Skeeter60
10-09-2009, 09:52 AM
Buy yourself a Brno .22 New or used. New would be about 30,000/ and a used one about 20,000/- or so. first shoot with iron sights and go for making as small groups as you can at 25m and then progress to 50.
Brno is a very accurate and reliable rifle. Find the ammo which shoots smallest groups. once you can regularly make one inch 5 shot groups at 50m from sitting, kneeling and prone or shooting from a table it is time to get yourself a good scope.
Please never compromise on the quality of the scope. This subject has been covered well on this forum earlier.
Unfortunately in optics you get what you pay, a cheaper scope will be un economical in the long run as it will be hard to zero, hard to stay zeroed, and will give up on the day of a rifle match. Also you can use the better scope later on your big game rifle. The cheap scopes have other problems we will discuss once the beginner has learned about these.
Brno is a very accurate and reliable rifle. Find the ammo which shoots smallest groups. once you can regularly make one inch 5 shot groups at 50m from sitting, kneeling and prone or shooting from a table it is time to get yourself a good scope.
Please never compromise on the quality of the scope. This subject has been covered well on this forum earlier.
Unfortunately in optics you get what you pay, a cheaper scope will be un economical in the long run as it will be hard to zero, hard to stay zeroed, and will give up on the day of a rifle match. Also you can use the better scope later on your big game rifle. The cheap scopes have other problems we will discuss once the beginner has learned about these.