UPDATED; 22LR 200yd steel challenge

Marlin Model 60 and Remington Thunderbolts……. Would not do too well

That’s all I got

Your barrel isn’t treaded but a barrel tuner would help tighten up your groups.

What do y’all shoot from? Prone, bench, or different barricades?

Same exact rifle I am using however I have left my suppressor off of mine.

I am going to research this right now.

Seems like the serious guys are replacing the 457 barrel with a Shilen and EPS Chamber and using a tuner.

Rimfire isnt my forte, Id try the barrel tuner first before replacing the barrel if it were me.

Lilja barrels seem to be a popular one on CZ’s

I think my starting point would be trying lots of different match ammo.

My brother shot competitively for a while and he must've tried hundreds of different loads before he settled on one for his rifle.

I've shot benchrest competition both RF and CF. I would ditch the Accu Tac bipod and use a quality front rest with micro adjustments and a rear bag filled with heavy sand.
Get a trigger job done or swap out with a Jewell, JARD, Bixn Andy, Shilen, Timney, etc... and set it 1 pound or less. Tuners definitely work ... Shoot free recoil.



Here is my Sako Finnfire P94 with a Lilja Sundberg taper barrel, Jewell 8 ounce trigger, as rifle is pillar and glass bedded. I have duplicate rifles and can swap out 3 different barrels ....22LR, 22 WMR, 17 HMR. I use to shoot the Federal UM1 Olympic ammo but sadly it's no longer made. Now shoot the SK Match



this rifle is wearing a LEU 36x - D scope.



Iv'e used Harrel tuners in the past ...


I prefer a scope with a small target dot crosshair



the CZ 457 MTR with 20" varmint match barrel is the real deal priced at $849. You can get the same rifle with a traditional hunting stock for $649.




edit: can you use windflags ?



Ideally, you want to shoot the same weather condition everytime. Micro-windage adjustments allow you to compensate hold for wind direction.

I'm shooting C457 MTR with some mods from Area419 in Manners stock. I have cleaned a similar NLR22 stage with Lapua Center X. Ammo makes all the difference. It shoots Wolf pretty good and will give it a try with cheaper ammo, but the rile is still above the OP's challenge price range.

50 yrd zero, 200 yards is 6.9 mils, 49.7 inch drop.

TideHater, try different ammo and find out what your rifle likes. 22's can be picky.

Nice guns, GB. Disclaimer: I've never shot 22LR competitively, much less at 200 yds. At my job, I cam across and old gentleman a few months ago who used to shoot at 22LR competitions. I really wish I'd had the time to just sit down and pick his brain, but I didn't. In addition to some of the things already mentioned (trying different ammo or different lots of ammo), I remember he also mentioned the following: Once he found a load that pleased him, he'd buy a big supply of the same lot of ammo; Weighing individual rounds of loaded ammo. He didn't say what his parameters were; Checking rim thickness of the rounds. He didn't say what his parameters were. That's all I got and it ain't much.

Keep us updated. This sounds really interesting, especially since I've just recently started shooting my 22LR's at 100 yds (but not competitively).

ETA: How's the scoring done?? What kind of 200 yard groups is common w/ these guns? Installing a custom barrel is allowed? Seems like that would usually put the price over the limit.