CZ455

[Roadracer_Al]

(01-28-2019, 11:13 PM)Highpower Wrote: Just like machine tools eh?

Ha, yes. I just made an order from SHARS for an inserted cutoff tool & holder, as well as some adjustable parallels. The good news is that most of the tooling or accessories I want to buy are under $100 or over $1000, so not much movement on the latter, and not much guilt on the former. :)

When I had my 40X, I never shot anything but cheap bulk ammo and it seemed to do pretty well @ 50 feet.

Lapua Midas... how appropriately named.

I've joined Rimfire Central - the CZ forum is quite active, a good indicator of the popularity of CZs.

I haven't been to the range in 3 weeks.... been busy with work, life, etc. Not to mention the windy, rainy, "cold" weather (yeah, I know, it's not even below freezing. I've become California Soft. It's a thing.)

Of course, having idle hands is a dangerous thing, I've cut the breech & setscrew lugs on the barrel conical so I can test different orientations of the barrel. This is how Lilja delivers some of its match barrels. At the same time, I set the barrel back a smidge to get headspacing at .043.

I made a pair of go/nogo headspace gauges. Nailing down the rim thickness was the big challenge - I can commonly achieve .001" on diameters, but axial dimensions aren't as easy.

I also whipped up a new trigger spring, brings the trigger pull down to a repeatable 1lb, 3oz. It passed the "thump the action with a rubber mallet" test, but it seems mighty light to me. I suppose it'll take a bit of getting used to.

Pinged my shooting buddy and hopefully the weather will be settled down a bit tomorrow.