The CZ 452 Training Rifle I
had :banghead: could shoot the whisker off a gnat.
I don't know what it costs now, but I paid $229 for it in 2002. It has the best iron sights (short of an aperture sight) of any rifle I've seen; a scope is almost superfluous, only necessary to help you see the
target. If you do scope this one, you will need high rings and a scope with a small objective lens, so as not to interfere with the tall rear sight. The rear sight, BTW, can slide up or down a ramp marked for various ranges, and it will it to point of aim at all of them. It has the heft of a full sized centerfire rifle, and no plastic (although the trigger guard is a stamping) anywhere except the butt plate. My only criticism of it is the counterintuitive, backwards-operating safety which requires completely breaking your shooting hand grip to operate.