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All you need is the Sparetime... Sparetime!
Go get it!
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
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i only wish,like the op, that sportsmans warehouse shipped to lgs ffl's. i called em and they won't do it.
"Only accurate rifles are interesting"
Col. Townsend Whelen
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You could just cut the regular Lite barrel down to 21 inches. That ought to be in the ballpark in weight.
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Whitaker's is a little over 400 miles round trip from the house. Have made the trip multiple times solo, and with buds. 10 to 11 hours including a stop at Moonlight Barbecue. Just gotta make up your mind that you're gonna do it...
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Sportsmans Warehouse will not ship to your FFL, I already asked.....I own 2 Sportsmans model Superlites and its a 3.5hr drive (one way) to My nearest Sportsmans Warehouse so Yes The drive is worth it to Me as I think the fluted barrels look much cooler and everybody wont have one, hell I dont even mind the drive too bad, I might drive back and get another Superlite in .223 Rem or .243 Win someday 🤗........Hb Where in the &^#* do you live in Virginia? I think my drive to Roanoke is 1 1/2 hours. From his location on his post it says "BSG Virginia". I'm guessing that would be Big Stone Gap, up near the Kentucky line. If that is the case, it would be about a 3.5 hour drive one way. Thats correct......The other Sportsmans thats somewhat close is in Lexington Ky, also a 3.5hr drive from My location...Hb
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Picked up a used tikka t3 off gunbroker. Probably paid more than I should have but it called to me. It is a .300 mag so I’ll be getting a limbsaver pad and see how it goes. I’ll keep looking for a Kimber Montana also. I’m not heavily invested in the tikka so I can still get something else.
Rifle is the standard weight not the lite. Not a bad thin considering the .300 mag
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I have a Tikka Lite T3x in 7mm-08. This gun shoots like "a house-a-fire".That's real good for some of you people.
I've herd the standard lite rifle shoots better than the SL
Not a hard choice for me.
Get one, you'll thanks us later.
Texas
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I just went through this last weekend. Found a weatherby ultra lightweight on gun broker in 308, from northern firearms. That’s the online name for Reeds sporting goods in Walker, MN. Instead of having it shipped down to me, I hopped in wifeys car at dawn and drove the 3 hours up. The plus side?
They shaved $250 off the online price! Which I immediately spent on a Swarovski scope for it.
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Does anybody know the distance between the Flutes and the muzzle on the Superlites?
The US in the last 40 years:
Socialism for big corporations and military industrial complex
&
Rugged individualism for the individual.
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Does anybody know the distance between the Flutes and the muzzle on the Superlites?
On my T3 7MM-08 its about 1 1/2" from the end of the flutes to the muzzle. I had a new T3x 6.5 Creedmoor with the longer barrel and it was probably 3 1/2" or more on that one. But on the shorter barrels its 1 1/2".
"Rather hunt Mule deer than anything else"
"Team 7MM-08"
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Like the guy said, get exactly what you want, regardless of the extra trouble. The effort will soon be forgotten, but "settling" will haunt you forever.
Given gas prices, I'd look online before I drove, unless there's no LGS that will do the transfer for a reasonable fee. Some of them are pissy about that, I know. I pay either $25 or $29 here.
What fresh Hell is this?
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I drove 1,000 miles to Mid- Colorado for mine...but it was kinda on the way to Texas  .223 Superlight ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/DU8uYco.jpg)
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Nice! Me like.....Lol...Hb
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I drove 1,000 miles to Mid- Colorado for mine...but it was kinda on the way to Texas .223 Superlight That pic looks familiar.........or at least very similar.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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Sportsmans Warehouse will not ship to your FFL, I already asked.....I own 2 Sportsmans model Superlites and its a 3.5hr drive (one way) to My nearest Sportsmans Warehouse so Yes The drive is worth it to Me as I think the fluted barrels look much cooler and everybody wont have one, hell I dont even mind the drive too bad, I might drive back and get another Superlite in .223 Rem or .243 Win someday 🤗........Hb Where in the &^#* do you live in Virginia? I think my drive to Roanoke is 1 1/2 hours. From his location on his post it says "BSG Virginia". I'm guessing that would be Big Stone Gap, up near the Kentucky line. If that is the case, it would be about a 3.5 hour drive one way. Long way's to go for a gunshop Perspective.. my family roots are about 100 miles west of Roanoke.... stretched between Christiansburg and Beckley. been living in Southern Oregon since 1995.... 3 to 3.5 hour drive out this way, is pretty common thing... if I wanted something, 3 hour drive one way isn't a big deal... Stopped at the SW last time I was back east, there in Roanoke.. that's a small one, compared to our local one here in S. Oregon.
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Sportsmans Warehouse will not ship to your FFL, I already asked.....I own 2 Sportsmans model Superlites and its a 3.5hr drive (one way) to My nearest Sportsmans Warehouse so Yes The drive is worth it to Me as I think the fluted barrels look much cooler and everybody wont have one, hell I dont even mind the drive too bad, I might drive back and get another Superlite in .223 Rem or .243 Win someday 🤗........Hb Where in the &^#* do you live in Virginia? I think my drive to Roanoke is 1 1/2 hours. From his location on his post it says "BSG Virginia". I'm guessing that would be Big Stone Gap, up near the Kentucky line. If that is the case, it would be about a 3.5 hour drive one way. Pretty country there around Big Stone Gap.
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them."
-Master Chief Hershel Davis
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Virginia is a pretty state period. 3.5 hours to a gunshop each way is 1.5 hours over my self imposed limit  . I have been in the Roanoke and Columbia SC SW store a number of times and ended up buying one maglite flashlight.
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As fired up as everyone is about superlites, I thought mine would sell.
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