Channel fans and family — I sat down with Aaron at Anarchy Outdoors in Utah for the full precision-.22 walkthrough: why the rimfire boom started before the ammo panic, which factory guns actually shoot, and how Anarchy turned proven centerfire parts ideas into a serious .22 accessory lane.
Define “long range” by caliber and the joke writes itself — 500 yards on a .22 can be extreme; a .338 Lapua lives in a different zip code. The point of this sit-down is simpler: precision rimfire is one of the biggest growth lanes in the game, and it is not going away.
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Why precision .22 exploded
Aaron and the Anarchy crew spotted the trend in late 2019 — before COVID emptied centerfire shelves. Voodoo Tactical in St. George helped kick the high-accuracy .22 conversation; CZ, Bergara, Ruger, and Tikka followed with serious factory bolt guns. Custom-action shops jumped in too. Push a little further back and you get 10/22 “how far can we push this?” culture, then bolt-action people taking that idea and running with it.
The growth pitch is not subtle: a two-day centerfire match can burn serious money in ammo; a brick of match .22 keeps you in the game for a fraction. Anarchy went hard after the .22 market in early 2020 with concepts they already knew worked on centerfire.
1. Ruger Precision Rimfire — cheap ticket, find your ammo
Great entry gun. Shoots well out of the box. Will it put you in first place every weekend? Probably not without work — some shooters win on them; some struggle until ammo and setup are dialed.
- Musts Aaron called out: vertical grip + a real scope. Cheek pad if you want the package to settle.
- Anarchy parts on this action family: improved bolt handle (shared concept with Ruger American Rimfire — same action story, interchangeable parts thinking), bolt shroud (black/red), knobs, scope base. Chassis talk with Sharp Bros was on the wishlist on camera.
- Budget reality: get into the game around the rifle’s price class, then accessorize as matches teach you what you actually need.
Glass people in the rimfire circle kept naming popular mid-tier options on camera (Element Titan, Arken SH4 Gen2, Athlon Midas Tac as a competition favorite for elevation, capped windage, and price point). Pick what fits your elevation and wallet — do not invent a zero without verifying.
2. Bergara B-14R — Remington footprint wins
Aaron calls the B-14R revolutionary for the combo of affordability, how well they shoot, and the Remington footprint — drop into stocks/chassis you already know (Bravo, Masterpiece, MDT, XLR, whatever your big gun lives in).
- Who should buy it: If you already love a Remington-pattern trigger, scope base, and chassis ecosystem, Bergara keeps your muscle memory.
- Anarchy handle: Self-timing nut so you can swing the handle inboard/outboard and lock it.
- Scope bases: Remington-pattern bases in 0 / 20 / 30 / 40 MOA with bubble levels — including a Bergara-compatible screw-pattern solution they were told “wasn’t possible.”
- Muzzle brake: More “style + harmonics lottery” than recoil drama on a .22; can help or hurt groups depending on the rifle.
3. Tikka T1x — Aaron’s “get running fast” pick
Across the factory guns on the table, Aaron’s consistency call was clear: T1x after T1x just shoots — skinny pencil barrels and all. His personal competition / content gun is a built CZ (more below), but the recommendation for someone who wants minimum drama is the T1x.
- Package shown: KRG Bravo, Anarchy self-timing handle (with flange for the T1x transition), extended mag release (finger-pad size — competition-bred), T1x-specific scope base (shorter action than centerfire Tikka), muzzle brake.
- Why recommend it: Fastest path to “this thing groups” with less ammo-hunting heartbreak than some other factory .22s.
4. CZ 457 — Aaron’s baby (and the honest “style points” talk)
Aaron’s personal rifle started as a factory 457, went into a KRG Bravo, then grew into a Bartlein-barreled, Area 419–touched build (fluting included) once CZ stopped exporting bare actions. It shoots one-hole groups with little effort — and he is honest that a lot of what you pay for past a solid factory gun is style points and marketing photos if you are not outshooting the rifle.
Practical takeaway from the sit-down:
- Ruger can take more time to find a happy ammo/setup.
- Bergara can take a little sorting too.
- Tikka T1x — in their experience — just shoots.
- Custom CZ — shoots stupid well and looks the part for Instagram / booth content.
CZ Anarchy / partner parts called out
- Area 419 scope base (Aaron wants more MOA for Nightforce NX8 elevation at distance — he has pushed the setup toward the mid-hundreds of yards with dial + hold).
- “Little Bertha” bolt knob on the factory M6 thread (brother-in-law design; they also stock M6 options including Area 419 hourglass knobs).
- Chimney Beta flat-face trigger (dry-fire warning: protect the firing pin — yellow drywall plug in the chamber, or don’t dry fire a live pin).
- Firing pin / spring path: Yo Dave–style firing-pin spring for a harder hit; Anarchy CZ firing pin was still coming at the time of filming.
- New: magwell funnel / block for the skinny CZ mag well — one-hand, no-look reloads.
- Wide polymer extended mag release (moving off the older straight aluminum style) — same fat-pad idea as the T1x release.
- American Rifle Company rings even on inexpensive hosts — Aaron likes how they work.
- Send It electronic level as a visual reminder (pros use crutches too).
5. Chassis philosophy: Bravo vs sexy money
Aaron loves the Bravo enough to put his own CZ in one even when pricier chassis options exist. The math: Bravo does the job; spend the difference on glass. MDT / XLR and friends exist because the rimfire market got huge — priced differently. Each their own.
6. Who should start with rimfire?
Old answer: buy a .223 or 6.5 Creedmoor and learn. New answer Aaron leans toward: ask how far you can actually shoot locally. Ruger’s marketing VP line from the video — the gun he shoots most is the Precision Rimfire because he has ~200 yards off the back porch — tracks with the whole point.
- Inexpensive practice
- Skills translate (recoil management is the main “free” lesson)
- Small targets at short distance = hard problems without burning centerfire brass
- Great for bringing new shooters / family to the line (Aaron’s floating-platform dad story)
SlavGuns Take: Pick the lane, then the parts
Precision rimfire is not a meme. Start with the factory gun that matches your ecosystem:
- Budget entry / Ruger PR ecosystem: Precision Rimfire + vertical grip + glass, then Anarchy handle/shroud as you care.
- Already Remington-brained: Bergara B-14R into the chassis you trust.
- Just want it to shoot: Tikka T1x (Aaron’s fastest on-ramp).
- Full Gucci / content / one-hole addiction: built CZ 457 — knowing much of the premium is capability and presentation.
Then shop Anarchy for the parts they actually manufacture — handles, shrouds, bases, mag releases, funnels — and use code SlavGuns on those Anarchy-made pieces only.
Keep on squatting. I’ll see you in the next video.
Ruger, Bergara, T1x, or CZ — which precision .22 is living on your bench?
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