Help. I want an accurate 22 LR rifle.

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Front rests were allowed in certain catagories, as far as rear rest might as well have a robot shoot the gun for you if you are just gonna only have to pull the the trigger.

The idea is to shoot the rifle as accurately as possible to demonstrate the accuracy of the rifle compared to other rifles. Otherwise how do you know which rifle is accurate or not. I also shoot sporting clays. That is pretty much a shooter comparison. It depends on what you are trying to do. A bench doesn't help some guys.
 
Put the Freedom EFR back on the CZ. I dislike grooved receivers.
But a DIP rail and low rings would be kinda ugly.
Plus Burris Signature Zee's are not available in low.
I have some reg Zee meds, which are slightly lower than Signatures.
But I won't drop my scope in steel rings unless they have the inserts.

So alloy .22 rings it is.

Waiting on med Sig Zee mattes for my Steyr Pro Hunter.
Took the 2-7X VX1 off the 10/22 fingergroove, indeed the low alloy rings allow bolt clearance on the Steyr, so I thought briefly about shooting it.
But the smaller scope, 32mm front, looked too small on the rifle.

My overall .22 rifle, Steyr accessory frustration just about had me order the 30mm Burris 1.5-6X and snag the Droptine 4.5-14X AO from the shop.
Grab the target 10/22 and dump the CZ and fingergroove LOL.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (In Charlie's Lucy pulls the football voice)

Got rifles out, bag/bipod. Rounding up ammo. Get it all set to hit the range bright and early tomorrow.
Rimfire Sport and Custom doesn't have GM blued 20" sporter bbls in stock or I'd have bought one today.
That stupid little rifle feels so good. It makes a 10/22 not feel cheap.

No more gun work tonight. Getting low sun, house lighting not the best. My eyes get crappy when pupils get too big.
Don't need the risk, hassle .............time to leave everything along.

Miss my old basement bench with killer lighting. Could work on stuff all night.
 
A couple of very accurate .22LR rifles: Top...Win 52C. Bottom, Rem 40X. Both wore Weaver 36X scopes, though the one on the bottom had a multiplier eyepiece. The 40X shot 3 Benchrest targets one match that were 250-15X, 250-12X, 249-18X. (The only miss was on the last shot.)
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That year ended my foray into Unlimited rimfire benchrest competition and as Match Director. All good things usually come to an end. I was very lucky to find a great guy to take over.
 
You're lucky to enter the fray these days. The first thing needed is a great barrel. Ruger barrels of any configuration are hit-or-miss. If you have a good heavy-barrelled one, stick with it for now.

Next thing is to make sure the action is working properly to assure accuracy. Careful grinding on a "fixed-in-place" belt-sander took my boltface down to minimize headspace to "rim thickness" and perfectly-mated to the barrel. That's not a chore for the "faint at heart".

Smoothing/grinding the cocking handle so it didn't bind in the bolt slot was instrumental in avoiding "first-shot-flyers", (which I'm credited with eliminating).

The firing pin is a major consideration. Today, I'd just purchase one from a reputable company, but being a tinkerer, I re-shaped the original to cause the top to miss ammo rims and accentuate impact below it to fan the flame out, for better ignition.

I could go on, but my notes are on several websites, including RimfireCentral.com.

Good luck with your project!
 
One of my 3- Kidd Supergrade 22s 5 shot groups. They all shoot this well at 40 yards. There are some other good ones out there for a lot less money that could probably shoot as well. Good luck.

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I recently bought a CZ 455 American on line for a very good price. After receiving it and looking it over, it is a very nice rifle. The stock has pretty grain and fugure. It's fit and finish is too notch. The only thing to really fuss about as far as for and finish go, would be the trigger guard. I found a nice milled and blued one in line. I also have a Timmey trigger coming for it too. With these two items, it will make this little .22 every bit as good and pretty as some of the high end .22 bolt guns out there for a lot less money. The shooting i have done with it so far show it is a real tack driver. It shoots as well as a buddies Anschutz and has much better wood. For what you pay for a CZ and what you get, you get a lot of gun for the money. You can buy the gun and put a few things on it, and there are lots of after market parts out there for them, and have a very nice high end .22 bolt gun. The .22 bore guide in my bore sighted set will not go in the barrel. They have a tight bore and chamber, they are well made and look nice out of the box. I think they compare and compete well with the more expensive .22 bolt guns out there. With cci standard velocity, I get under 1" groups at 50 yards off sand bags. The CZ's are well worth looking into. Go on line and read, there isn't much bad written about them. They may not be one hole target guns but I bet with just a little work and a few things added, they can give a good one hole gun all it wants.
 
Wolf Match Extra has yielded 50 yard five shot groups in the .2’s from my 453 Varminter. The Varminter came with a single set trigger which eliminated the need for any aftermarket one
 
Wolf Match Extra has yielded 50 yard five shot groups in the .2’s from my 453 Varminter. The Varminter came with a single set trigger which eliminated the need for any aftermarket one
I am late to the game on the CZ's. I am just wanting a nice .22 the will shoot minute of squirrel at 40-50 yards. I just got the 455 American for light weight but what this gun has showed me so far, it has lots of potential. They are a lot better and shoot better than what the price would lead one to believe. They are hit or miss on wood but I got lucky on my wood. The trigger guard is stamped, sand blasted, steel, at least it is steel and not plastic. The trigger on mine would be fine but a good light, crisp trigger would put it over the too. I believe it will be a fine woods and range gun. People talk about the barrel being pinned but if you look anschutz pins the barrel in their guns also. So that tells me it's not that bad of a set up. The CZ just is a lot of gun for the money. In my opinion it has everything in that price range beat by miles. It has a very tight bore, the reciever is made very thick, it doesn't have the give and flex as some of the others do. The wood is nice and finished good. Right out of the box, they are shooters and with just a little work they can be very fine guns. If it wasn't something to them, there would not be the aftermarket parts available for them. They are definitely worth a look.
 
I have a CZ 455 and it does OK. Is not fantastic right from the box.
Hasn't been shot much so may get better with time.
Luckily, it has plenty of wood, so I can sand it for better feel.

The wrist is a bit thick IMHO.
The gun just misses it in overall feel.

My 10/22 SP is wonderful feeling, but shoots like crap.

My 541T HB...........was OK............but hated that little bolt handle and crap plastic mag.
Best so far overall, was my Anschutz 141.
It shot great. Felt great, except for that long trigger take up.
That was why I sold it. Adjusting that out got the bolt stop too low.
Shoulda had a slightly longer one made and kept it.

The perfect hunting .22 rifle......................

Rem 572,552,511 and 513T-HB........nice but nope.
Ruger DSP, standard, SP and target build.............the SPC was the one. But too collectible to really risk afield.
Anschutz 64M, 141, 184............
the 184 was pretty cool (Flobert 2 action) but too light overall.
It had a more "normal" trigger.
Marlin 20, 880..............no thanks.
Win 9422................or Marlin 39A...................pass.

The CZ 455 with a better stock might be doable.
Or a 10/22 SP that's been tweaked.

Am pretty much sick and tired of not having a good shooting and feeling rifle out of the box.
Shame a guy has to pay 500 plus for something decent.

Might as well add another 500 and get something nice.
 
In another thread I found out that CZ uses some type of preservative in the bore that affects the first 50-100 shots unless scrubbed out

My CZ .204 was giving 5-6” groups. The 453 was better but not a lot
 
SK match does .5 at 25 yards, with about 50 rounds through the gun.
Hopefully when shot in, it does that at 50 yards.
I have a 10/22 that shoots sub .5" at 50 yards w match ammo.
But it is a tank. Went w tapered match bbl to save some weight, still ended up more than what I wanted.

The CZ does OK with CCI Blazer could hunt w that at 25 yards.
Nothing fantastic.........well, would be if compared to my other 10/22. LOL
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I was thrilled with that performance (was repeatable).
Standard V CCI and Minimag or Blazer.........not as good.
Like an inch at 50, or bigger.

Match ammo made it shoot (match chamber, not the Stinger chamber GM offers on some bbls).

The gun shoots like I want (sub .5" at 50 yds).
Problem is it's heavier than I wanted.
And the stock has a vertical grip, which is great from the bench but sucks for the field.

Bummed.
 
At some point a fella gets tired of messing with stuff.
Just wants to pull a .22rf out of the safe and shoot pesky red squirrels in the noggin.

There............the CZ proly gets the nod.
Pulled mine from the safe..............not a looker compared to the fingergroove.
But at least it seems to want to shoot.
And I haven't done crap to it.

Will move the 2-7X VX1 onto the CZ tomorrow when I can see.
 
My CZ 455 has a wood stock.
Already got a couple safe dings. P*ssed me off.
But it's the beech or whatever, not checkered walnut.
Guess it'll do for hunting.
Kinda like the hog back stock.
Wish they did that in a synth.
 
Any CZ bolt gun. They don't leave the factory unless they pass CZ's accuracy standard. You get a test target with every rifle you buy from them. When is the last time you got a test target from Ruger?

Someone here was complaining about a Ruger bolt .22 getting 8 inch groups at 25 yards
 
Upgrade a 10/22 been there done that.

Check out this thread from 2005. Didn't cost much in 2005 dollars. You don't have to spend a ton of money.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/ruger-10-22-transformation.131138/#post-1613719

We're still shooting this rifle and its still a tack driver -- recently we've been having fun with it lobbing standard velocity (sub-sonic) ammo at steel plates 200 yards away, I'm sure it'd hit 'em at 300, but we don't have enough headroom among the trees for the bullets to arc as at 200 yards the hold over is like 8 MIL with a 25 yard zero.
 
There are no 10/22's in my safe now.
Only one in the house is my ol lady's.

Now to pimp out my CZ455.
Looking for a scope base, not a fan of grooved receivers.
Yanked the Burris alloy .22 rings and Leupold Freedom EFR off.

Have the 2-7X from the 10/22 to use.
The swivel studs are a little too narrow for reg Uncle Mikes swivels.
Proly yank those and use reg US type.
The factory loops went into the trash can.
 
10/22 LVT model 1234 or 1235 IF you can find one. Trigger clean up and you're ready to go.
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Neat thread. Shot my 455 side by side with a friends 10/22 at 300 yards today. His has a trigger job. Mine has a trigger job. For the most part when it comes to 22 lr ammo REALLY matters.. a lot... the CZ can cut the 10/22 groups by 1/2 no matter the distance or ammo. Day in and day out the CZ is easier to to get accuracy out of. Dropping another 3 Bills into a 10/22 still leaves you with a 10/22. 20190703_111827.jpg wolf match target:
 
There have been several threads in the recent past dealing with this.
A RIMFIRE PROVE IT thread I started after listening to the bickering on another "I want a good .22 thread". Interesting but expected results. No cheap basic rifle shooting crap ammo came through shining. A variety of decent rifles shooting decent ammo posted good results.
The RIMFIRE CHALLENGE thread had most of the usual shooters doing well shooting decent rifles with decent ammo.

As a NRA Rifle Instructor and Competitor in various fields I can say I've seen inexpensive rifles in accomplished shooters hands do OK.
I've also seen good rifles in inexperienced hand do poorly.
More so I've seen good rifles in accomplished shooters hands do very well. :thumbup:
 
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