Edit…..not getting a lot of responses here so posted on Rim firecentral in the Anschutz forum if your interested…
I recently purchased a CZ452 Varmint with Rifle Basix trigger, picked up a Boyds pro varmint stock and older Hawke Varmint 24x scope. Mind you I took my time and bought everything used so don’t have too much into it by some standards. I have been shooting it for about a year now and am getting some really good groups with it. I shoot with a Rock rest and rear bag. I bought this rifle to shoot from the bench at the club as I have lots of other offhand rifles. The only thing I am finding is even though it is very light I just dont love the trigger. I started my shooting with Weihrauch air rifles which have the wonderful two stage Record trigger so I am a little spoiled and would like to have something like that in a modern .22LR. Can anyone suggest some rifles with two stage triggers with removable magazines I should be looking at?
Or else maybe I should just be happy with what I have….
I should add, I dropped the factory stock as I found it much less ergonomic when shooting with bag and rest.
Are there any small bore matches in Southern Ontario to try someone’s rifle these days? I am east of Windsor. Looking online the Anschutz silhouette looks nice. I just hate buying without holding it in hand first.
The wife is planning a trip to Quebec this fall so I think a pit stop at Tesro may be in order.
I am in no real hurry, just wondering what else may be out there.
I recently purchased a CZ452 Varmint with Rifle Basix trigger, picked up a Boyds pro varmint stock and older Hawke Varmint 24x scope. Mind you I took my time and bought everything used so don’t have too much into it by some standards. I have been shooting it for about a year now and am getting some really good groups with it. I shoot with a Rock rest and rear bag. I bought this rifle to shoot from the bench at the club as I have lots of other offhand rifles. The only thing I am finding is even though it is very light I just dont love the trigger. I started my shooting with Weihrauch air rifles which have the wonderful two stage Record trigger so I am a little spoiled and would like to have something like that in a modern .22LR. Can anyone suggest some rifles with two stage triggers with removable magazines I should be looking at?
Or else maybe I should just be happy with what I have….

I should add, I dropped the factory stock as I found it much less ergonomic when shooting with bag and rest.
Are there any small bore matches in Southern Ontario to try someone’s rifle these days? I am east of Windsor. Looking online the Anschutz silhouette looks nice. I just hate buying without holding it in hand first.
The wife is planning a trip to Quebec this fall so I think a pit stop at Tesro may be in order.
I am in no real hurry, just wondering what else may be out there.
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