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Chasing .22 LR Accuracy Has Gotten Out of Control! New CZ457 Varmint MTR...

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I have no self control and bought myself an early birthday present. After seeing what the Savage Mark II FVSR and heavy barrel 10/22 were doing, I decided to take the CZ plunge. Of course, it wasn't complete without good glass and a trigger replacement too.

The scope is a Vortex Venom 5-25x56 FFP MRAD scope. The trigger is a flat Timney trigger adjusted for basically zero overtravel and set to about an 11 oz. pull on my gauge. The ammo I used to do the final sight in was the Lapua X-Act 40 grain LRN ammo. The groups are 5 rounds at 0.11" and 0.28" from 50 yards in my front yard. I like it! I think I'm done with this accuracy chasing on .22 LR. The gun shoots much better than I can! :oops:


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Nice shooting and what a beautiful CZ. Brand new - how many round on that barrel? I suspect it will only get better!
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Happy early birthday! Beautiful rifle. Kind of hard to beat a CZ unless you are willing to pay the extra money. Nice shooting by the way. You will get smaller groups once you shoot a variety of brands, rifle will tell you what it prefers.

Is the rifle stock an ambidextrous stock or just for right hand shooters?
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You can't beat a CZ with the right ammo, and the right person behind the trigger. I have an altered 455 Varmint that is very accurate.
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Nice shooting and what a beautiful CZ. Brand new - how many round on that barrel? I suspect it will only get better!
I only have about a hundred rounds through it so far. I had another scope on it yesterday and I was shooting some CCI standard velocity to get on target.

These two groups were two of four that I finished up with sighting the Lapua X-Act ammo. The Lapua Super Long Range ammo didn't shoot this tight. Close, but not this tight... It seems to like a cold bore.

Happy early birthday! Beautiful rifle. Kind of hard to beat a CZ unless you are willing to pay the extra money. Nice shooting by the way. You will get smaller groups once you shoot a variety of brands, rifle will tell you what it prefers.

Is the rifle stock an ambidextrous stock or just for right hand shooters?
I think you could consider it an ambidextrous stock. There's just a palm swell and it doesn't really force you to grip it a certain way.

EDIT: @ms6852, I was wrong. It is tailored toward a right hand grip. I know it sounds weird, but being a right-handed shooter I didn't notice initially.

Thanks guys! I like it! 😁
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I only have about a hundred rounds through it so far. I had another scope on it yesterday and I was shooting some CCI standard velocity to get on target.
My CZ 457 doesn't like CCI-Standard. My RPRF dose. It shoots one-hole groups with SK-Standard. The funny thing is it shoots Federal AutoMatch better than CCI-Standard.
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Nice setup and results!

I am considering diving down this hole as well. I have been looking around for a starter rifle. I have been leaning towards a Ruger Precision Rimfire to get my feet wet... i haven't even started considering optics yet.
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That is a fine set up my friend
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Nice setup and results!

I am considering diving down this hole as well. I have been looking around for a starter rifle. I have been leaning towards a Ruger Precision Rimfire to get my feet wet... i haven't even started considering optics yet.
I'm a Ruger guy but for this slot CZ457 all day every day. You can get a CZ457 American for less than the RP rimfire and trick it out as you see fit as time goes by. If you like everything about the Ruger with no intention of changing it maybe....but in most cases you will not get a more accurate rifle than the CZ 457 until you throw more than a few C-note in the pot.
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Nice MTR and great shooting! CZs are great.
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