Slickest bolt action?

[FLshooter]

There used to be a Sportsmans Warehouse here in Indiana with a CZ 527 Varmint in .204 Ruger(for $479, I believe) that I used to go in and check out just because it was so satisfying to cycle the bolt. It also had some curl in the wood. If it had been an American instead of Varmint and chambered for .223(or a Grendel, but they didn’t exist), I would have bought it.

Anyway, that little 527 was the single slickest new rifle I’ve ever handled. Any rifle at all would have to go to an old Turkish M98 that looked to have seen some pretty heavy use.

I have a couple CZ 527 .223 varmints. And a CZ 550 varmint in 308.The CZ Mauser actions are pretty smooth.But,from my experience,not out of the box. After putting 100’s of rounds through my CZ rifles the action smoothed out substantially.