The_Next_Generation
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So I went out for some shooting this past Sunday. Its been 70F and Sunny for a couple weeks, and I finally got a day to myself to spend out in the field (literally).
I have ~4,500 rounds through my CZ 452 Trainer, but have never taken it beyond 200m (the maximum range the tangent sight can be set for). The rifle is totally stock, but the action has definitely smoothed out A LOT since I first got it. I've been considering one of the ghost-ring inserts for the rear sight and a yo-dave trigger kit, but haven't gotten around to them yet. Anyway, I set up a ~2/3 IPSC torso (roughly 18" high by 12" wide) and proceeded to walk away with a pocketful of Winchester M22 bulk. The rear sight was on the 200m setting. I used a Garmin eTrex 10 GPS to estimate distance +/- 3yd.
Short first-person video of one of the warm-up shots here
~233yd: (From sitting) Difficult, but not too bad. I started out holding way too high, maybe 2ft over the head of the target. But I found that if I held on the top of the 18" high plate, the rounds would connect center of mass-ish.
~255yd: (From sitting) Slightly more challenging, but again, most of it is just figuring out where to hold. I think I was holding maybe ~2ft over the target when I finally got some hits. Slight breezes were really becoming an issue. I also had to remember that my rifle shoots just a tad right.
~285yd: (From prone - no bag, just my elbows in the dirt) Pretty hard, but not like it was at 301. Maybe 3-4ft hold over? Pretty good success, but not nearly as good as 255 and closer.
~301yd: (Tried sitting, but failed. Planted elbows again.) WOW
Extremely difficult. I was recording video of my attempts thus far, but when I had no success after 15 rounds at this range I turned the camera off. Of course, thats when I got 3 hits in a row :banghead: I was holding something like 5 or 6 feet over the target. Lots of rounds were really close! I didn't struggle with the wind much at all as by now things had really calmed down. Shots were usually low, directly in front of the plate.
Anyway, what I'm trying to show here is that the 22lr is plenty capable of hitting less-than-torso sized targets beyond 200 yards. Although I show a picture of the rifle resting on a backpack, all of my long-range shooting with the 22lr was from practical positions with no support other than what Icould get from my knees and/or the ground. If you have a 22, definitely try stretching its legs! You might be suprised at what you and your rifle can do.
I probably could have hit more if I had a scope, bipod, bag, etc. But what's the fun in that? Way more satisfying to score hits the old-fashioned way
And now for some pics! Eastern Washington State is a beautiful part of the country.
The drive in before dropping into the range in the ravine to the left:
One of my favorite rifles of all time, the CZ 452 Trainer:
Getting warmed up at 185 yards. The steel plate is at the bottom of the blonde hill in the center of the frame, but its out of focus:
Somehow I managed to grab only CZ rifles on the way out the door who can blame me when they make such fine pieces:
Obligatory sunset pic. CZ550 American and my noble fun-mobile:
I have ~4,500 rounds through my CZ 452 Trainer, but have never taken it beyond 200m (the maximum range the tangent sight can be set for). The rifle is totally stock, but the action has definitely smoothed out A LOT since I first got it. I've been considering one of the ghost-ring inserts for the rear sight and a yo-dave trigger kit, but haven't gotten around to them yet. Anyway, I set up a ~2/3 IPSC torso (roughly 18" high by 12" wide) and proceeded to walk away with a pocketful of Winchester M22 bulk. The rear sight was on the 200m setting. I used a Garmin eTrex 10 GPS to estimate distance +/- 3yd.
Short first-person video of one of the warm-up shots here
~233yd: (From sitting) Difficult, but not too bad. I started out holding way too high, maybe 2ft over the head of the target. But I found that if I held on the top of the 18" high plate, the rounds would connect center of mass-ish.
~255yd: (From sitting) Slightly more challenging, but again, most of it is just figuring out where to hold. I think I was holding maybe ~2ft over the target when I finally got some hits. Slight breezes were really becoming an issue. I also had to remember that my rifle shoots just a tad right.
~285yd: (From prone - no bag, just my elbows in the dirt) Pretty hard, but not like it was at 301. Maybe 3-4ft hold over? Pretty good success, but not nearly as good as 255 and closer.
~301yd: (Tried sitting, but failed. Planted elbows again.) WOW
Extremely difficult. I was recording video of my attempts thus far, but when I had no success after 15 rounds at this range I turned the camera off. Of course, thats when I got 3 hits in a row :banghead: I was holding something like 5 or 6 feet over the target. Lots of rounds were really close! I didn't struggle with the wind much at all as by now things had really calmed down. Shots were usually low, directly in front of the plate. Anyway, what I'm trying to show here is that the 22lr is plenty capable of hitting less-than-torso sized targets beyond 200 yards. Although I show a picture of the rifle resting on a backpack, all of my long-range shooting with the 22lr was from practical positions with no support other than what Icould get from my knees and/or the ground. If you have a 22, definitely try stretching its legs! You might be suprised at what you and your rifle can do.
I probably could have hit more if I had a scope, bipod, bag, etc. But what's the fun in that? Way more satisfying to score hits the old-fashioned way
And now for some pics! Eastern Washington State is a beautiful part of the country.
The drive in before dropping into the range in the ravine to the left:
One of my favorite rifles of all time, the CZ 452 Trainer:
Getting warmed up at 185 yards. The steel plate is at the bottom of the blonde hill in the center of the frame, but its out of focus:
Somehow I managed to grab only CZ rifles on the way out the door
who can blame me when they make such fine pieces:
Obligatory sunset pic. CZ550 American and my noble fun-mobile:
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..... I might make it out your way this winter, I'm trying to get a road trip going over break but I'm not sure which direction I want to go yet. Does your rig have the 6.2L Diesel in it? I just picked mine up a few weeks ago for $1500. A little rough on the inside but it starts right up, sounds AWESOME (never had a diesel before and I'm not over the sound yet 
) and goes into 4wd. What more could a college kid ask for? I go to school at WSU in Pullman, which puts this spot a tad closer to my homestead than if I still lived in Maple Valley where my "location" says I am. I took these pics about an hour north of Lewiston, ID near Colton, WA. The land owner is very shooter-friendly!
