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Blast effect (on you) from the muzzle brake, will be the biggest potential detriment to accuracy.

Someone on here did but up a scanned version of the manual, maybe three years back. Type double auto into the search box and you should locate that thread easily enough.

The only significant difference between the two, is that the bolt shroud on the Vanguard comes out a bit more on the left side, to stop any gases or bits of brass getting into your eye if a primer is pierced or a case lets go.

Been using a Chrony F1 for a least twice as long. Only problem has been the nut behind the butt. They also give you excellent instructions. The only other people who do that are Oehler!

Send an email to S & B asking what they will charge you to do it.

CZ 452 American model grooves are 3/8" (9.5mm) as opposed to the standard 11mm adopted for the Brno Model 2 in the late 1950s and continued with the CZ 452. The catch however, is that the American model grooves are cut with a different angle cutter from the U.S. standard. This is why Sportsmatch offer a different ring-mount to suit CZ 452 American receivers.

The missus? ... if she finds out!

I would go with that advice. Timber can absorb moisture up to 100x faster through the end grain than the face so ... better just to increase the clearance than fight a potentially losing battle. Only way to stop the moisture getting in is to dip the timber in glycol, as on the old Parker Hale stocks made by Sile. Not worth the trouble when figgy presents such a simple solution.

Primer tends to have enough force to send the bullet into the rifling, by itself, so ... pretty obvious that the priming compound did not go off. Could be firing pin damage but more likely that the lubricant inside the bolt has dried out. I doubt that the striker spring would have lost much tension at this early stage of the rifle's life. I suggest that you strip down the bolt, degrease it, clean it and put it back together with a wee bit of Ballistol to keep everything moving and rust free

Like the other guys said ... get a Picatinny rail fitted!

White spirit is a trade name registered by Shell for a high grade of kerosene, also known as Stoddard's Solvent and Mobil Pegasol 3040 (Mobil Pegasol AA is unleaded petrol i.e. Coleman Fuel). White spirit is the correct grade of kerosene for kerosene camp stoves and for hurricane lanterns (as opposed to lighting fuel kerosene sold by hardware stores, which burns less efficiently and creates more soot). White spirit is also a paint solvent. White spirits is a colloquial name for Coleman Fuel, aka Mobil Pegasol AA, Shellite, Mobilite, Britolite, etc. YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL TO AVOID CONFUSION BETWEEN THE TWO PRODUCTS. Some hardware/paint stores have gotten to the stage where they will not have anything to do with either product (except perhaps, when selling to trusted tradespeople) due to casual customers who neither read instructions nor listen to what they have been told and who have come to grief!

Sportsmatch introduced some torch mounts a wee while back. I haven't used one but anything those guys make is always worth a look.

Sometimes the wrong screws are packed with the bases and if a young guy on the shop floor is told to fir the bases, you can get that problem. I had to file down some Weaver screws once for a Winchester Model 70 because there were 4 receiver bridge screws in the bag instead of two for the bridge and two for the receiver ring. I ran a club range for 14 years and you could always tell when the job was done by a young fella at NZ Hunting & Fishing (the big franchise outfit in our country, which is often held to be better on the fishing than the hunting side). Screws were never loctited, steel ring mounts were never degreased and if the screws weren't obviously loose, a few hunting rounds, including once, some 7x61 in an old Schultz and Larsen fitted with a new scope and rings, would have things flapping in the breeze pretty quickly! As I said earlier, lesson learned. I like that group by the way. You seem to have done well with your purchase.

Learning experience. You will have plenty more of them.

T series, Grand Slam, Super Slam and current tactical scopes all have Micro-Trac adjustments but even the Classic series have very good adjustments.