berettaprofessor
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Thought I'd answer an age-old question today (for me at least); who shoots better, a CZ 452, souped-up Ruger 10/22, or Savage Mark II?
The Participants:
CZ 452; New stock 452Lux trainer, a little work on the trigger spring, scoped with a Cabelas 3-9 Rimfire scope
Savage Mark II; New stock Mark II FRSV with accutrigger, a little adjustment on the accutrigger, scoped with a Bushnell 3-9 Rimfire scope
Ruger 10/22; Volquartsen trigger, Green Mountain 0.920 barrel, Hogue Overmolded Stock, only the receiver is original. Scoped with a Leupold 3-9.
Conditions: All shot by me, 5 shot groups each of Federal Automatch, Federal ValuePack, Federal HV Match, Remington Subsonic, and CCI Minimax. All rifles zeroed at 50 yards with the Federal Automatch, all groups shot at 50 yards, 80 degrees, wind 8 MPH 45 degrees right to left. Rifles benched on sandbags except for the Ruger which had a foreend bipod attached. All measurements are in centimeters.
The results and winner:
Fed Value Fed Auto Fed HV Rem Sub CCI Average
CZ452 3.7 2.6 2.6 1.9 2.3 2.62
Ruger 10/22 3.1 3.4 3.6 2.5 2.1 2.94
Savage Mark II 11.9 5.1 8.1 2.5 6.2 6.76
Average 6.23 3.70 4.77 2.30 3.53
(sorry, I can't get the table to line up after posting....last numbers are the average with each gun...CZ452, for instance, had an average grouping of 2.62 cm at 50 yards).
The stock CZ452 Lux had the lowest average...probably to no surprise of the CZ fans, and the best group at 1.9 cm with the Remington Subsonics. Four of five groups with the CZ were right at an inch. The Ruger almost stood up to it, The Savage Mark II was by far the worst, at an average group of 6.8 cm and it really didn't like the Federal Value Pack. The best ammo overall for these rifles was the Remington Subsonic, and the worst, obviously the Federal Value Pack.
Other observations: The best trigger was the Accutrigger on the Savage, closely followed by the Volquartsen in the Ruger. The CZ trigger was far worst than the others with a very hard pull and a little gritty. Makes me wonder just how well the CZ would do if it had a decent trigger!
The Participants:
CZ 452; New stock 452Lux trainer, a little work on the trigger spring, scoped with a Cabelas 3-9 Rimfire scope
Savage Mark II; New stock Mark II FRSV with accutrigger, a little adjustment on the accutrigger, scoped with a Bushnell 3-9 Rimfire scope
Ruger 10/22; Volquartsen trigger, Green Mountain 0.920 barrel, Hogue Overmolded Stock, only the receiver is original. Scoped with a Leupold 3-9.
Conditions: All shot by me, 5 shot groups each of Federal Automatch, Federal ValuePack, Federal HV Match, Remington Subsonic, and CCI Minimax. All rifles zeroed at 50 yards with the Federal Automatch, all groups shot at 50 yards, 80 degrees, wind 8 MPH 45 degrees right to left. Rifles benched on sandbags except for the Ruger which had a foreend bipod attached. All measurements are in centimeters.
The results and winner:
Fed Value Fed Auto Fed HV Rem Sub CCI Average
CZ452 3.7 2.6 2.6 1.9 2.3 2.62
Ruger 10/22 3.1 3.4 3.6 2.5 2.1 2.94
Savage Mark II 11.9 5.1 8.1 2.5 6.2 6.76
Average 6.23 3.70 4.77 2.30 3.53
(sorry, I can't get the table to line up after posting....last numbers are the average with each gun...CZ452, for instance, had an average grouping of 2.62 cm at 50 yards).
The stock CZ452 Lux had the lowest average...probably to no surprise of the CZ fans, and the best group at 1.9 cm with the Remington Subsonics. Four of five groups with the CZ were right at an inch. The Ruger almost stood up to it, The Savage Mark II was by far the worst, at an average group of 6.8 cm and it really didn't like the Federal Value Pack. The best ammo overall for these rifles was the Remington Subsonic, and the worst, obviously the Federal Value Pack.
Other observations: The best trigger was the Accutrigger on the Savage, closely followed by the Volquartsen in the Ruger. The CZ trigger was far worst than the others with a very hard pull and a little gritty. Makes me wonder just how well the CZ would do if it had a decent trigger!
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