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Offline hunthard

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2020, 09:36:37 AM »
I bought a Tikka 25-06 five years ago and just love it, very accurate with factory ammo.

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2020, 12:02:51 PM »
I will eventually buy a new stock for it. Looking at the Mesa Precision Altitude stock.
$600 for a stock, dayum!
That’s cheap compared to some other brands of stocks out there. Hopefully I can find a mint used one for cheaper.

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2020, 07:12:33 PM »
I love my tikka in 338 Winchester mag. Put a limb saver recoil pad on. Makes recoil feel like 30-06
Still have one in that caliber in the safe. Great caliber in a smooth cycling, quick handling gun. Some, very few, dislike Tikkas. Some have been outspoken on these pages. Assume they never shot, hunted, carried one in the field. And those detractors seem to be quiet. Or absent 👍
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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2020, 07:38:28 PM »
Just got my wife a tikka t3x roughtech in 7mm. Absolutely love it, sighted it in Saturday and I say it’s ready to go.

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2020, 08:11:30 PM »
Got mine dialed in over the weekend. Final weight without sling is 8lbs 6oz. Recoil is so sever it’s flattening the tips of my Accubonds in the magazine.

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2020, 08:25:34 PM »
I just had my barrel threaded on my 300wsm t3lite, threw the can on and this was the 5 shot group at 200 yards.  I can live with that.

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2020, 08:45:03 PM »
I just had my barrel threaded on my 300wsm t3lite, threw the can on and this was the 5 shot group at 200 yards.  I can live with that.
I’d be happy with that too!

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #22 on: September 07, 2020, 09:54:38 PM »
I love my tikka in 338 Winchester mag. Put a limb saver recoil pad on. Makes recoil feel like 30-06
Still have one in that caliber in the safe. Great caliber in a smooth cycling, quick handling gun. Some, very few, dislike Tikkas. Some have been outspoken on these pages. Assume they never shot, hunted, carried one in the field. And those detractors seem to be quiet. Or absent 👍

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #23 on: September 07, 2020, 10:12:59 PM »
Very accurate guns out of the box.  Love the ones I have.
Cut em!
It's not the shells!  It's the shooter!

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #24 on: September 08, 2020, 08:16:10 AM »
Tikka and Sako clips aren’t to good with longer polymer tip bullets take a dremmel tool and carefully take some out of the inside of the clip where the polymer tip is at it’ll solve the problem

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #25 on: September 08, 2020, 10:48:33 PM »
 “Clips” go in my daughters hair. Mag boxes or magazines go in rifles.👍
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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2020, 06:18:28 AM »
“Clips” go in my daughters hair. Mag boxes or magazines go in rifles.👍

This rifle laughs at you.  :o :chuckle:

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Re: I Joined The Dark Side - Bought a Tikka
« Reply #27 on: September 09, 2020, 07:47:58 AM »
I love my tikka in 338 Winchester mag. Put a limb saver recoil pad on. Makes recoil feel like 30-06
:yeah: Limb saver worked great on my 300WSM

 


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