Danny Creasy
Member
I like to have one of my CZs zeroed with an inexpensive round for general target practice and plinking. I took the CZ 452 Varmint, with its Weaver V-16 riding in CZ rings, to the range yesterday and fed it over a hundred rounds of Aguila Standard Velocity.
Please note — all shooting was done at 50 yards from a concrete bench using a Caldwell Rock BR and rear bag of same make. The larger dots are 3/4 inch while the smaller dots are 1/2 inch. The temperature was in the 60s, and I had to wait out 6 to 8 mph winds under an overcast sky. All shooting was done with the scopes set at their maximum magnification.
Groups started out like this with the stock's screws torqued at 24 and 16 (action and barrel, respectively):
After increasing the torque (FAT Wrench) to 26 and 20, the groups tightened:
After adjusting windage and elevation here and there, I stopped after these last two groups:
Finally shot a one-holer! Possibly the dice of the Aguila-flyer finely rolled five superior rounds, or I finely got my act together, whichever.
As a control, I took my Remington 541-THB (smithed by Voelker) along.
A sacrilege for such a rifle, I know, but that is a very clear and reliable old Swift 6-18X44 riding in Tasco high rings on Weaver bases. The customization nixed it for "Sporter Class" usage, so years ago, I pulled its T-36 and Leupold rings for an Anschütz and slapped the above sighting devices on the 541. Actually, the combo works well in our local 50 yard silhouette match.
The heavily coated Aguila rounds squeezed into its match chamber, and after seasoning the clean barrel, we finished with these three groups:
I brought windage left after the top group. A bit too far as indicated by the middle group. A click back right yielded the POA-centered bottom group. I wished the bottom group would have been tighter, but frankly, I was beatdown after over two hundred rounds, so I packed 'em up for the drive home. It was a fun morning with two rifles that I don't shoot very often.
Please note — all shooting was done at 50 yards from a concrete bench using a Caldwell Rock BR and rear bag of same make. The larger dots are 3/4 inch while the smaller dots are 1/2 inch. The temperature was in the 60s, and I had to wait out 6 to 8 mph winds under an overcast sky. All shooting was done with the scopes set at their maximum magnification.
Groups started out like this with the stock's screws torqued at 24 and 16 (action and barrel, respectively):
After increasing the torque (FAT Wrench) to 26 and 20, the groups tightened:
After adjusting windage and elevation here and there, I stopped after these last two groups:
Finally shot a one-holer! Possibly the dice of the Aguila-flyer finely rolled five superior rounds, or I finely got my act together, whichever.
As a control, I took my Remington 541-THB (smithed by Voelker) along.
A sacrilege for such a rifle, I know, but that is a very clear and reliable old Swift 6-18X44 riding in Tasco high rings on Weaver bases. The customization nixed it for "Sporter Class" usage, so years ago, I pulled its T-36 and Leupold rings for an Anschütz and slapped the above sighting devices on the 541. Actually, the combo works well in our local 50 yard silhouette match.
The heavily coated Aguila rounds squeezed into its match chamber, and after seasoning the clean barrel, we finished with these three groups:
I brought windage left after the top group. A bit too far as indicated by the middle group. A click back right yielded the POA-centered bottom group. I wished the bottom group would have been tighter, but frankly, I was beatdown after over two hundred rounds, so I packed 'em up for the drive home. It was a fun morning with two rifles that I don't shoot very often.
