Cz457

Shot this today at 100, proves my CZ457 can shoot. Scored this ammo problem is only 2 boxes of this ammo left, Bugger!
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That stuff has been discontinued. Pretty sure Lapua Midas basically replaced it.

Nice shooting. My "pencil barrel" sporter weight CZ 457 put 9 rounds of Eley Team into 0.65 at 100M the other day, that gave me the Willie's for a week or so, but eventually I got brave enough to try again and it did 10 into 0.8!

There are some very inexpensive rifles out there that shoot well. Ya just got to be patient enough to test enough batches of ammo to get a good batch - and the funny thing is once you find a really good batch all of a sudden your other 22s like it too. This despite the much repeated "advice" to find an ammo that your 22 "likes" - that's only a part of the equation, you needs other things like good technique, good weather etc.

Wasn't brave enough to do 10 shots, todays breeze was a steady cold 80 degrees some what sheltered by sides of the range, fair amount of luck involved, was egged on to place more shots, was more than happy to stop at 5:)

Here's my CZ457 - the plastic stock is a surprisingly good shape, made way better with the adjustable cheek riser I pinched off a Tikka, it fits very nicely. The stock is a bit "soft" but the results speak for themselves!

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I did do a trigger spring replacement in mine, but that's the only modification. These are a bit sensitive to action screw torque, mine likes 20 inlbs fore and aft.

Two 100M targets:

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I can't find the other one I initially referred to, the one labeled 0.54 refers to the vertical dispersion, there was quite a difficult wee wind that day, causing a bit of lateral drift, but still extremely good for a 22 and 22 ammo.

@sluthy posts up some pretty exceptional targets from time to time (hint - haven't seen anything lately) but it's a shame we don't see more targets, folks such as @ulimitsu etc intimate they have good gear but we don't see too many targets posted up, also none of the 22 benchrest guys post targets either which is a shame, you see them all the time on Rimfire Central, and much can be learnt from them, sadly in an anerical context where ammo selection isnt the problem it is here! I like to revisit @rambo6mmrem s 5x5 competition thread occasionally as it gives a good indication of the sorts of accuracy one can work towards.