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Tips on getting into precision 22LR?

ephemeral said:
My current thoughts:

$880 for the barreled action.
$176 + 38 for the tax and dros.
$80 for the transfer fee.
$70+7 for the 30moa rail https://mdttac.com/us/30-moa-scope-base
$300+30 chassis https://mdttac.com/us/mdt-field-stock-chassis-system
$270+27 optic https://discoveryopt.com/products/d...ter-34mm-optics-scopes?variant=49658275954954
$50 for the rings?
$225 for atlas bipods. saw someguy on this forum selling em.

$2,153 maybe all in? Decent for a first built. Maybe buy a barreled action 6.5CM down the line if I really get the bug and just drop it in?

Would love to spend more on a chassis, but kinda don't wanna at the moment.
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That's not a bad way to go because so much of it is re-usable if you do switch to a centerfire barrelled action later.
 
The 457 is the 10/22 of bolt-actions when it comes to customization, and is ridiculously accurate right out of the box. The bolt and trigger assemblies are both excellent and can be improved with aftermarket options - when, and if, you need to. It's a very simple rifle to work on. MDT is a good place to start with a chassis and simplifies your precision rifle purchase decisions greatly. Just buy the cheapest CZ457 you can find, sell the stock and barrel and replace them with an MDT chassis and maybe a new varmint barrel - unless you purchase a factory Varmint rifle as a platform in which case you should keep the barrel and try it out on the MDT first before swapping it out. You eventually will swap it out, but it could serve you for a long time until you know what performance barrel you really need. The factory CZ barrels are excellent and any CZ457 parts you don't use are highly sellable online. With just that hot setup and a good optic, you can get to sub-MOA accuracy without a ton of fuss. Have fun with it!
 
For a while, a number of my friends and I were shooting bench rest. It didn’t take much to make a Ruger 10-22 do well. Quality ammo really made a difference. If I were going to do it, I’d just get a Ruger precision rifle in .22. I don’t enjoy the tinkering myself.
 
The CZ457 Varmint is an excellent choice and very upgradeable.
I own a Ruger Precision and a few upgraded 10/22 and still feel that my CZ457 is a better shooter.
 

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For me precision .22 got more fun. It took a lot of time and effort to finally find the right ammo. For serious stuff i use eley match which i can get at my LGS but for regular plinking i use federal rtp which i can still manage to get 3/4 moa on calm days. Luckily i have a public range that stretches out to 550yds. But its really not cheap, got sucked down the rabbit hole and didnt stop.
 

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If you're going for long range precision, I'd opt for a bottleneck cartridge such as 6.5 Creedmoor. I've heard that Tikka and Thompson Center make good, affordable 6.5mm bolt actions. An AR chambered in good ol' 223 would be another good option.
 
ponggoy916 said:
For me precision .22 got more fun. It took a lot of time and effort to finally find the right ammo. For serious stuff i use eley match which i can get at my LGS but for regular plinking i use federal rtp which i can still manage to get 3/4 moa on calm days. Luckily i have a public range that stretches out to 550yds. But its really not cheap, got sucked down the rabbit hole and didnt stop.
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My brother went pretty heavy into .22 LR precision shooting. There was some ammo in which the group sizes shrank in half. Eley match worked very well in my Ruger 10-22 with a bull barrel. For the 200 yard precision shooting, I just stuck with a .308. 6.5 Creedmore didn’t yet exist. I knew I was never going to invest the hours of spend the money to be at the top of the competition. Still, I had a lot of fun.
 
Just my opinion. If you plan to start with 22 competition and work up to centerfire there is a good chance that you will get some training scars that will need to be fixed when you move to centerfire. You can get away with alot of recoil management flaws with 22. When you go to centerfire those flaws will be more than noticeable and you will need to learn all about proper recoil management. The 22 is fun, cheaper, and will teach you some of the sport like ballistics and position building. But that recoil management will kick your but if your fundamentals are not solid.
 
Punkur67 said:
Just my opinion. If you plan to start with 22 competition and work up to centerfire there is a good chance that you will get some training scars that will need to be fixed when you move to centerfire. You can get away with alot of recoil management flaws with 22. When you go to centerfire those flaws will be more than noticeable and you will need to learn all about proper recoil management. The 22 is fun, cheaper, and will teach you some of the sport like ballistics and position building. But that recoil management will kick your but if your fundamentals are not solid.
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I totally agree. But i went opposite. Started building a precision 6.5 creedmoor first took a few long range classes then eventually went to a .22. Spending almost $2/rd is not cheap when plinking. Lol
 
For those interested in .22 LR, the best training I took (3 times) that didn’t cost much was the Appleseed Project. Worth looking into if it still is running (I hope so).
 
Here’s my opinion/expirence after shooting 5 prs rimfire matches. I went there with a basic ruger precision rimfire 22LR and a basic primary arms 4-16x44 scope. Ammunition and scope matter alot. Some stages I couldn’t even see the targets. The best 22 ammo I can get is CCI target,no lgs near me sells eley,laupa,wolf,sk etc. The last match I went too,I didn’t hit a single target and stopped going after that. Make sure you have a good ammo source before you %100 commit before you go balls deep.
 
doggman61 said:
It seems like the 457 is the .22 shooters “go to”especially the varmint mtr but damn that one is just ugly to me.
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this man speaks truth for an out of the box platform. the 457/455/52 platform have been target shooters for a long time now and are the 10/22 of quality bolt actions.

I dont think you can go wrong with the the b14r. but the 457 is built to be customizable out of the box with easy barrel swaps and a ton of stock options.
 
Helmey said:
The 457 is the 10/22 of bolt-actions when it comes to customization, and is ridiculously accurate right out of the box. The bolt and trigger assemblies are both excellent and can be improved with aftermarket options - when, and if, you need to. It's a very simple rifle to work on. MDT is a good place to start with a chassis and simplifies your precision rifle purchase decisions greatly. Just buy the cheapest CZ457 you can find, sell the stock and barrel and replace them with an MDT chassis and maybe a new varmint barrel - unless you purchase a factory Varmint rifle as a platform in which case you should keep the barrel and try it out on the MDT first before swapping it out. You eventually will swap it out, but it could serve you for a long time until you know what performance barrel you really need. The factory CZ barrels are excellent and any CZ457 parts you don't use are highly sellable online. With just that hot setup and a good optic, you can get to sub-MOA accuracy without a ton of fuss. Have fun with it!
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this man beat to the punch damn
 
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