CZ-452 varmint model versus custom 40-X

[Calif Hunter]

I am proud of myself - last night at my club's .17 HMR fun match, I tied for first against a custom built REM 40-X with a Lilja barrel and Jewell trigger (cost at least $2K) with my $450 CZ-452 Varmint from Gunbroker with a Rifle Basix trigger. About 1/4 inch groups at 50 yards and 5/8 inch at 100. (2 five shot groups at each range.) My CZ usually runs well with the big dogs.

[Mutant]

That is excellent but shouldn't you have also posted there were only two people in the match and the other one was 5 years old?

[Calif Hunter]

LOL! I don't know many 5-year olds with custom 40Xs. There were 10 or 12 shooters, most shooting volquartson's (spelling?), a few Savages, and a customized Ruger M-77 with a Lilja barrel. It was a .17 HMR/.22 Mag match, though one guy had a .17 WSM. I actually sold the one guy a CMP USMC Rem 4-X that he rebarreled into a .17 HMR with a custom stock, Jewell trigger, Lilja barrel, etc. He is a master machinist who just sold his shop for a lot of money and has always done his own gunsmithing for decades. Many of the guys (including me) shoot ARA smallbore benchrest.