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I compete in an online rimfire benchrest match. It's for CZ rimfire fans. The rules restrict the competitors to use of CZ .22 sporters. We shoot the USBR (Green Monster) target from 25 yards instead of the official 50 yards. This makes for shooting a 250 score very doable in spite of the factory rifles and a scope power ceiling of 9X.

I had shot 25 yard 250s with this rifle in a similar match years ago, but this game's 9 power magnification limit had been presenting me with a special challenge. But I've finally got a handle on it, last month I shot a 249 and this month —

11/29/2016
250-13X
Danny Creasy
CZ 452 American, Weaver Grand Slam 6-20X40mm set on 9X, SK Magazine
Caldwell Rock BR, Caldwell rear bag
Conditions = sporadic 4 to 9 mph shifting winds, 60 degrees, clear skies, and had the range to myself




I purchased that 452 American new in the mid-aughts, and it has had somewhere between 15,000 to 20,000 rounds fired through it. The only modification is a replacement trigger spring. The rifle has a pound and a half pull.


I box the loose SK Magazine rounds (comes is a cylinder) in these marvelous old Winchester boxes. These boxes were about the only exceptional feature of this short lived Australian WW ammo.


One very close call, but she was kissin' the ring.


Nice morning. I thought the wind would be more of an issue, but it was pretty easy to wait out the gusts and still beat the clock.


Great morning to be outside. The gods of shooting were smiling down!

I inserted a rifle like this (with the addition of a silencer) into the first chapter of my new novel, Slingshot 8. Just had to work my CZ into that book somehow.