Hello,
I'm a Sergeant First Class stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas and I wanted to show off my two rifles. My 452 Trainer I just picked up a few weeks ago for $440.00 second hand. Whoever had it, shot it only a few times. I played with some scopes with high mount rings and never felt comfortable, so I went with a Leupold 2x7x33 with low Leupold rings. Though any ammo shoots through it great, I think the rifle pefers 22LR CCI MiniMag. I had much better groups out of the CCI at 100yards than anything else.
My 455 American I picked up about 6 months ago from the PX. I had a 10% off cupon for any purchase over $100.00 and when I asked the counter clerks if they had anything special squirreled away in the back, they told me they got in a CZ rifle by mistake that came with three different barrels. After seeing it was an American, I asked the price and got $569.00 with all the barrels. Yeah, minus the 10%, I got her for $512.00. I've never switched the barrels, I like the 17HMR a whole lot. Played with some different scopes on this one as well, ended up mounting a Bausch & Lomb 2x10x40 that I picked up off ebay for $200.00. This rifle shoots GREAT, yet seems to pefer the 17 Grain Hornady.
