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Leica Rangemaster 1600-B for sale: $650
This little Leica has served me well- never had a hiccup with it in the year I've owned it. It's reliably gotten critters out to 1000 (800 in bad conditions), trees out to 1600, and on rare occasions I've even gotten...
I've been playing with Tikkas a lot lately, and now I have zero interest in new Remington's or savages. Out of the box with any loads my t3 308 shoots sub-half moa. With its 208 amax pet load (loaded long because it's a tikka) I'm getting groups under .25 moa. Just food for thought...
Managed to get some good first hand data on 62 tsx's on elk.
At 75 yards they'll drop a cow elk if you put one into her neck about 8" in front of the shoulder.
rapid feeding tends to cause log jams- I need to "double clutch" them to get them to feed properly. We're also planning to test some anti-tilt followers, but don't have much time to shoot right now...
I've done some similar jiggery pokery on the Tikka mags & am still fighting the log jam unless I'm very careful on the bolt. Jason at mountaintactical.com (tikkaperformance.com) is working on a solution. I can't give details on availability or timelines for production, but let me assure you the...