help me pick a cz 22 rifle

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scottycoyote

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i really want a super accurate 22 rifle, and for the money im leaning hard towards CZ, but i dont know which one to get? It would be used primarily for hunting, and then some range and plinking time on the side. Any input would be appreciated.
 
I suggest you go with the CZ 452 American (not a newer 455). I have shot one for several years now in CMP Rimfire Sporter competition and it has always proven to be accurate and reliable. It has the factory trigger set at just above 3 lbs to comply with CMP Sporter rules. I have a second American with a 13 oz trigger (via a Brooks Trigger Kit) set up for silhouette competition and the occasional USBR target. I own six CZ 452s and like them all. I use the FS, UltraLux, and two Specials for open sight shooting and my two Americans for scoped shooting (pictures below).

Sightron 6X42 HBR II
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Weaver Grand Slam 6-20X40
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Some of my friends use them in our monthly sanctioned USBR benchrest matches and they can post some stunning scores with their 452 Americans:

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238-2X, Willie Rhodes,CZ American, Weaver 20X, Lapua Center X
230-4X, Barry Holmes CZAmerican, Weaver GS 6-20X, Lapua Master M
229-2X, Tim Blackledge,Cooper JSR, Weaver T-36, Lapua Center X
218-0X, Peary Willard,Kimber 82C, BARSKA 20X, Wolf ME
215-1X, Reed Gamble, CZAmerican, Weaver 20X, Wolf ME
213-2X, Bart Harkins, Anshutz 54, Leupold VX2, Lapua Master L
201-0X, Tony Gilmore, Savage BV, Tasco W/C 24X, , Lapua Center X
 
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I have a CZ 453 American (I think that's the model, it's in the safe. However it looks like the one pictured in this thread) with the single set trigger. It is unbelievably accurate. I only shoot at 25 yards at an indoor range. At that distance it will shoot an entire magazine through the same hole. I'm not talking an "enlarged hole" - I mean the same hole. Maybe 1/4 the size of a pea. I have a 4x16 scope with parallax adjustment. I really cannot even imagine anything more accurate. I know I've not seen ANYTHING as accurate.
 
I have a 452 Varmint with a big honkin scope that pretty much one-holes Wolf Match ammo.
I second the Eric Brooks/YoDave trigger kits.
 
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