Anyone like .17HMRs?
I have a CZ 452 Varmint but I’ve only put about 300 rounds through it. It shoots REALLY flat out to 100yds. And don’t shoot it on .22 steel. I did on a buddies, it dimpled it pretty bad just from shear velocity. I used the spring kit available here http://cz452.com/springkit.html to get the trigger down to a very nice and crisp 1.5lbs. I’m running a Leupold Rifleman 4-12x 50mm scope on it in Burris rings and a Harris bipod.
No experience with the 17 HMR or some of the newer 17 cal rimfires, but I do have about six years running a basic CZ 452 Standard (Lux with beech stock).
It’s accuracy is amazing. I’ve left my trigger stock but adjusted its pull down to about 2.5 lbs.
I run a Ruger 17/HM2 with a GM fluted 16" SS sporter in the factory walnut and a 4X Leupy
for various varmints around ‘the yard’…run Ely & Remington (same company)
happy with the dead varmints (grackles) it takes care of (shoot this inside 35 yards)
I also run a 10/22 mag had the receiver 'Metacol’d added a Magnum Research CF barrel in a Hogue stock with a leupy 6X42 on top for larger vermin…on possum
coons skunks groundhogs it works well (only shot inside 100 yds with it)
Wouldn’t want to give up either one…both fun to shoot
I have a CZ 452 “Scout” in .22LR with a Pentax 1.5-5X scope. It’s incredibly accurate, especially with Wolf Target. You’d be hard pressed to find a .22LR any more accurate for less than five times what this thing cost me ($199 a few years ago).
I’ve learned a lot about rifle marksmanship with it, especially about trigger control and follow-through while shooting offhand. Those are a lot easier when shooting from a support position, but not so much when you’re shooting offhand. It’s a good way to experience for yourself that trigger control and follow-through are more important than a perfect sight picture or being able to hold rock steady.
And they’re cheap to feed. Firing 200 rounds of .22LR through a bolt gun is a LOT of shooting for an afternoon, especially if you’re making each and every shot count.
+1 on Wolf Match Target and Wolf Match Extra. They are the made by SK Jagd in Germany. SK is Lapua’s German subsidiary.
My Anschutz prone rifle loves Match Extra.
I’ve been wanting to pick up a CZ 452 in .22lr for a while now, but other stuff keeps coming up…
Nice set up man!
I’ve got a Remington 541 T-HB with a VXII 6-18x in Burris posi rings.
Has abolt like a Remington 788, witht he lugs in the rear.
I really need to get it out and shoot it more.
Bob
I know it’s fun to shoot self-loading rimfires, but to me the bolt action really connects me to the act of shooting more so than using a self-load. I suppose it’s related to the pace of the shooting where you’re shooting just one shot at a time instead of knowing you’re going to be doing many more with just a press of the trigger.
I can work the bolt pretty fast, but the actual shooting is far more deliberate for me when I use my CZ 452 Scout. Perhaps that’s why 200 rounds feels like a lot of shooting to me, because I spend so much mental effort on each shot. I realize I could do exactly the same thing with a self-loader, but it just wouldn’t feel the same to me.
Got a Remington 513-T with Williams match sights on it that’s a dream to shoot. Incredibly accurate.
Precisely why I enjoy competitive smallbore prone shooting. It is very mentally demanding.
I use the Remington for Smallbore 3P. I’m usually pretty tired after that, also.
I probably should look into trying that. All of the games I do have a lot of running and other movement. I’m much better suited to laying on the ground. 
No experience with the 17 but I have a 452 varmint in 22lr. I can’t say enough good about it.
This gun is made the way American factory guns used to be made. Quality parts, adjustable trigger (gasp!..think of the children! get the lawyers!!!), nice walnut stock, nice bluing,…and ACCURATE.
I love mine.
Savage Mark I, .22 LR single shot bolt action with Accu-Trigger, Bushnell 4X, Harris bipod, Gemtech Outback II & Remington Subsonics.
Speaking of Wolf Match Extra, if I can do this with an Anschutz prone with a sling and irons, then the ammo is damned good.
I was at the rifle range yesterday shooting my AR and another club member was shooting an old Remington bolt .22LR with a Weaver 4-16X scope using Eley Tenex ammo. We chatted about our rifles and he let me fire his .22. He told me to pick out a small rock at the 200 yds line (yep, 200 yards measure) and shoot at it. My first shot was yanked off because I wasn’t used to the light trigger. I was just shooting my AR with at least a 6lb pull, his trigger was probably 1.5lb or less. My second and and the next few chipped away at the poor little rock. I was amazed at the accuracy of that set up.
I caught the bug. I’m in search of my next rifle and scope.
I have a Ruger 77/22 stainless w/synthetic stock that was cut to 16.1", beadblasted, and 1.5# trigger installed by AWC…with an AWC Archangel III can. It makes little bug holes at 50 yards with RWS Subsonic.
I have a Tula TOZ-78-1. It’s just about the best deal out there if you just want a minimalist .22 bolt action plinker.
The CZ’s would be a higher grade and most likely more accurate. Really nice IMHO, but more expensive. Czech firearm designers don’t mess around, they build a mean brick shithouse.
For what I wanted out of a .22 plinker, the TOZ fit the bill.
I had a Marlin 17HMR for about 5 years or so… It my go to rifle for squirrels and other small vermin. Out to 150 yards its deadly for anything I shoot. I’ve worked the trigger to 2.5lbs 3/8" groups are too easy off the bench 
Charles
I had a CZ Varmit model in 17HMR a few years ago
great gun, just wasn’t using it to it’s potential and sold it and bought a 452 american 22lr and it’s setup with a Weaver 3-9 rimfire classic
I too did the trigger spring setup and made sure the barrel is freefloated
it’s a fantastic shooter, I use PMC moderator subsonics in it
I bought my son a scout when he was 7 with the single shot adapter in it for the first year, then got him a 2-7 Weaver Rimfire classic scope and the 10 shot mag
I bought one for my dad as well for the pesky little varmits out back that tears up mom’s flowergardens
great guns