what I’m talking about. The below came from the bottom half of this page, which was linked to in that Rimfirecentral link:

NEW PRODUCTS IN 2021

www.czub.cz

 

[sgtsmmiii]

Pouring all of that money into Colt to get them back up and running probably drained their bank account. LOL.

 

[Kocher]

well good information boys..
It does not surprise me when a manufacture can’t keep up with the basic calibers let alone the more exclusive calibers they dump the ones that are selling the least couple that with the fact that 17 hornet casings are made by one manufacture. and I’m not gonna go out and spend a dollar or $1.50 a case when it almost does exactly the same thing as a 223