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Suppose that you want to get a rimfire rifle that is capable of good performance, but your budget will not allow even a $250 retail price or you simply do not want to spend more for the rifle. In this category, there are a number of choices that will still allow you to go plinking, small game hunting, or varmint shooting successfully. Because rimfire rifles are part and parcel to inexpensive shooting, there is a broad range of rifles in this category. First, there are the numerous bolt-action repeaters (having either box or tubular magazines) from makers like Marlin, CZ, and Savage. These are sturdy, dependable rifles that normally give good accuracy (around 1-inch groups at 50 yards) when appropriate ammunition is used. It is the experience of this author that these lower-priced rifles frequently seem to show a greater difference in accuracy with the type of ammunition chosen than do bolt-action rifles like the Ruger 77/22 or the CZ 452 American. Testing several types of ammunition will usually allow you to find one or two types that perform very well in a specific rifle. For example in the tests, the bolt-action Marlin 25N (forerunner of the current Model 925) gave an average group size for five five-shot groups at 50 yards of only 0.78 inches with Wolf Match Target ammunition. The average group size was also under an inch when using CCI Green Tag and Federal Match Target ammunition. Several versions of the Savage bolt-action models known as the Mark II series provide excellent performance, and they are inexpensive rifles. The point is that even an inexpensive rifle may give performance which equals that of more expensive models if some testing is carried out to find the ammunition that performs best in that particular rifle. The CZ Basic, which has many of the features of the 452 American, is a lowcost bolt-action rifle that has a suggested price of only $240 and it should be available for a lower price at retail.