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A Critical Look at the Failure of the Outdoor Media and Modern Hunting Rifles
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 595320" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Ole Chucky says hunters that are satisfied with the Tikka are newbies without decades of experience. I have far more experience than Chuck will ever achieve. I own well over 100 good shooting rifles with custom barrels from many companies built over nearly 40 years. I am a backpack hunter and the past two years have carried a Tikka T-3 light for hundreds of miles through Alaska and Wyoming. It is the only rifle I carry on backpack hunts now. Because they are so good I bought six of them chambered for different cartridges.</p><p> </p><p>Why? Because scoped out with my Swarovski it weighs in at 7.25 pounds. It will hold 1/2-3/4 moa to 800 yards. If I find a trophy I usually can stalk within 800 yards and will kill it if I get the shot. All my customs I built through the years weigh in at 9-10+ pounds scoped. They will also easily kill any animal I want within 800 yards, some much further. However as I get older the mountains get steeper every year and I get wiser. I ask myself why should I lug that beast of a rifle around when I can always stalk within 800 yards and kill it with the light, easy handling Tikka. The animal is just as dead. I have made several one shot kills in the 800's with the Tikka. This year I made my longest of 922 yards one shot and down. </p><p> </p><p>Yes, with the Tikka T-3 light they cut every corner to save money. It is built with the cheapest products and manufacturing processes except where it counts. The barrel and trigger are excellent and the action tolerances are precise with modern machining methods. The rifle will shoot the guarantee and I have never seen one that wouldn't. I do wish they would put a recoil lug on it. How it shoots with that micky mouse system I have no idea. However it will shoot the guarantee and mine have never failed me. I have a 300 wsm, 300 winchester and 338 winchester that will all shoot under .5 moa at 400 yards and all I did was adjust the excellent trigger and free float the barrel channel. For a guy who wants a light, quick handling rifle with 800 yard capability he can buy a Tikka and be done with it. You must practice excellent shooter habits to shoot the light tikka accurately at long range but the rifle will do it if you are good enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 595320, member: 505"] Ole Chucky says hunters that are satisfied with the Tikka are newbies without decades of experience. I have far more experience than Chuck will ever achieve. I own well over 100 good shooting rifles with custom barrels from many companies built over nearly 40 years. I am a backpack hunter and the past two years have carried a Tikka T-3 light for hundreds of miles through Alaska and Wyoming. It is the only rifle I carry on backpack hunts now. Because they are so good I bought six of them chambered for different cartridges. Why? Because scoped out with my Swarovski it weighs in at 7.25 pounds. It will hold 1/2-3/4 moa to 800 yards. If I find a trophy I usually can stalk within 800 yards and will kill it if I get the shot. All my customs I built through the years weigh in at 9-10+ pounds scoped. They will also easily kill any animal I want within 800 yards, some much further. However as I get older the mountains get steeper every year and I get wiser. I ask myself why should I lug that beast of a rifle around when I can always stalk within 800 yards and kill it with the light, easy handling Tikka. The animal is just as dead. I have made several one shot kills in the 800's with the Tikka. This year I made my longest of 922 yards one shot and down. Yes, with the Tikka T-3 light they cut every corner to save money. It is built with the cheapest products and manufacturing processes except where it counts. The barrel and trigger are excellent and the action tolerances are precise with modern machining methods. The rifle will shoot the guarantee and I have never seen one that wouldn't. I do wish they would put a recoil lug on it. How it shoots with that micky mouse system I have no idea. However it will shoot the guarantee and mine have never failed me. I have a 300 wsm, 300 winchester and 338 winchester that will all shoot under .5 moa at 400 yards and all I did was adjust the excellent trigger and free float the barrel channel. For a guy who wants a light, quick handling rifle with 800 yard capability he can buy a Tikka and be done with it. You must practice excellent shooter habits to shoot the light tikka accurately at long range but the rifle will do it if you are good enough. [/QUOTE]
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