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Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 09 7:41 am Post subject: .22 buying advice

I already have a SC, which bizarrely is also an FAC over here (unless the rules have changed for everything since I moved over)

Anyway, I've decided to get a .22 rifle as there is loads of rabbiting to be had and arranging to go with friends who already have one limits my opportunities for a quick trip if the mood takes me.

I have to put a deposit on a particular rifle before I can apply for it on the FAC, then they hold it until the approval comes through. So before I go to the local gunshop, what do I need to look for in a good non expensive rifle?

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 09 7:44 am Post subject:
You could not do better than a CZ 16"-barrel 'varmint' rifle. I've had headshots at 100 yards with one.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 09 9:37 am Post subject:
Mines a 16" CZ452 Silhouette with factory cut moderator thread and plastic stock. Nice little rifle bought from South Yorkshire Shooting Supplies. Mine cost £290 a couple of years ago but prices have gone up recently. www.rimfiremagic.co.uk

whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 09 8:47 am Post subject:

If you can find a nice BRNO Model2, virtually the same as the CZ452, but possibly built better!

AND they are significantly cheaper....I have one cut down to 14 inches (would have had neaer 12 but the guy at Rolls Royce was having issue with his lathe!!!)
With a SAK moderator, it shoots thumbnail groups at 50 yards. and is nice and light (the varmint barrelled ones are heavier).

Not sure at 100 yards, need to try that

Picked up a nice & cheap cz452 (american) stock and transplanted my action into it, bedding the action and free floating the barrel at the same time.....now it looks almost identical to a cz452!!

Pete

KILLITnGRILLIT

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 894
Location: Looking at a screen in the front room

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 09 6:49 pm Post subject:
BRNO Mod.2 here too !!! 1000`s of rounds, never cleaned, barrel has had to be camo-taped over as it was silver, cost £20 @ auction (with a Leupold scope on it) and still rolls over bunnies at silly ranges .

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