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50m 22LR : most accurate

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What are the best three 22LR rifles suitable for 50m competition shooting?

I searched Amazon & Google and they did not come up with much relevant results. USA Shooting seem to be more focused on air rifles.
Any thots?

Thanks!
 
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So, here is my short list:
  1. Anschutz
  2. CZ 452
  3. Remington 40-X

BTW, I cannot use scopes and so, the rifle should come with or can support the best sighting systems with no lenses.
 
I think you can replace the CZ 452 with the Izhmash CM-2, which would be comparable with the Anschutz M-164...the Remington 40-X would be in the same class (Club)...but a bit less capable than the Anschutz M-54.

There are very few rifles than can keep up with the Anschutz M-54
 
Anschutz 54-series (not the 64 series!)
Remington 40X
Winchester 52's
Some Kimber 82G's but not all of them.

My 40X bench gun:
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+1 owen

What kind of 50 meter shooting?

-3-Position
-Prone
-Benchrest
-Running Boar

I'd go with what many have said, Anschütz. I have two that I used for 3-postion shooting. I started out with a Match 64 and then moved up to a 54 Super Match Free Rifle.
 
Accurate

A few years ago, I was shooting in the PA State championship smallbore prone match in Wilkes-Barre. The young fellow next to me was a shooter from the Naval Academy.
I had to score his targets in the iron sight match. One of them was a 100 yard target with ten shots in a one half inch group. It was slightly off center so he only had nine Xs.
He was shooting an Anschutz.
Pete
 
Besides position rifles, there are some super accurate Cooper .22 rifles.
With any .22 rifle, the quality of the ammo can make as much of a difference as the rifle.
Some folks install custom barrel tuners which allows them to dial in and adjust the hamonics of their rig to match a particular ammo.
 
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Great point arcticap!

Ammo.

When I used to shoot 3-position small bore, some places like Champion Shooter's Supply, you use to be able to buy samples of ammo (50 or 100 rnd) and then order a whole case of the lot number that worked best.

Eley worked best for my two Anschütz rifles. RWS never did very well for me.

Try a bunch out and see what your rifle likes best.
 
Cooper

there are some super accurate Cooper .22 rifles.
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Y'know...I keep hearing that...and I don't know that it's not true. I do know that I have yet to see one in a small bore match.
Pete
 
Shoot an Anschutz or get beaten by one.
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Quite a few CZ and Sako owners will take that challenge. I like anschutz rifles, but I am getting comparable performance with a CZ costing half as much.
 
"Quite a few CZ and Sako owners will take that challenge. I like anschutz rifles, but I am getting comparable performance with a CZ costing half as much."



OK. I've shot SB prone for years and it hasn't happened yet. All SB position and prone shooting matches are dominated by Anschutz.

I do shoot a CZ for silhouett, for now. It is reasonably accurate but it's achilles heel is the trigger and no trigger kit will make them break as consistently as an Anschutz. That's why I have a 1712 on the way.
 
As noted, Anschutz is going to be the best, but if you aren't sure you want to spend that much or if money is tight, go with the CZ452. If you enjoy the competition and really feel the possible fraction of an inch differnce at 50m in mechanical accuracy is keeping you from the podium, then move up and spend the big buck.

At our local club, we had a guy show up with his deer rifle and factory ammo for a bench rest match. He made a lot of people mad. He was in the top 5 of 30+ shooters, didn't clean between shots.

Turns out, he was a competition shooter and it turns out it really was his deer rifle. He had been hunting that morning, didn't have a cleaning kit, thought it would be fun to shoot and see how he did.

Sometimes everyone buys a given brand because it is good and because it is what everyone thinks they need to buy.
 
My "best ever" 22lr group was with a Walther rifle although much farther than 50m. Anschutz rifles are more common these days.

"Best" really depends more on the ammo and conditions than the rifle (shooter not being a factor) than anything else once you are shooting the really good ones.
 
First the CZ452's were discontinued last year, that's why I picked up a 452 varmint in December. My 452 IS accurate but won't keep up with my Win 52. Different rifles / different jobs. If you want to shoot outdoor silhouette or benchrest , I see very few Anschutz. Indoor or outdoor position is almost ALL Anschutz.
 
Indoor vs Outdoor competition

>If you want to shoot outdoor silhouette or benchrest , I see very few Anschutz. Indoor or outdoor position is almost ALL Anschutz.

That's interesting ... how would outdoor vs indoor competition determine what rifle you use? Are you saying that Anschutz triggers are made for indoor shooting? Sorry for the green-horn questions.
 
Position shooting allows slings, gloves, palm rests, etc which benefits an Anschutz style rifle. Benchrest guns tend to be custom and silhouette are either lighter in the Hunter class or are heavy barrel of various brands. It has nothing to do with indoor/outdoor. Outdoor prone competitions are mostly shot with Anschutz around here with a few older Winchester and Remington's mixed in. The technologies of the newer rifles usually win the match.
 
Yep, BR guns that win are typically custom actions. The higher classified silhouette shooters tend to shoot Anschutz, single shot and repeaters.

Anschutz rifles are a little easier to come by and have more accessories than some of the other high end rifles.

One of the best things that they have is a phenomenal trigger that breaks consistently. The only thing worse than a barrel that won't shoot is a trigger that varies a few ounces every pull and is not absolutely crisp every time.

Precision shooting from support and unsupported requires that you know exactly when the trigger breaks. Especially with a 22. The barrel time is so long that any movement after the sears break means that the shot will be farther from the aiming point.
 
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