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Mackay Senior is an elk killing machine with his stock Tikka too.




The kiddo is also a fan. Here she is with her first deer from last fall. Though this gun is not stock. Lilja barrelled T3 in 6mm Remington.


She made a perfect 197 yard shot on a doe on opening morning.




She was ringing steel out a fair ways with it the week prior to the hunt, so just under 200 yards was a chip shot.

She does not know it yet, but she is getting a T3 .308 for her birthday next month. Barrel will be trimmed to 20"s, then braked, so recoil should be negligible for her scrawny frame.

I already have a cut down wood stock for her (bought here on the fire) that has been being used on the 6mm Remington. With a good piece of glass, it will be all the rifle she will likely ever need for hunting in the west.