CZ-512

     Notes: This new rimfire rifle (introduced in 2011) is designed to provide a high-quality rimfire rifle that provides a long service life, better-than-average accuracy, and safe handling.  Operation is by blowback, like many rimfire weapons.  However, the CZ-512 has a manual safety as well as several passive safeties to guard against accidental discharge.  The iron sights provided are fully adjustable in the front and rear; the rear sight is in the “scout” position and the front is protected by a large hood.  The iron sights are designed to be easily read and adjusted.  In addition, special rails atop the receiver as well as grooving and tapping allow for the attachment of most civilian scopes.  The stock is of beech, making it a little less expensive than comparable designs; it is, however, lacquered to the point of making it look like more expensive wood.  The 20.6-inch barrel is cold hammer-forged and provides a bit of an edge in accuracy.  While the furniture is wood, most of the receiver is made from high-strength polymer, lightening weight.  Sling swivels are standard.

ZKW-561

     Notes: Though this rifle was designed by the Koucky brothers, it was manufactured by CZ.  It is a compact semiautomatic rimfire rifle which can easily be stripped and serviced without tools.  The stock of the rifle is similar to a smaller version of that on the ZK-420 battle rifle.  It has a small aperture rear sight and a blade front sight, but is meant to be used with a scope – mounting a scope is quite easy on this rifle.

     Later, the ZKW-561 was refined by CZ into the CZ-511, and sold in large numbers.  The CZ-511 has a beechwood half-stock with a refined pistol grip wrist, a two-position rear sight, and a threaded muzzle for use with a silencer or suppressor.