On a total impulse buy, I pick up a Tikka T3 Super Lite in .308win. Ordered a EGW rail for it, and will have to play swap a scope to get it to the range for load work up.
I like Tikkas. Don't really love 'em. With that said, I own two and working up a load will be easy. These rifles will shoot just about anything inside 1.5" and several into 1/2 MOA or better. They just lack something that a solid old Remington or Winchester have. Maybe its 'metal' the Tikkas lack in some places, but they sure as hell shoot.
I have an old Mauser 98 8mmJS with double set triggers when I really feel the need for old world Craftsmanship ! My Tikka Superlight does .75 at a Hundred with 130 Grain Federal Fusion and Less than an inch with Hornady Whitetail 130 grains. Itchin to try the factory ammo out to around to a least 400 yards and see if it still maintains this accuracy at longer ranges.
No offense to anyone, as I'm a Tikka fan too.......but I've been hunting Tikkas for the past 15 years, and consider the stock triggers to be very good. What's the infatuation with trying to improve on a great factory trigger?
Agree totally. Never had a Tikka where I couldn't get down to 2 1/2# pull. Plenty light for fieldwork.
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
My T-308 is one of the most accurate guns I have ever shot. It will shoot just about any weight well and some surprisingly well. As others have said, I am not in love with it like I am my 35 Whelen CDL classic or my Marlin 45-70 26" cowboy but they are shootin' sums a birch beers!
Here is a group I shot with my Tikka .308 last week. Pretty uber.
Travis
You missed the arm and the hammer!
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
I've never seen a Tikka that didn't shoot extremely well.
They are doing an exclusive run for me this year. I had them do 500 rifles. 125 each...8" twist 223, 260 Remington, 6.5x55 and 308. Blued rifles, fluted barrels. They wouldnt do stainless because of the exclusive for Sportsman's Warehouse.
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
My CTR is the best $825 I've ever spent on a rifle, even my mom can hit stuff at 500 with it. They're so solid, that I just bought another one in .260 for my girlfriend, and have a .308 on order.
You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......
Thanks. Thinking I'd like to try one. The LA for a SA cartridge hurdle would be easy enough to get over. Now if I can just find a couple of nickels to rub together...
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