CZ 457 TARGET at Shot Show 2026

This video explores the intricacies of Olympic 10-meter air pistol shooting, demystifying the sport often seen as simple due to its lack of recoil. It highlights the extreme precision required, the specialized equipment like custom grips and electronic triggers, and the mental fortitude needed to achieve consistent high scores. The discussion emphasizes that while recoil is absent, the focus shifts entirely to raw fundamentals like trigger control, sight alignment, and breath control, making it a demanding test of accuracy and consistency.

Olympic Gold Medalist Ginny Thrasher shares her journey from starting air rifle at 14 to winning gold at the Rio Olympics. She details her progression through high school and college shooting programs, the intensity of Olympic trials, and her strategy for success in finals. Thrasher also emphasizes the importance of a written training plan for all shooters and advises aspiring Olympic-style competitors to find local clubs.

This video features Paralympic bronze medalist McKenna Dahl discussing her experience in 10-meter air rifle shooting. She highlights the extreme precision required, with targets the size of a period and bullseyes divided into tenths for decimal scoring. Dahl emphasizes the significant mental fortitude and dedicated training, including sports psychology and mindfulness, necessary to compete at an elite level, especially under pressure.

Ashley Carroll discusses her journey into competitive shotgun shooting, starting with the Scholastic Clay Target Program at age ten. She transitioned to Olympic-style shooting after meeting Kim Brody and has been competing for approximately six years. Carroll highlights the challenges of being one of the few female competitors and the personal growth derived from overcoming these obstacles. Representing the USA as a shotgun athlete is a significant honor for her, emphasizing the sport's Olympic status.

This video details the CZ 457 Target rifle, emphasizing its design for international-style rimfire target shooting. It highlights extensive adjustability in the aluminum chassis, including a three-axis adjustable forend riser, pistol grip, cheek piece, and a five-axis adjustable butt plate. The presentation also covers the rifle's cold hammer-forged barrel, match chamber, target crown, and the highly adjustable flyweight trigger mechanism, with a focus on how to fine-tune trigger settings for optimal performance.

This video introduces the CZ TS 3 Orange, a competition pistol designed for IPSC and USPSA Optics divisions. Eric Grauffel, a 10-time IPSC world champion, highlights its new universal mounting interface for direct red dot sight attachment, a crisp 700g single-action trigger, and ergonomically designed controls for enhanced performance. The pistol is presented as a high-performance, competition-ready firearm straight out of the box.

This video introduces the new CZ TS 3 Orange pistol, designed for IPSC and USPSA Limited Optics divisions. Key features include direct RDS mounting, a redesigned slide with lightening cuts, a new chroning on the bull barrel, undercut trigger guard and beaver tail, an enlarged safety, a new hammer for a crisper brake, a redesigned mag well, G10 grips, an adjustable mag release, and an ambidextrous thumb rest with shield protection. The presenter notes extensive personal use of the previous model.

This guide details how to fine-tune the CZ 457 Flyweight trigger mechanism for enhanced precision in rimfire target shooting. It covers adjustments for sear engagement, trigger weight, first stage length, trigger blade positioning, and overtravel, all accessible without removing the action from the chassis. The process utilizes included Allen keys and a flathead screwdriver for complete customization.