Bunny Rifle

It wasn't me!

Now, no promises lads, but I'm going to make enquiries into this. I reckon it'll probably be a CZ 452 American (They make it left-handed). Not certain but it'll probably be in .17 HMR as I'm not bothered by the slight extra cost and I've quite a lot of use for something for whacking corvids out to about 150 or so, sheep farmers look to be having a bad time of it on my permissions, and it's slightly better for any fox I saw than a .22LR as well by the sound of things. So, just a couple of questions.

1. Is there any good reason to get the .22LR over the .17HMR other than cost?
2. What should I scope it with? Don't need huge magnification, want to keep it nice and light and handy.
3. What's a good mod? I'll probably cut it back to 20" so a mod should balance it nicely.
4. Who does the best prices on CZs, and who offers what in terms of packages?

Had a nice evening out there yesterday wishing I had something like this to whack a few very tasty looking bunnies (Decided not to unleash the .25 and wake up the whole mountain by nipping the head off one) and there's going to be a nice long lazy summer of good evenings for this coming up. I'll be putting in a new safe to store shotgun cartridges so I reckon that's as good an excuse as any for a new rifle too.

ormondprop

only advantages .22 has is its dirt cheap and a lot quieter
on the mod front i use a sak on my .22 and find it good
i use a nikko gold crown 4-12x42 on my .22 aswell and have never found it lacking but for a .17 maybe some more mag might come in handy if thats your thing

garv123

http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/guns/rifles/381445/17HMR_calibre_sound_moderators_review_.html

good read about .17 mod's


http://www.varmintal.com/17hmr.htm

after reading that the hmr seems like the job. hope the links helped anyway.

and if your looking at .22lr lefthooker has a left handed savage .22lr for sale in the for S/W section

bunny shooter

It wasn't me! wrote: »

............... I reckon it'll probably be a CZ 452 American (They make it left-handed).

Good choice

It wasn't me! wrote: »

............... 1. Is there any good reason to get the .22LR over the .17HMR other than cost?

Less noise

It wasn't me! wrote: »

............... 2. What should I scope it with? Don't need huge magnification, want to keep it nice and light and handy.

no need for anymore than something in 3-9 x 50 or 4 -12 x 50

It wasn't me! wrote: »

............... 3. What's a good mod? I'll probably cut it back to 20" so a mod should balance it nicely.

SAK for either .22lr or .17 HMR

It wasn't me! wrote: »

............... 4. Who does the best prices on CZs, and who offers what in terms of packages?..............

Paul O'Halloran, especially if you've no trade in

It wasn't me!

bunny shooter wrote: »

Good choice




Less noise



no need for anymore than something in 3-9 x 50 or 4 -12 x 50



SAK for either .22lr or .17 HMR



Paul O'Halloran, especially if you've no trade in

Cheers bunny. I'm thinking more like a 40-44mm objective, nice and light and low profile. Top mag of 10-12x sounds like more than enough too. Cheers on the mod and dealer recommendation. Will have to see what he quotes me tomorrow now. Any scope recommendations? It'll get used at night, so glass needs to be fairly respectable and reticle useful.

Tackleberrywho

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Cheers bunny. I'm thinking more like a 40-44mm objective, nice and light and low profile. Top mag of 10-12x sounds like more than enough too. Cheers on the mod and dealer recommendation. Will have to see what he quotes me tomorrow now. Any scope recommendations? It'll get used at night, so glass needs to be fairly respectable and reticle useful.

Illum retictle
Most of the cheaper brands carry them.
A fine illum reticle gives a bigger sight picture.

Some just give a red dot which would be ideal @ 50-150 yards at night

A second hand one of these would be in your price range I reckon
http://www.sportoptics.com/burris-signiture-select-scopes-200772.aspx

It depends whether you use a lamp or not, with a lamp you don't need illum.
Without a lamp you need illum in dusk conditions.

Myself and dev110 were out foxing recently, at dusk he could not see his reticle, but he could easily see mine.

Although for low light I'd go 50mm Min as a personal pref

Parralax adj can be a pain at night as you have so little time to get it right. I leave mine ~50yards so just needs a small tweak if I get time to turn up mag under a lamp.

For day bunnies, you normally get time to adj, however today I shot a few snap shooting without adj

clivej

All of what BunnyShooter said.
The Bushnell Trophy range of scope will go good on that setup your looking at.

I use a Bushnell 3200 10x40 fixed scope on my CZ 22lr and find it good for any shot that I can take with the 22lr, was shooting clays @300m with it, it would also go well on a HMR

bunny shooter

Seriously considering one of those Bushnell's myself

clivej

Just in the dealers in drangan he has cz lux 22lr with good scope and rings and ammo @€;490

It wasn't me!

clivej wrote: »

Just in the dealers in drangan he has cz lux 22lr with good scope and rings and ammo @€;490

Was chatting to Paul earlier. He reckoned it'd be about €500 for the basic rifle in left hand drive, which sounds pretty decent. Still not sure on the scope, might just buy the rifle and put things together as I go. I have some stuff to get rid of anyway, and I've a spare scope floating around here somewhere I could stick on it for the time being.

ormondprop

i have a spare scope here and rings that will fit a cz its only a hawke but should be fine for a rimfire, its a 6.5-20x50 with ir mildot, you can borrow it and use it till you get funds to buy your own, its sitting here in my bedroom doin nothing so someone might aswell use it
+1 on paul o halloran aswell, i'd be suprised if you could find anyone cheaper

johnner1

ormondprop wrote: »

i have a spare scope here and rings that will fit a cz its only a hawke but should be fine for a rimfire, its a 6.5-20x50 with ir mildot, you can borrow it and use it till you get funds to buy your own, its sitting here in my bedroom doin nothing so someone might aswell use it

Thats a brilliant offer to the lad fair play to you;)

It wasn't me!

ormondprop wrote: »

i have a spare scope here and rings that will fit a cz its only a hawke but should be fine for a rimfire, its a 6.5-20x50 with ir mildot, you can borrow it and use it till you get funds to buy your own, its sitting here in my bedroom doin nothing so someone might aswell use it
+1 on paul o halloran aswell, i'd be suprised if you could find anyone cheaper

Thanks very much for the offer there. I'll see how I end up doing this and might end up calling you up on that one. Will probably be another while before I make any moves. Have to pick up my shotgun yet and pay the balance, so figure a while to let the dust settle there. I found Paul very personable on the phone, didn't sound like he was bursting for a shíte and dying to be rid of you like so many dealers do on the phone and had a good idea of what he would be able to do and the sort of prices involved. Straightforward, personable and up front. I liked that a lot. Can see why he has such a good name.