jimbob123

Thanks all. I was surprised to see activity on this thread as it's six months old. I ended up getting a CZ457 in 22LR which I love, and I'm using it with 38gr Eley. However I've not had much chance to use it recently as I ended up with a month in hospital for heart surgery! I hope to use it again in a few weeks. Jim

Yeah a lot of people have said the old 40gr were far better than the newer 38gr. I'm going to buy some more Eley 38gr this morning, and also some RWS, and put a couple of boxes through, 100 of one then 100 of the other, at 100 yards, and see what I end up with. Weather forecast for Thursday morning is dry and calm so I'll see what I end up with. Winnies in mine were poor too, but I have 40 of those left so I will have another go with those at the same time. I just wish Match were quieter! Jim

Yeah I was thinking the same. I'll take a trip back to Dundee and rifle through their ammo stash and look for stuff at the lower end, and see what happens.

Thats very useful, thank you, I didn't know that. On the box I have it's 1075. Eley advertise it at 1040-1085 so my box is at the higher end.

1040....the website for Eley Match shows 1040-1085 but everything seem to run hotter for me, I wonder if it's the slightly longer barrel in the CZ 457 LRP. Seems to be a characteristic of this gun, the 38gr subs are listed at 1000-1040 but this youtube shows another guy getting much higher speeds, same as I do.

Interesting....22LR is new to me and I've read so much online to suggest that subs are more accurace than supersonic due to not traversing the sound barrier. During my testing today I've not seen any evidence of that. I tried HV American Eagle and they were accuract but very loud, and the Eley Match seem like they might be a good balance.

The only snag is they are running supersonic out of my cz457 lrp. In fact almost all the ammo I’ve tried is supersonic. Eley Match was 1156.

Hi folks A trip to Dundee yesterday saw me walk away with 8 different sets of ammo for my CZ 457 LRP .22LR. I inadvertently bought one box that was supersonic, which didn't half walk up the neighbours, but the rest were subs. A few photos attached; thoughts welcome? All are at 68 yards. To me, the best is the Eley Match, where the ruler is, but I had a couple of groups earlier on that were poor. EC - Eley Club ES - Eley Sport EM - Eley Match CCI - CCI segmented Norma AA - American Eagle HV (No idea why I put AA not AE). Very accurate but very loud. W/C - Winchester. Now the obvious thing - they are not hollow point. However in my view accuracy is more important than damage, simply because all my rabbits are headshots, so a bullet is a bullet; I previously used .22 JSB 15.89 pellets in my FAC air rifle. A HP will do more damage, but if the accuracy isn't there then it's a lottery anyway. I have tried a bunch of HP - Eley HP, RWS, CCI - and none could match the groupings that I've achieved today. Red circles are 12.5mm/0.5" and yellow 25mm/1". Thanks Jim

Hi all I've been trying out some different .22LR in my CZ 457 LRP. I'm curious about subsonic ammo. CCI 40gr subsonic, three shots: 1138 fps, 1116 fp, 1136fps Eley 40gr subsonic, three shots: 1118 fps, 1110 fps, 1106 fps Only the RWS are providing to be subsonic: 1075, 1047, 1047, 1063, 1076. Is this normal? I know barrel length, altitude, temperature etc all influence the velocity, but these seem consistently inconsistent! Thoughts? Jim

I feel elightened Thanks everyone!

I'm going to sound like a rookie here; the holes on eother side of the butt stock, are those QD sockets?

Still strugling to see how to fit this. WOuld I be expected to drill the stock? Seems od, given that the front has tqo studs as standard; nothing at rear.

Hi folks I've just acquired a CZ 457 LRP .22LR which I love. But I can't work out how to attach a sling! The pointy end of the gun has studs, but the butt doesn't, and I can't see how to attach one? Thanks Jim

I’m was tending away from the HMR due to the noise; I have a very loud .223 and a very quiet .22 FAC PCP and I’m hoping the .22LR (not bought yet) will be more like the PCP for noise.

Hi folks I'm looking to get set up for nighttime bunnies on my .22LR. I'll be using subsonic ammo, which is quite loopy, and with distance hard to judge at night, I'm interested in a NV scope with inbuilt LRF and ballistics calculator. Something like a DS35 or ATN X-Sight. I'll use the same gun in daytime. The design of the DS35 worries me, in that I'll catch the eyeballs on the top on a branch or something, and the ATN-X-Sight is £1149, so serious decisions to be made (and stuff like Thermion is out of my budget). SO...for anyone here who pops bunnies at night with a LRF NV scope....do they really work as well as the marketing would suggest, with a "secondary reticle" based on ammo BC and distance? Or are they gimmicky? And if they are good, whch make/model would people recommend. Many thanks Jim