Academy Sports and Outdoors was running a sale on the last remaining Tikka SS T3 243's. I couldn't say no. Haven't had a 243 in a couple years, and first time to own a Tikka.

Excited for both.

Would like to mold the T3 into a dual purpose shooter.

Job 1: LR Steel plinker to watch the hits at 600+.
Job 2: Whitetail poker from stands/tripods, also to watch hits.

How would you achieve Job 1 and Job 2? Ideas I've kicked around:

-Shoot as is, likely to be plenty accurate for both

-Pull the barrel and recalibrate to a ____? Lots of 6 and 6.5 options here I would guess.

First time to build off a Tikka, but there appears to be plenty of stock, barrel, and mag options to complement any build.

Fire away.