Originally Posted by ratsmacker
That's the ONLY load my CZ455 .22wmr barrel shoots worth a damn. It barely does "okay" with 40gr. loads, but that Hornady load shines.

It still can't hang, accuracy-wise, with that old 2002 Marlin 17V HMR, though. Not a snowball's chance.

I'm gonna retire that barrel and just use my .22 Hornet.


I am not impressed with the 455. Although it maybe handy to swap out a bad barrel. I spend a lot of time on rim fire central. I have seen a dramatic drop of in the unbelievable claims in accuracy for right out of the box CZ452. Since that 455 replaced the discontinued 452, that is. There are some amazing custom 455 rebuilds. Those can run over a grand, all in.

I wanted a Hornet for a long time, but been doing very well with 22mag and 223. Those two are hard to beat for variety of loads to choose from.