Frontier Partisans readers know all too well that I have a special affection for CZ rimfire rifles. It always warms the cockles of my heart to see a well-used CZ .22 out in the field. The Almighty Algorithm kicked up a video of a UK gamekeeper running a venerable 1985 vintage CZ 452 Lux with a swanky new high-tech scope that lets him make ridiculously long-range kill-shots with the diminutive cartridge.
How far away would you shoot a rabbit with a .22 rimfire? 50 yards? 60? Maybe even 80? That’s nothing to Robert Bucknell’s gamekeeper friend, Jon Cook. He’s happy taking them at 200 yards. That is possible thanks to a new scope he bought recently. It’s an Arken Zulus HD 5-20x LRF – a digital day-night scope with a laser rangefinder and ballistic calculator. Once you have set it up, two presses on the button will tell the range and provide an aiming mark calculated for that distance. Jon finds it allows him to shoot not just rabbits but also foxes at ranges previously unthinkable with his 40-year-old CZ bolt-action.
It pleases my historical nerdery to note that this ultra-modern Arken scope bears a resemblance to the weird old World War I Warner and Swasey sniper scopes.
My game being the FP Biathlon, I won’t be putting a scope on my CZ 452 any time soon — but I can still readily appreciate the functionality of this system. And, yeah, I look at my CZ like that, too…
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Chadd Wright, everybody’s favorite hillbilly Navy SEAL and endurance athlete, likes him a good .22. Here he is contemplating a 10-shot group you could cover with a dime, delivered from a Ruger 10-22 in a swanky WOOX chassis.
Brian H. says
My 10-22 continues to satisfy me with its ability. Like Whelen said “only accurate rifles are interesting”.
Quixotic Mainer says
Wow, that gent is doing some serious small game whacking. The rangefinder/graduated reticle combo is definitely the ticket for reaching out there, the spiritual descendent of the Vernier sight I think.