CZ 452 Varmint shooting Eley Match at a B-19c target at 100 yards.
The stock is a McMillan BR50 in the Carolina Flame color scheme.
Scope is a Leupold VX-3 6.5-20X40mm EFR Target
Not bedded into the stock just bolted in.
The factory trigger spring has been replaced with a Fastenal 160A spring.
The reduced the pull down to 12 ounces without creep.
It does not slam fire and passes a bump test of a rubber mallet to the tang of the action when it is out of the stock.
Ammunition is the Remington rebranded Eley Black box Match EPS flatnose
the center X ring on the B-19c target is 0.875 inches or 22.5 mm
Final measurements on the best group were 0.78 inches outside edge to outside edge including the lone flyer.
Subtract the bullet diameter, 0.223, for a center to center group distance of 0.557 inches.
0.557 inches divided by 1.047 inches per MOA gives us
Just a bit over 1/2 MOA @ 0.531 MOA
MOA is Minute Of Angle or 1/60 of a degree which is 1.047 inches at 100 yards
There are more sub MOA guns and ammo than there are sub MOA shooters. Everything has to work together, gun, ammo, rest, trigger puller and the Weather. Wind can ruin everything. It was dead calm when I shot this group as the Sun was setting behind cloudy skies. It will be very difficult to repeat this group. You can buy more ammo but cannot buy better weather unless you shoot indoors.
This last group was the culmination of over 250 shots fired that afternoon.
I started with cheap Aguila Pistol Match to get on the paper and the tried SK Standard +.
After not being too impressed with those groupings of about 2 inches I went to Wolf Match Extra and was consistently in the ten ring on a TQ-4 target. Ran out of TQ-4 and switched to the CMP B-19C for the last box of Eley Match. I was still making adjustments trying to find the dope as each time you change ammo you get a different velocity. The barrel also has to get accustomed to the new lubricant. When I got down to my last ten rounds left I just decided to shoot with the scope settings I had. They were just a tad high but straight down the middle. I knew the first shot was high when the trigger broke. The rest went right together. It was amazing watching them go into the same hole shot after shot. Flight time to 100 yards is about 0.29 seconds. If you ever played baseball or tennis or football you are used to reacting to things that quickly.
Hope you enjoy it and safe and fun shooting to everyone.
Tom.
Thank you for the concerns about my health.
Yes I was winded after walking 100 yards.
I had Bronchitis at the time.
Was trying hard not to cough while filming.
I don't smoke.
Walking 2-3 miles is no problem for me since I now do it twice a week.
