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Mine is nowhere close to free floated. Forearm has uneven gap and paper stops far short of the receiver. Gonna shoot it today, and if that works out I will fix it this winter. That said, I'm hunting soon and have a lot to do.
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This is my 5th T3x and easily the most accurate hunting variant I have. I bought the 8 twist 22-250 specifically for deer hunting, but there is no way I won't be using the Creed. I was shooting 1" groups at 400yds yesterday with factory Hornady Whitetail ammo.
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Also my 5th T3x mounted scope, bore sighted @ 50 yds, fired 2 shots,corrected for 100yds, was on for the 3rd shot, then fired a 3 shot group you could cover with a penny. talk about easy peasy. Six shots & done. Bullet was the factory 143 gr ELD-X.
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Mine is nowhere close to free floated. Forearm has uneven gap and paper stops far short of the receiver. Gonna shoot it today, and if that works out I will fix it this winter. That said, I'm hunting soon and have a lot to do. All of my Tikkas have had a pressure point about mid way down the fore end. They have all shot exceptionally well so I have never looked hard enough at the barrel channel to figure out what is contacting. But, I am not one that believes everything should be free floated.
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Also my 5th T3x mounted scope, bore sighted @ 50 yds, fired 2 shots,corrected for 100yds, was on for the 3rd shot, then fired a 3 shot group you could cover with a penny. talk about easy peasy. Six shots & done. Bullet was the factory 143 gr ELD-X. Everybody, including myself, seem to be getting spectacular accuracy from these Tikkas with the 143 ELD-X. My other 6.5 Creed, a Blaser, doesn't like that load and much prefers the 120 A-Max, which I think is discontinued.
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Also my 5th T3x mounted scope, bore sighted @ 50 yds, fired 2 shots,corrected for 100yds, was on for the 3rd shot, then fired a 3 shot group you could cover with a penny. talk about easy peasy. Six shots & done. Bullet was the factory 143 gr ELD-X. My 223 was the same outta the box with factory 75 HPBT's. Silly rifles, tricks are for Kimbers.
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Rifle shoots straight.
Interestingly enough, the Hornady Whitetail and Precision Hunter shoot almost the same at 200 yards.
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If anybody wants to rid themselves of their Whittaker 6.5 purchase, I would not mind a spare.
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If anybody wants to rid themselves of their Whittaker 6.5 purchase, I would not mind a spare. I would think more are enroute. They wouldn't pass up such a popular combo. With 140 Acc's mine delivers tight cloverleafs at 100 and slightly larger at 200. Quite a performance combo.
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Just got the email from Tikka. 15 more stainless rifles are in transit. We'll have them next week. Anybody that missed out on the first bunch better grab one of these. The best thing to do would be go to the website and click the "notify me" tab on the rifle. You'll get an email when they hit the door...
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Thanks for the heads up! Subscribed to the notification. Any good deals coming over the holiday weekend?
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I hope Darrik decides to convince Tikka to do an identical gun but in 6mm Creedmoor
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This is my 5th T3x and easily the most accurate hunting variant I have. I bought the 8 twist 22-250 specifically for deer hunting, but there is no way I won't be using the Creed. I was shooting 1" groups at 400yds yesterday with factory Hornady Whitetail ammo. 1 inch at 400 yards with factory ammo, you mean 1 MOA groups right?
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I hope Darrik decides to convince Tikka to do an identical gun but in 6mm Creedmoor +1
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This is my 5th T3x and easily the most accurate hunting variant I have. I bought the 8 twist 22-250 specifically for deer hunting, but there is no way I won't be using the Creed. I was shooting 1" groups at 400yds yesterday with factory Hornady Whitetail ammo. 1 inch at 400 yards with factory ammo, you mean 1 MOA groups right? Mine is doing around 2" at 509 with 143 ELDX factory ammo and for 5 shots so 1" at 400 could be believable
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Got my rifle, definitely seems like it wants a barrel more in the 21" range. It's a bit long for a short action handy gun. May look at doing a chop.
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Just got the email from Tikka. 15 more stainless rifles are in transit. We'll have them next week. Anybody that missed out on the first bunch better grab one of these. The best thing to do would be go to the website and click the "notify me" tab on the rifle. You'll get an email when they hit the door... What website are you referring to? Thanks! Dan
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Just got the email from Tikka. 15 more stainless rifles are in transit. We'll have them next week. Anybody that missed out on the first bunch better grab one of these. The best thing to do would be go to the website and click the "notify me" tab on the rifle. You'll get an email when they hit the door... What website are you referring to? Thanks! Dan
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I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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Probably a good thing I am limited to one layaway at a time. Now thinking I need one of these to compare with two other Creedmoors! Yes I agree. You know all this rifle buying and handloading just shows how committed we are as scientists. Just don't let the wives know! This last go around it was less than a week and another got put up on layaway. They make it so easy! Oh what the hell, I'm in. Stainless on LayAway. Only made it about 14 hours this time.
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