Varmints have met their ends at the hands of scantily clad humans in my neighborhood as well. We strike when we have the opportunity!
I am a member of Rimfire Central and have seen the pissing contests between Savage and CZ owners over there. Yes I am just an example of one. But out of all the CZ 22lr rifles I have shot, none of them outshot the Savage MkII rifles with the heavy varmint barrel that I own. In fact both brands shot the same for me. Others will have a different experience from mine.
I am not bashing CZ rifles by any means. But I personally can't justify spending more money when the Savage rifles shoot well for me. I would rather save some money on a rifle that shoots accurately to put towards better scopes or more ammo.
That's the thing about 22s, I've got an old 1890 Winchester gallery 22 short with a barrel that looks like a sewer pipe the best it'll do is about an inch at 25 and it's still fun.It was a really fun rifle
I am in the market for a .22 rimfire bolt action rifle. I have given away my last Classic but need one in the safe. Price range is $350 tops without optics. Use will be field and fun but mostly 50 yard bench rest occasional informal precision shooting. I would love a 16.5/18” or so heavy barrel preferably threaded but that is not a must. My son has a Ruger American which is a great rifle, nice shooter but not a fan of the 22” barrel. Have shot a Savage Mark 2, I liked it but it was fairly customized and not comparable with off the shelf models. There are so many options lately like Rossi and dozens of Savage Models for nice prices that it makes it a bit hard to narrow a model down. Any suggestions? Experience with a modern tack driver that maybe is a unknown gem? Thanks
Congratulations. Another member enabled. I am happy for you and think you will love your CZ. No regrets. Mine is an older one but I have shot new CZ 457's. That are great. Might need breakin and ammo testing. Mine likes Norma Tac 22 and Lapua Center X
I have an old one that shoots pretty good. I put a bull barrel on it about 25 years ago. Not far behind my CZ's. I bought one last year for my grandson. I recently mounted a Burris scope on it and we went to the range. The little guy put every shot in about a nickel size group at 25 yards. He was so happy he shot up lots of ammo. Sure made an old man happy.It's really hard to beat a Ruger semi-auto rifle for all-around use. I like the bull-barreled model and have an after-market Shilen barrel on mine. It's easy to change barrels using either Ruger or other makes. They're not as expensive as other rifle's replacement barrels because they're so common.
Thanks it’s the beginning of the process. First find ammo it likes, get used to the gun. Adjust the trigger a bit (it’s out of the box), make some tweaks. I am quite pleased, thankful for the thoughtful recommendations. I would have normally picked up a project and spent a ton of time and money to get it to shoot like it did out of the box. Although I also enjoy the build process it still has a bit of room for me to tinker.Excellent report. Good shooting. It will get better I would expect.