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I STRONGLY recommend that you find either a factory laminated stock or a Boyd's Rimfire Hunter and replace the plastic stock.

I dunno about rimfires, but tupperware stocks on centerfire make the gun shoot so bad that it would make you cry.

My RAR-Predators and Vanguard2s have injection molded stocks and all shoot better groups than a lot of people are capable of shooting.

I've never had much problem with most injection-molded stocks. Many factory rifles have shot just fine with them, out of the box, even before the recent spate of "affordable" rifles.

I've got 3. CZ 452, one Varmint, one American. Both shoot extremely well. Then I had one built off a Remington 581 action by Brian Voelker. It's almost boring to shoot. Looks like a poor man's 541.

Initial sight-in at 25 yards looked promising. Moved out to 50 yards and groups are just over 1". Only 25 rounds through it so far.

I have a MKII TR 22lr that came from Savage with a Boyds Tacticool stock. I can swap to see if it helps. The only problem is that the Boyds fits worse than the plastic without pillar bedding at a minimum. There is at least a 1/4" gap between the action and wood at the screw bosses. The plastic stock seats tight against the screw bosses. I've done some work on my Boyds using JB Weld and steel pillars with little improvement in accuracy.

One sits at my back door to shoot starlings and such.. I made up a barrel for my 77-22.. Use it as a switch barrel gun..

These corn bandits didn't much appreciate the CZ HM2 yeasterday....

SCGunNut: When I was waiting for your great photo to load I was assuming you had shot some Raccoons ("corn bandits") - I did not know that your Tree Squirrels ate corn.
Thanks for the great photo and the passed on piece of knowledge.
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VarmintGuy

Oh yeah, they eat the Hades out of it. There were six on the corn pile when I walked back to the truck to exchange the .348 for the .17.

SCGunNut: Thank you for the clarification.
And if you have time could I further inquire this: Does a Tree Squirrel ever eat corn on the cob like on a standing corn stalk - or do they eat corn kernels that have been knocked off during the harvesting process?
Thanks again.
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VarmintGuy

Of several .17 Mach II's, I shoot the win. 1885 the most.
Very good on squirrels.
I see Kimber has a pistola chambered in .17 Mach II.

VG, I don't know about SC but here in MO they shuck it and eat it right off the cob. You walk out to your sweet corn patch and there's all these bare cobs sticking out from the stalks, you know it's too late for corn but a good time for squirrel fricassee.

Squirrels will actually do major damage to a cornfield. If you see corn growing next to a grove of trees, you have probably found a place where a farmer will let you shoot some squirrels.

There was a fox squirrel harvesting whole ears of corn from a standing corn field near one of my stands. He was so persistent that when I was done hunting that day, I went into the field, picked him a dozen ears, and left them at the base of the tree he was working out of. My son and I often pick up ear of corn that somehow were missed by the combine and take them to his former elementary school, so that they can feed the urban squirrels during the winter. I suburban Omaha you buy bag of ears of the corn to feed the squirrels for about $0.50 per ear.

We have a major mast failure this year and the corn fields are being hit hard. A friend of mine said the rows closest to the woods are almost picked clean.

It's pretty comical to watch a grey squirrel carry off an ear of corn as big as he is. He'll carry it awhile, put it down and rest, then pick it up and waddle off some more. A fox squirrel is usually man enough to carry it without a problem. I love hunting/shooting squirrels, but also admit I love the little buggers. They're very entertaining to watch.