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You should try one in 7/08.

I have just the recipe for loading it as well.


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Then why buy a 30-06 in the first place?

You should try one in 7/08.

I agree with Bogtrotter. You might want to shoot it first. I have 4 now. I have set up several for my bil, nephew, and friends. 8 T3x's in the last 2 years. All have shot sub moa with factory ammo out of the box. I do not reload. It might take some trial and error before you find what it likes to shoot best. but when you find the one you will know. The only one that gave me a little trouble was my 308. It would shoot 1 moa but I couldn't get it much better than that. I changed the stock and recoil lug and it now shoots .75 moa. with factory ammo (Hornady 168gr ELDM's) None have been glass bedded.


^My first 270 with Factory Fiocchi 130gr 100yds^


^6.5 Creed Factory Hornady 130gr ELDM 100yds^


^270 #2 in a laminated stock shooting Factory Fiocchi 130gr 100yds^


^270 # 3 set this one up for my nephew. It likes Fed Fusion's 130gr.^


I know these are only 3 shot groups. But thats enough to tell me what they like to shoot. when you find out what they like, they will shoot great right out of the box.

my new Tikka rifle has a fiber piece that sticks on the stock , the reason for bedding the rifle is it will make it more solid in the rifle that won`t get soft and wear out like the fiber piece on it now over a few years. as far as shooting this rifle before i glass bed it , it won`t happen i know from many past new rifles all rifles are better off glass bedded so why waste my time taking the rifle apart a bunch of times. even rifles with aluminum bedding blocks shoot better with some glass bedding on top of the aluminum block. besides with my bad shoulders the 30-06 cartridge is not that fun to shoot that much anymore at my age of 70 recoil sucks , so once this Tikka shoots under an inch maybe less with my handloads at 100 yards i am done.

until i can get a Winchester extreme 30-06 model 70 , i could use this Tikka rifle on a Canadian moose hunt . i have plenty blued rifles i just want the best to hand down to my son and grandson in a 30-06 S.S. , Tikka is a good rifle but the Winchester extreme S.S. model 70 is the better rifle in my opinion, its all S.S. and the model 70 is the easiest bolt to strip down in any camp , i do have this Winchester on order but it has not shown up yet. plus the 30-06 is the one cartridge you can find ammo for any place in the world . for me the 30-06 is a great hunting cartridge but for target shooting to much recoil give me a 6 BR then. deer hunting in my camp i still use a Ruger #1 257 Weatherby mag. i may shoot 1 shot every 2 years at a good buck , Ruger #1`s are great in a enclosed deer stand because its short because #1 doesn`t really have an action saves 4 inches rifle swings easier in these types of enclosed stands.

I'd have to disagree there. The new Browing model 70 pales in comparison to the Tikka. If you want a good stainless model 70, find an early 5 or 6 digit classic. JMHO..

Winchester extreme SS rifles are unobtanium right now. A few months ago there were some 270's out there but they are now gone.


I still would not buy one, classic stainless is the way I would go.

Unless I bring down the trigger poundage I never take the action out of the stock at least when I first buy it. I shoot it before I start messing around with it.

i strip many of my new firearms right away ,i prefer to glass bed a new bolt action right away , i get better long time/ forever consistent accuracy then. i don`t care how it shoots out of the box i am not writing a book . i am doing what is needed to guarantee me the best accuracy for a hunting tool called a rifle.

but overall its a nice rifle next will be range time to see how well it will shoot.

I don't fix what is not broken when buying new . If there is an accuracy issue with gun then I can send it back . If it is a mint used gun I tear it apart no questions asked. Those that have questionable bedding get rebedded, triggers adjusted and cleaned down to bare metal in the bore.


That said I have never had to contact Beretta support concerning a Tikka or Sako(except A7 magazine) .

if you seen how that fiber piece stuck to the wood looks you would glass bed the rifle too right away ,for being a nice rifle that is not a cheap rifle with this 10 cent fiber piece of chit stuck to the wood stock is almost shameful.

screw that,all wood stocks can change point of impact when the stock gets either wet or dry > glass bedding and sealing wood helps stop those problems. don`t believe everything thing you read that`s just B.S. . my guns when bedded always return barrel back to point of impact ,that`s the most important thing with a wood stock. most people will never ever have a consistent 100 yard 1/2 inch 5 shot group rifle to hunt with that has a wood stock , but if bedded and sealed it can be made to return to point of impact. >its my rifle i will do as i please and this rifle with my knowledge on glass bedding , sealing wood stocks and my handloading will preformed just fine and has always done much better than do nothing.

if you seen how that fiber piece stuck to the wood looks you would glass bed the rifle too right away ,for being a nice rifle that is not a cheap rifle with this 10 cent fiber piece of chit stuck to the wood stock is almost shameful.