Have you tried Crawfordsville Gun Club? The place is usually a ghost town. They have both a 50 yd. rimfire only range and a 100 yd. rifle range with permanent benches. They even have a portable bench at each range if you want to shoot closer to the back stop. No steel targets allowed.
Might also try the DNR range at Putnamville - Deer Creek. That's been my go to spot for rifle shooting the last few years. About 45 min from my house in Avon.
This is my justification for almost every gun I own.
When I worked in C'ville, I would go there on my lunch hour. Virtually no one was there. Not much of a range, but adequate enough to do what you need to do.
Just paper. It's DNR run, so I wouldn't say an RSO is on the line at all times, but there is always DNR staff on the line or watching from a windowed office. There are regularly called cease fires.
I have several CZ 452s and a 455. The 452s are great shooters once you find the ammo they like. I use mostly CCI SV and Federal Auto Match in them and I’m happy with the results. My 455 shoots good but not quite as accurate as the 452s. Look in the CZ/Brno section of Rimfire Central and you’ll find more info and tips on these guns than you’ll ever need. Once the weather breaks I’m taking my CZs out for some much needed trigger time.
Before I did a couple upgrades on my 10/22, I fhink my Weatherby xxii was a more accurate rifle. Might still be, but the trigger is not the nicest and I'm not touching that rifle with any kind of stone,lol.
I would think that before you "upgrade" the weapon, you`d exhaust all ammo options. I`m far from a ballistics expert, and know that the rifle function can make a difference, but how much? If you find the right ammo for that semi-auto rifle, it may not be that far removed from a bolt-action or single-shot rifle`s accuracy.
IME that is one of the biggest issues with the CZs. I've had a few and it seemed they either really liked a particular ammo or they hated it. Last 2 I had I shot 15 and 13 types of ammo in each respectively. One, a 452 Trainer, shot a grand total of 2 types under 1 MOA and had several that were well over 3. The second was a 455 Mannlicher that would shoot 4 under 1 MOA and again several over 3, including one brand that was in the neighborhood of 6. Compared to my Tikka T1x, in which I've shot 19 types of ammo, 1 pushes hard at .5 MOA, 7 are sub 1 MOA and none were over 2. From what I've read over on Rimfire Central, my experience is not unique. The Tikkas just seem to not be nearly as picky when it comes to ammo. I don't shoot high $ ammo either, the most expensive ammo I use to any extent is SK Rifle and Pistol Match.
Deer Creek is crazy busy. They have the range go cold every 15 minutes or so, supposedly. If there aren`t a lot of people there, they will kind if cater to you a little bit, but good luck getting there with few people.
You’ve put a lot more effort into than I did. I tried most readily available 22LR and a few premium brands but for me and my ability the CCI SV seemed to be the most consistent. For being a bulk ammunition the Federal Auto Match worked well too. I tried more expensive Target grade ammunition but I just didn’t see enough difference to warrant the extra cost. One interesting thing is that my 452 Full Stock shot just as well as the 2 452 Varmint HBs I have. The FS is much easier to handle too. My Remington 541T shoots almost as well as the 452s using the same ammo. The other rifles I haven’t really shot that much.
Part of the problem in the last 12 months is they've eliminated half the shooting rests. Right now there are only a few 100 yard benches, and maybe 10 or so 50 yard benches.
