I picked up a CZ 455 Shamrock Edition for a red-haired youngun'. I stumbled across them while wasting time over at Rimfire Central, and sent a note to Darrik at Whittaker Guns to see if he would or could get them to do a run for him. Got an answer back that it wasn't going to happen. Then it did.
Originally, 50 were made for the Irish market only. Then they made 150 each in .17 HMR and .22LR for the US market, basically because I knew the right guy to ask and wanted to get one for that little man. So it's like a factory all the way over in Czech Republic fired up and made 300 rifles just so he could have one. I really hope he appreciates that when he's old enough to receive it.
There's more to the story due to timing of major life events that makes it even more poignant, but that gets into things that are more private.
Not mine, but here's a pic of one:
https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forum...5&postcount=24