Queenfan59 wrote:Hello everyone, i am new to this forum, need some advice, i would like to purchase a 22lr, looking at the lithgow la101, cz 457 , anschutz 64 mpr, the rifle will be primarily used for bench target shooting, i am not in a rifle club, nor do i shoot bullseye matches, just want something accurate, i have fired the cz 452 and 455, both shot accurately at 25 metres, maybe in the future i might take it hunting but 99 percent of the time it will be a bench rest gun, sorry if i dragged this on a bit, hope it makes sense, any advice would be most appreciated, thank you everyone,,,,
Are you already an experienced shooter?
Do you have somewhere to shoot? Keeping in mind that NSW technically does not allow you to "target shoot" anywhere except approved ranges.
I don't shoot at any ranges either, but I do occasionally still enjoy trying to make small clusters on far away sheets of paper or steel.
I really don't get benchrest though, and having attended a local rimfire match a couple months back, it seems even more boring than I thought it was
My neighbour has been attending these matches with his Lithgow LA101, but the club members are shooting totally impractical contraptions that would never be taken field shooting, they require perfectly leveled concrete benches.
Despite it onlny being a 20m range, I do want to get along and try it for myself though, maybe it has something I'm not seeing from the outside. I'm driven to shoot as well as I practically can with a given rifle and ammo, but I'm not at all driven to try to put all my bullets through one .223" hole.
When I'm shooting off the bench I generally just use the bipod, or sometimes a front bag, and sometimes I'll use a rear bag, particularly if I'm testing a rifle, a scope, or ammunition.
I use my Rugers, which for me are consistently 1MoA-capable to 100m, and certainly good enough to keep up my skills.