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Yes he does.Always a joy to look at his rifles.

Thank you sir.

I would postulate that the biggest limiting factor in regards to those rifles is the old fart behind the trigger. LOL

Best,

GWB

dogcatcher,

I'm not real familiar with Tikka. Is it Tikka has uses a pin (for lack of a better term) mated with a hole in the stock as a recoil lug? And do they still use a synthetic insert at the rear of the action to support the bolt?

I am begining to see them show up a lot in my area, I know little about them.

GB

That's pretty hilarious too, cause looking at your screen name, I'm sure it ain't the rifle giving you wood

Gotta love those beautiful wood-stocked Sakos.

But the stock on the Finnlite just don't cut it.

I believe you've just committed the logical fallcy of "post hoc, ergo propter hoc"

Decision delayed till next week, due to pending family shindig and fact I dropped 2 bills to get a Pursuit Ultralight from Cabelas last night; tired of cleaning that .54 Hawken.

It did push the budget down towards Tikka. Need to check what they got in stock besides .308. Sure wish they had SS Lites in .260.

The lug is a square plate that drops into the stock, and there is a matching slot cut into the bottom of the receiver. Odd design, but it works.

Not sure what you mean about the synthetic insert to support the bolt. The bolt looks like any other bolt, other than there is a plastic shroud on the very back, but it is just a dust cover and does nothing to support the bolt.

Got any pics of those groups?

I have seen a few factory rifles that could do it but they were few and very far between. Most were also chambered in varmint cartridges.

Dink

That almost sounds like the design introduced on the Sako 75. Does the square plate bolt on the bottom of the action, or does it literally drop in the stock as you describe, and then mate to the slot in the action as the action screws are tightened?

Don't take pics of groups. Done it with a m70 270 too.

I kinda figured you didn't take pics.

Dink

+1. This is what I did.

But GW, those were the days when Sako & Tikka (separate companies then) made rifles with soul. With a nicer stock, I could buy a Finnlite, but I have no affinity for a T3. Just my opinion.

Eric,

Dang!

Federal blue box (now black & maroon) has long been the first factory load I try in most rifles, might have to give fusion a chance.

What kind of knob and shroud do you have on it?

Pretty sure they had a .243 and a 6.5x55, too.

You should only buy a rifle if it says Made in Finland!!

Cold Case, that was the first group I shot with the rifle. Factory 95 gr Fusions.

The knob and bolt shroud are from Hinterland Shooting Supplies in Australia. You can buy them on ebay: http://stores.ebay.com/Hinterland-Shooting-Supplies/Other-/_i.html?_fsub=1

Eric

Eric's a damn good shot. He shoots his pre 64 model 70, I sold him, the same way..

Don't know why I would take pics. Don't know what i would do with them.

+1 on that. I've seen very few rifles that would shoot that well. However, I've heard of far too many. One guy in particular said his Sako TRGS would shoot "1/2" groups at 300 yards". He was a competitieve trap shooter that liked talking chit, so I invited him to attend a centerfire shoot. He didn't fare all too well with that rifle, which was very surprising to me ...Kinda like the guy that showed up in all military garb and said he was going to "shoot the X-ring out of the target". Ok, sounds interesting ..Carry on I guess...