Left handed 22LR and 17HMR

[_Spud_]

Hey all,

 

I am submitting my FAC at the moment I have been looking at the best rifles.

 

I love the look of the CZ Varmint but they do not seam to do a Left handed edition, the only ones are the American and Delux.

 

I will not necessarily go for both but I am going to have both put onto the FAC.

 

The 22 is my favourite at the moment purely on the price of ammo.

 

Could anyone please recommend a good left handed 22LR and 17HMR new only please.

 

Thanks all.

[Baldrick]

I have left handed CZ 452 Americans in both .22LR and .17 HMR. I also have an Anschutz .22LR. The CZs are astonishingly good value, and very accurate with it. The Annie pips the CZ .22 by a fraction on accuracy, but the trade-off is thatit costs double that of a CZ, and the CZ soaks up all the punishment and still looks OK (the Annie's walnut stock does not suit life in a tractor or 4x4 cab).

 

So buy CZ. Buy the .22 first, as its limited range will force you to hone your fieldcraft. Mine sports a Meopta 7x50 scope, a SAK mod and a Harris bipod, and is good for consistent 100-yard shots. I find Winchester or Eley subsonic ammo performs the best.

Edited July 28, 2008 by Baldrick

[_Spud_]

I have left handed CZ 452 Americans in both .22LR and .17 HMR. I also have an Anschutz .22LR. The CZs are astonishingly good value, and very accurate with it. The Annie pips the CZ .22 by a fraction on accuracy, but the trade-off is thatit costs double that of a CZ, and the CZ soaks up all the punishment and still looks OK (the Annie's walnut stock does not suit life in a tractor or 4x4 cab).

 

So buy CZ. Buy the .22 first, as its limited range will force you to hone your fieldcraft. Mine sports a Meopta 7x50 scope, a SAK mod and a Harris bipod, and is good for consistent 100-yard shots. I find Winchester or Eley subsonic ammo performs the best.

 

Thanks m8. I do like the CZ based on the price, really good value considering.

 

The eley ammo is ok for me as I have a friend who works for eley so can get a good discount, I already get a lot of eley misprints at silly low prices.

 

Thanks

[Evilv]

I have left handed CZ 452 Americans in both .22LR and .17 HMR. I also have an Anschutz .22LR. The CZs are astonishingly good value, and very accurate with it. The Annie pips the CZ .22 by a fraction on accuracy, but the trade-off is thatit costs double that of a CZ, and the CZ soaks up all the punishment and still looks OK (the Annie's walnut stock does not suit life in a tractor or 4x4 cab).

 

So buy CZ. Buy the .22 first, as its limited range will force you to hone your fieldcraft. Mine sports a Meopta 7x50 scope, a SAK mod and a Harris bipod, and is good for consistent 100-yard shots. I find Winchester or Eley subsonic ammo performs the best.

 

Thanks m8. I do like the CZ based on the price, really good value considering.

 

The eley ammo is ok for me as I have a friend who works for eley so can get a good discount, I already get a lot of eley misprints at silly low prices.

 

Thanks

 

My cz 425 zkm standard, delivers half inch groups with eley subs at 50 - 60 yards in practical, windy conditions where I am often far from ideally comfortable, lying in long grass without a bipod and propping up the rifle on a rolled up gun slip and such like non-ideal circumstances. The rifle and ammo are far better than I am and they really do deliver ragged centimeter and a half holes and all the shots touching one another in dirty rotten conditions.

 

By the way - I almost never clean the barrel either. Maybe once in five hundred rounds I might drag a patch through the old tube.

Edited July 28, 2008 by Evilv

[Baldrick]

I only made the mistake of cleaning my .22LR once, and the change to the POI was quite surprising. Don't bother - it doesn't need it. An HMR is a little different: I boresnake mine when the accuracy begins to fade, which often only happens after about 500 shots.

[Evilv]

I only made the mistake of cleaning my .22LR once, and the change to the POI was quite surprising. Don't bother - it doesn't need it. An HMR is a little different: I boresnake mine when the accuracy begins to fade, which often only happens after about 500 shots.

 

That's quite consoling about the HMR. I just tracked down a brand new Winchester 9417 in Leicestershire and bought it. I was expecting to have to clean out the copper fouling more often than that, so thanks.

Edited July 29, 2008 by Evilv

[_Spud_]

Thanks all for the comments.

 

Could anyone recommend me some decent optics for the .22 and the .17 HMR

 

I have been looking on the net but it’s amazing how much choice you have.

 

Recently I think the information available on this site is more valuable and accurate than the local gun shop.

 

Thanks all.

[Baldrick]

Spud, at risk of sounding repetitive and a bit evangelical, I'd recommend a Meopta Artemis 7x50 for the .22, as the ladder reticule suits the .22's trajectory perfectly.

 

You'll want a variable power on the HMR. I use a Burris 3-9x50 on mine, but I am replacing it with either a 4-16x or a 6.5-20x scope (probably a Bushnell 4200 series). I find that 9x magnification is a bit limiting on longer shots.