A question for the rimfire benchrest crowd

[fzgrest]

What would it take to get an MOA from one of those Romanian 1969 training rifles?
Right now I get about 2 MOA at 50 yds and 3-4 at 100 yds.
I'm using Winchester Dynapoints, a 4.5X scope, and I've recrowned the barrel and added a trigger stop.

Do I have enough scope?

Is there a better ammo choice?

What difference would bedding make?

I know there are better starting points out there, but I'm trying to make a "sleeper."

 

[Vibe]

I've got several of these - some are barreled actions that were "U-Fix-Em" that I got cheap - I have one still working as a rimfire, and the other I converted to shoot a necked down 25ACP centerfire. I think the worst one shot about 3/4" outside to outside at 50 yards, not MOA but better than 2MOA by a good bit. The barrels are not great, the trigger is, well it will never be a 4oz trigger - there's way too much inconsistency in ignition - and I don't think the stocks track very well in bags.

But they are fun to shoot. I got mine to play with as far as testing modifications - cause at the time they were dirt cheap at $40 each for a working rifle a,d $10 each for "U-Fix-Em" kits (most did not have bolts).

On the other hand I had a Marlin/Glenfeild Model 25 that shot a couple of above 220 USBR scores. I didn't think that was too shabby for a $70 rifle (that was over 30 years old).