Product Description
With a premium walnut stock and decorative forend tip, the Royal definitely plays the part! Intended for use with a scope, it has a high, flat American-style comb and no sights, while its forend is especially long, giving it an attractive look that harkens back to early rimfire rifles. The Royal can be had with a 16.5'' barrel or a 20.5'' barrel, both threaded 1/2×20 (a European standard).
If we were to pick one
thing that our previous rimfire platforms were lacking, it was an
American-style push-to-fire safety ? something Hunter?s Education
instructors and 4-H shooting coaches have begged us to incorporate for
years. Though that was the most obvious change, we also took the
opportunity to tweak a load of small things at the same time. In
addition to the receiver-mounted, push-to-fire safety, we chopped almost
an inch of length from the action and slab-sided it to reduce its
footprint and weight.
The stamped bottom metal of the 455 is gone,
swapped for a classy two-piece interlocking system. To make scope
fitment easier, we ditched the 90° bolt rotation in favor of 60°,
allowing for larger ocular bell diameters with lower ring heights. To
top it all off, the 457 now features a trigger adjustable for weight,
creep and over-travel.
With the exact same swappable barrel system as
the 455 and the same reliable polymer magazine system, the 457 is
without a doubt the best rimfire platform we?ve ever fielded.
Chambering: .22 LR
Rate Of Twist: 1:16 in
Magazine Capacity: 5
Magazine Type: Detachable
Stock: Turkish Walnut with Decorative Tip
Sights: No Sights, Integrated 11mm Dovetail
Barrel: Cold Hammer Forged
Barrel Length: 16.5 in
Overall Length: 28 in
Weight: 5.95 lbs
Trigger Mech: Adjustable
Safety: Two-Position, Push-To-Fire