Originally Posted by elkhunternm
Originally Posted by 1800topsoil
My 14 year old son and I will be visiting the Eastern Cape in July of 18'. Will be looking at general plains game, Zebra/Gemsbuck at the large end. I have a Tikka T3 in .300 Win. Mag. and just preordered a new Tikka Stainless Lite in 6.5 Creedmoor for my son. Looking for recommendations on factory loads for both and optics for the 6.5. My initial thought for the 6.5 is Leupold VX 5 3-15 44mm firedot. Thank you in advance.

How about a fixed 6x or if you want a variable,a 2x7.



Excellent thinking. For my son that glass would work. My thoughts are that after the trip, I could use the gun to get started shooting long range. I do better with higher magnification and an illuminated reticle.