Thread: Mrs wants another 22lr

Originally Posted by northdude

Yea they nice think she has about 700 to spend

I am guessing that if you are lucky, you may still find old stock new 452 in some more obscure shops for around that price.

Otherwise, you cannot get anything good for 700 new. CZ 457 variants are 1K+, Tikka T1 is 1K+, Weihrauch 1300, Annie ~2k for 64 action and 3k for 54 action.

CZ455 can be had for around $800~850. They are luck of the draw. If you are lucky you get a accurate one, if you are unlucky you get a so-so one.

In terms of second hand, decent condition cz 452s come up for sale for about $500 every now and then. A few months ago one was sold here for about $500. My friend also recently bought one on trademe for 500. For $500 second hand CZ452s are a good deal for buying off a stranger.

If your wife can put up with single shot, you can find good Annie 54 action target rifles from 70s and 80s. you can find them selling for 600~700, but they do not come up often. They have far superior trigger and action than anything less than $1500 today. I do not know how viable it is to change the barrel on them though. You may get one that had shot 300k bullets and lost some accuracy.