The $494 dollar Vortex Venom did not disappoint me Out of the Box! It boasts an excellent light gathering 34mm tube. I purchased medium Vortex rings too which worked very well.

I “bore-sighted” my CZ457 MTR 22lr rifle and Venom scope.today at 50 yards easily and set my elevation for 50 yard zero with Wolf Match Extra bullets.

Once complete, I set elevation’s and tested for 100 and 150 yards. I was impressed again with clarity of the crosshairs and overall brightness for the price of this competition type scope.

Below, my last 150 yard Wolf Match Extra group for the day. It is a 2 inch group with a little wind. If I discount the flyer, the group is 1.25 inches. The Wolf Match lot has an SD of 7 and a faster bullet at 1135 fps. 

I had a great day today largely because of very little wind, say 5 mph crosswind and my CZ shot well. I am ready…

A day later, I shot a 0.71 inch 5 shot group at 100 yds with SK Match Ammo. Nice! I settled on SK Match for competition. Average velocity 1091 fps SD 5.4

Good Shooting!