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Still have the same Ruger American just upped the optic game for the next benchrest match. Vortex Viper 6x24x44.
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I've found even a pellet rifle can be picky about what you send down the barrel. These were shot with my DPMS II Bull Barrel. 50 yards from a rest. The last target is CCI Stingers.

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The appearance of the .22cal biathlon rifle in military biathlon competitions was the reason I opted out, after many years of shooting a 6.5x55 or 7.62x51 service sniping rifle.

To me, military biathlon was based on the REAL need for soldiers in the Arctic to patrol, reconnoitre, intercept and destroy the enemy, given the opportunity to do so. To do that a REAL military calibre was necessary. AFAIK, neither the Finns or the Norwegians, who between them invented the sport of biathlon post-war as a way of 'keeping current', as well as having a whale of fun, used their service sniping rifles - either CGs 'borrowed' from Sweden, or their own Kongsberg Arsenal target rifles. VERY hard work, it was too, with 12-13 pound rifles....but somehow we managed. Ever tried it? Between 10 and 30 km cross-country skiing against the clock, interrupted by shooting five shots at distant targets from the three positions.

When the calibre was reduced to piddling .22cal, and the targets to knocking down five steel plates at 50m, for me that was it. It was no longer military.
Quite true, but (just to be clear) when I made that post, I was referring to the modern sport of Biathalon, in its current configuration, not the military origins.
Nice write-up on the history of the sport, though. :s0155:
 
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Daisy….. yup
1 of 3 models they produced….
- first- caseless.22 ignited by compressed air (1960s?)
- second this bolt action …10/22 with copycat ruger rotary
- 3rd this model in semi-auto 10/22 with stick mag

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New rifle, first 50 rounds of cheap bubblegum federal seem to shoot fair enough. Gun is a Cz 457 in manners stock. I put area 419 15 moa rail, area 419 picitiny bipod rail, area 419 bolt knob, Ken Farrell low rings, NF 5-25x56 SHV, anarchy billet bottom metal and extended mag release along with Cz 8oz trigger.

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New rifle, first 50 rounds of cheap bubblegum federal seem to shoot fair enough. Gun is a Cz 457 in manners stock. I put area 419 15 moa rail, area 419 picitiny bipod rail, area 419 bolt knob, Ken Farrell low rings, NF 5-25x56 SHV, anarchy billet bottom metal and extended mag release along with Cz 8oz trigger.

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If you're a fan of two stage triggers, I highly recommend Triggers by Scar.
 

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