Close, but no cigar!

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Danny Creasy

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Some of the guys at my club shoot the NRA A23/5 50 yard target with heavy aperture sighted target rifles from the bench. I don't have such a rifle and don't really care for that kind of rifle. I like sporters. For a hoot, I have been trying to shoot a 200 on the target with a CZ 452 FS with TechSights. Got close this morning.

The weather conditions were awesome this morning at Crooked Oak. 70 degrees, light to no winds, and partly cloudy. A good morning for peep sight shooting.

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I was tempted to try another target, but I had the 452 Varmint in tow (for practicing USBR technique) and felt it best not to press. I'll shoot that full stocked 200 next week - possibly, hopefully, surely, maybe.
 
I was the youngest on the ROTC rifle team and drew the oldest rifle(of course). It seemed I was always "almost in the X-ring" but not quite. One day the coach was standing over me(always hated that) and made a surprising remark. He said "You're shooting better than _ _ _ _ , I'm going to have you swap rifles with him for the rest of the practice". The other guy was not at all happy.
I discovered I'd been dealt the least accurate rifle(not in-accurate by any means but less than match winning accurate) as a test to see if I was good enough and consistent enough to deserve a "good" rifle.
Sometimes being "almost there" with less than competitive equipment is better than "marginally there" with top-of-the-line equipment.
BTW The shooter who had to give up his rifle to the freshman quit the team.
 
awesome shooting... I have a set of Tech Sites on my 10-22 I use for Apple Seed shoots...

I have an old 40's - 50's CZ 22 that we inherited from FIL, I always wanted to take out & see what it would do...

what were you using for ammo ???
 
MWM asked, "what were you using for ammo ???"

SK Standard Plus

Of course, Lapua's twin ammo, Wolf Match Target, shoots just as well in my CZs.

Thanks for the positive comments, folks.
 
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Ahh, but Mark, were you handling them at the same time of year? These two go from merely tacky in winter to watermelon seed slimy in summer.
 
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