CZ and Bergara

 

CZ and Bergara.

 

CZ and Begara

 

Mostly CZ and Bergara.

 

What I like is when lowly CZ 452's beat out MTR's and B14R's while using mid grade SK ammo.

Bill

 

My wife's 452 is a 5 shot, 1 hole gun at 25, and almost 1 hole at 50. It is crazy accurate for a totally stock sporter. It loves SK rifle match. This assumes that I do my part, an unfortunately uncommon occurance.

 

The clubs I shoot at the CZ 457 MTR is still the most common in factory class closely followed by the Bergara B14r. There are still a few using the CZ 457 at-one, CZ 457 Varmint and the chassis non-MTR model.

Every once in a while, someone will shoot a Tikka TX1, RPR, Savage, Christinson, CZ452 or 455.
Occasionally I'll still use my old 455 and have shot more 2450 -2500 cards with it than my MTR or Bergara.

 

Most everyone shoots a CZ or B14. SOmetimes a Tikka or Savage but they are rare

 

CZs and Tikkas. I shoot at three different clubs and have not seen any B14s yet.

 

I am planning on shooting some matches after the first of the year and I will be using a CZ 457 MTR with Athlon 10-40X56 SFP 1/8 click. I practice with SK Rifle match but when it counts my MTR shoots Lapua Long Range the best with 10X a close 2nd.

 

At our benchrest matches we see Winchester 52, Remington 40x, Martinis, Anschutz. The custom rifles built on Stiller actions usually win

 

Can a custom rifle legally compete in the ARA Factory Class?

 

From most to least; Tikka, Bergara, CZ

 

No custom in factory class.

 

Sunday ARA at Boerne TX. Around 7 MTR, 7 B14R A few different CZ models and a couple I did not recognize. 20 shooters I think.

 

#1 shooter in Arizona in a runaway is shooting a Tikka. The rest of us peons mostly shoot B14Rs, with a CZ VPC and an MTR or two.

 

#1 Factory shooter in Florida also running a T1X.

 

#1 and 2 in Maine also shooting T1Xs.

 

Bergara B14's and CZ 's dominated the 2024 St Louis outdoor nationals. One Tikka out of 77 shooters, a couple of Christenson ( sp?) Arms, and a Savage Mk2

 

I shot the first three cards with my MTR; 2160, 1710 and 2050.
Shot last five with T1X; 2350,2375,2225,2375 and 2250. Should have shot the whole match with the Tikka. MTR gone down the road.

 

This is my factory rifle, it holds it's own against the higher end models when I do my part. A good set of flags is a must also. I'll bet not many of this model is being used in matches.

Bill

 

I honestly don't know nor do I care if there was one or ten or sixty seven Tikka's. Only rifle I give as darn about is the one I am shooting and I am not married to either it or it's manufacturer. The only thing I can go by is what is on the ARA site's Equipment list for the match and it says there was one and if memory serves the shooter placed in the low or mid twenties. If there is a problem with that you should take it up with the ARA, I can't do anything about that

The time I shot the Tikka in the match is when my CZ - 452's trigger got screwy on the first card and a fellow shooter let me shoot his spare Tikka so yes I know it does happen. Still I think it would turn out to be less than a handful. So the Bergara B 14 and various flavors of CZ would be the overwhelming choice of shooters there

 

In AZ we have a few CZ's mostly 457's with different combinations of the MTR, a Chassis, an At-One too and equal amount of Bergara B14R's to CZ's and yes there is a Tikka...Frankly they are very close as to how well they shoot it's really a toss up.

However, I started with a B14R and then moved over to the T1X it was ~.1" tighter groupings on average vs the B14R. BOTH are good enough to consistently shoot 2500's but that .1" is just more room for me to mess up a wind call so that's what I shoot. WStewarts B14 is shooting better now that he's figured some things out and it's a competitive rig with the right ammo in the magazine.

 

Attn: Rule Police

Let me get this straight, and YES I have read the ARA Rules.

My CZ 457 Pro Varmint 16.5" with factory trigger, Area 419 Arca Rail on the bottom and a Victor Co. Cheek Riser that is NOT permanently attached is legal for ARA Factory Class?

 

That barrel says "match" on it. I didn't think the Pro-Varmint had a match barrel. If it's not the original barrel, you're out of factory class.

 

From the ARA regs

CZ Brno, 457 VPT, VPT-MTR - Not Approved

 

8.4.1.4.3. Any bipod (a bipod has two touch points on the bench top) is permitted and may be attached to the stock. A rail may be added to the stock solely for the purpose of attaching a bipod. If the rail is wider than a standard picatinny rail (~1”) it must be removed if not using a bipod

 

Attn: Rule Police? I'm not the rule police but it's not hard to go read the rules for yourself. American Rimfire Association