alexanderplatz
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I already own a CZ 550 FS in .270 Win and love it. I would like to buy a .22 LR rifle for general plinking and target shooting. With a .22 LR I can also use one of those resetting targets. I hope that practice on the .22 would improve my shooting in general and specifically on the CZ 550 FS. I am very happy with my CZ and have made up my mind to get another CZ for my .22. The two contenders are:
1. CZ 452 FS. I already like the Mannlicher stock and I guess that I hope that shooting this rifle, which is as identical as possible to my other one, will do the most to improve my middling abilities when I switch back to the .270 to go hunting.
2. CZ 453 Varmint. Different look and feel, but the weight (6.8 lbs) is actually closer to the the 7.4 lbs of my other rifle. Then again the balance of the weight may be different, since the increase would be due to the heavier barrel. The heavy barrel would be a nice feature if it would allow me to go to the range and bang away for a long time without too much loss of accuracy due to heat. This rifle would require a scope but I wouldn't mind that as I have a scope on the .270, and I'd probably put a scope on either one that I chose.
Just wondering what other, more experienced shooters think of these two choices given my goals.
1. CZ 452 FS. I already like the Mannlicher stock and I guess that I hope that shooting this rifle, which is as identical as possible to my other one, will do the most to improve my middling abilities when I switch back to the .270 to go hunting.
2. CZ 453 Varmint. Different look and feel, but the weight (6.8 lbs) is actually closer to the the 7.4 lbs of my other rifle. Then again the balance of the weight may be different, since the increase would be due to the heavier barrel. The heavy barrel would be a nice feature if it would allow me to go to the range and bang away for a long time without too much loss of accuracy due to heat. This rifle would require a scope but I wouldn't mind that as I have a scope on the .270, and I'd probably put a scope on either one that I chose.
Just wondering what other, more experienced shooters think of these two choices given my goals.