Looking Economically priced rimfire bolt action

Savage fv-sr, for about $250 out the door.

For the price you get amazing features and performance, to give you an idea if you were to customize a 10/22 with the same features as the savage and make it shoot as accurately, you would spend about $500 or more.

Its not a pretty gun, but performance and feature wise you can't find a better value.
 
I'm with the CZ crowd,,,

I'm with the CZ crowd,,,
Especially the 452 Military Trainer,,,
The only inaccurate thing about the rifle is me. :o

And it's simply beautiful.

I've recently been looking at getting a pair of single-shot rifles,,,
So I can case them together for taking friends out shooting,,,
I can't afford two CZ rifles for this so I started researching.

Everything I read in reviews and in forums,,,
Tells me that the Savage F or G series rifles fit the accurate/inexpensive criteria.

So when you said "inexpensive",,,
I immediately thought of the Savage G or F series,,,
But you then stated "under $500.00" which opens the CZ door.

But if inexpensive is the thing,,,
On my lunch hour I went to Wal Mart,,,
They have the Mark II-F priced at only $147.00,,,
That puts them right at $160.00 out the door with sales tax.

Decent .22 bolt rifles don't get any less expensive than that.

I'm no expert on Savage rifles,,,
But I've been researching them for a week,,,
Correct me if I am wrong but the most expensive models,,,
Have the exact same trigger, bolt, and barrels of the lower cost models.

But if you can afford to drop the money,,,
CZ rifles are absolutely worth every penny of their price.

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And did I mention that they are beautiful. :D

Aarond

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There is a lot to like with a CZ 452 Trainer. Nice trigger, great iron sights, nice stock and very accurate.
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I go along with all but the trigger, not bad, only thing I am not keen on

Mine shoots most ammo ok, some bulk pretty well, good 22 well.

I had a shoot out with my brother and the best ammo hit something like 14 X at 50 yds with the other 2 cutting the next ring out

They run $350 range
 
I picked up a CZ455 last summer. Put a Leupold 2-7 rf scope on it.
Still trying to find the ammo that it likes. It wasn't the exact model that I wanted, and if i come across the one with the long barrel I'm buying it. Of course if someone wishes to part with a 452 I may want that as well.

FYI, anyone looking for spare magazines, the CZ website has them in stock. For considerably less than what is on gunbroker. CZs price is like $30 for the ten rounder, GB is hovering around $45.

I would put my happiness with my CZ rifle at about 80%. That will increase once I find ammo it likes. So far its a 2moa gun, and I'd like it to be 1 or less.
 
My take is the CZ is the best gun short of the real expensive ones ($800 up)

The Leupold is a very popular scope for the gun, its what I have on mine (though original it was bought for a gas piston semi auto which is approved use by Leopold on that scope).

Rings are Warner, forget the model but they switch between the CZ mm setup and a US standard (x/16). (looked them up, they are Warne 7.3 medium which clears the Leupold scope, 3/8 and 11mm dependong on how you set the clamp)

Nice steel rings for $27 as I recall at Sportsmans warehouse.

One of the odd things was I had some old dynamit 22 I was given and it was in the old Remington Gold bullet category, ok hunting, not good target.

I ran some Federal 22 bulk through it thorough it and it started shooting it nicely, almost as good as the RSW. With those two its about .75 MOA.

Federal bulk is not tack driver but it groups nicely around a center and would be very good hunting ammo (you could consistently hit a squirrel or grouse head at 50 yards and closer you could shoot an eye out)
 
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I have a CZ 455 Varmint that I bought new for $415 out the door. It's more accurate than the wind will usually allow at the monthly 100 yard benchrest match I shoot at. That being said, there are several Savage MKII's at those same matches that shoot nearly as good (sometimes better) scores than I do. I often see CZ's and Savages outshoot Anschutz's and Kimbers. When shooting outdoor .22 matches it's often more important to be able to judge the wind than it is to have the best ammo or rifle. It's usually the Indian, not the arrow, that makes the difference.
 
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