It has been a bit frustrating, but my CZ in 17 HMR shoots just fine now. I noticed that the Leupold high rings did not seat properly in the grooved receiver. So I ordered 2 sets of Burris steel high tip-off rings, one for the Marlin, too, since it had some no name Chinese rings on it. When I mounted the Burris high rings on the CZ they seated properly, but would not allow the 42mm OBJ lens to clear the barrel. Darn. So I took the V-16 off the Marlin along with its no name rings and mounted the V-16 on the CZ. It fit and allowed barrel clearance. So I bore sighted it and went to mount the V-24 on the Marlin with the Burris .22 High Rings. No go. Darn! So I installed the Weaver style bases along with some finger nail polish on the threads and tried to use my Weaver high power rings. No go. Called Shooters and they had one set of Burris high Z rings in 1". 30 min to closing so I drove through the rain and got the rings just in time. That worked, both rifles now had properly mounted scopes. Bore sighted it. Then I turned my attention to my Ruger 77/22. I pulled the barrel to install the new 17 HM2 barrel and noticed that the wedge bolts were not evenly tightened. So I reinstalled the .22LR barrel. Then I pulled the BSA 2-7 off and mounted a new Bushnell 3-9 x 32 rimfire scope. Nice fit. Bore sighted. I will install the 17 HM2 barrel later on. Right now I have two bricks of 22LR Remington Subsonic HPs and no 17 HM2 ammo. Finally, all I needed was a break in the weather. Today it was storming and raining so the match was cancelled. I loaded all three rifles and drove to the range. Everyone left. The rain stopped the wind died down. The clouds parted. God loves me. I sighted in the Ruger at 40m. Nice. It never shot this well before. Proper torquing and even tightening of the barrel mounting must have done something to it!


3/16" groups. Good to go! Look out varmints!



Wow this is like a knifeguy post. Oh well. About that CZ with the Chinese rings and the V-16. It just loved that new Winchester ammo. Check this out. At 100m.
7/16" group at 100m. Oh yeah! Because of the expense and scarcity of 17 HMR ammo, I went with 3 or 4 shot groups instead of my usual 5. Probably only going to get one shot at a varmint most times anyway.

Oh and the Marlin was no slouch today, either. It liked the Winchester ammo, too. 5/16" and 3/8" groups at 100m. Oh yeah, rock and roll.


It's Miller time. Three rifles scoped and zeroed, all sub-moa! I forgot to take pics of the CZ with the Chinese rings and V-16, but it looks pretty much as it did with the Leupold rings and the V-24, only the cheap rings fit better. So now I have two sets of Burris steel .22 high rings and one set of Leupold .22 high rings just sitting in a box! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> I need another beer.