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Barring the arguments about accuracy, what's your pleasure? I'm thinking Howa 1500 in 6.5 Swede or Tikka T3 Hunter in .260. For feral pig, of course.
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Where are you getting the T3 in .260?
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Those Howas are just soooo bleeming heavy!
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I have both...but the Tikka for me is the hands down winner. My vanguards/howa are very accurate, but also very heavy....triggers need work to be nice. The Tikka is lite,accurate and have great triggers.....winner,winner
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Yeah�a T3 in a Swede would be skookum�.
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Barring the arguments about accuracy, what's your pleasure? I'm thinking Howa 1500 in 6.5 Swede or Tikka T3 Hunter in .260. For feral pig, of course. You know Winchester made a Featherweight in 6.5x55 from the 1990's till 2006. 
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He didn't ask about winchesters�.sheesh�.
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Yeah and this is the Campfire....
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Yeah but�.how dare you attempt to derail a thread! I would NEVER do anything like that personally�... 
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[quote=RevMike] You know Winchester made a Featherweight in 6.5x55 from the 1990's till 2006. Get thee behind me.... 
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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Sorry,next time I'll get the "Official thread derailer's" permission. Ingwe can I derail this thread.
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"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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Those Howas are just soooo bleeming heavy! Weight really isn't an issue. All hunting is from a stand. So what do you think?
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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I'd buy a Howa or Vanguard over any other currently manufactured rifle.
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Where can a person get a .260 t3 in the USA?
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Yeah�a T3 in a Swede would be skookum�. It's .260 I'm thinking about.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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I can't think of any 2 rifles more different. If you're a traditional type of guy you'll like the Howa. If you like more modern stuff the Tikka. Having owned both I found the Tikka's to be more accurate by a hair and my choice.
Weight is a factor to me even when hunting from a tree stand that I could ride an ATV right up to. Both of those calibers call for a trimmer lighter gun. Even though they are well made guns, I'd not buy the Howa or Vanguard again unless in a really hard kicker where the weight would help with recoil.
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Yeah�a T3 in a Swede would be skookum�. Yept...sure like my T3 Swede SS/Lam........ Loves 140 Nozler AB's....... ![[Linked Image]](https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/240x180q90/c/r/17/cmac.jpg) Desert Ram @ 190 yds....140 NAB........ ![[Linked Image]](https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/240x180q90/c/r/841/6q57.jpg)
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