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Planning my 40 yo birthday present
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<blockquote data-quote="Joe-boy" data-source="post: 2752825" data-attributes="member: 113266"><p>Also for hunting yes, but I have other rifles for the longer hikes so it does not need to be super portable. This one would mostly be used in stalking and rarely needs to be further than a mile from the car. The typical use would be trips to range to enjoy the accuracy and when hunting, drive to the area, walk couple of hundreds of yards to the stalking position, sit there until it's time to go home. It's also super flat where I live so there will be no need walk up and down long distances on mountains.</p><p></p><p>Tikka T3x Tact also looks interesting. It'd have a heavy barrel, picatinny rail, reasonably usable stock and the muzzle thread already. It's a bit pricey though, doesn't really make much sense to pay almost 1000 euros more than a CTR. Rather use that money for the stock and optics. I have a feeling I wouldn't be super happy with the original stock, though it appears to be a lot better than some think. I've got T1x rimfire and actually it only needed the vertical handle, bit more length of pull and a cheek riser and it's actually surprisingly nice.</p><p></p><p>Will have to go to a store one day to have a look at the different possibilities. T3x CTR with a nice aftermarket stock or a TRG, maybe a used one, are currently my main ideas. I would like something that is comfortable to shoot and carry. Much of my hunting happens in freeqing temperatures and snow, which is one of the reasons why tacticool steel/aluminum skeleton stocks are not my favourite as they are uncomfortable to handle and collect snow. I think the TRG-22 stock would be a very good benchmark for what I'd like, but I'll have to try my friend's TRG before deciding.</p><p></p><p>Not sure if I could live with e.g. the Tikka T3x TACT A1 stock; not really a great fan of the looks and appearance, but maybe I could learn to like that too...?</p><p></p><p>Also been thinking about a caliber. The most common use would be for whitetail and smaller critters such as fox, raccoon dog, hare etc so something a bit smaller than the 308 could also work. 6,5x55 SE? 6,5 Creedmoor? Something else? I hand load but appreciate a good availability of components and ammo so wildcats are not super tempting. Also I want to avoid the worst barrel burners. Creedmoor might be a nice alternative for my use, although it does burn a barrel faster than the good ol' 308. Barrel replacement seems to cost around 500-800 USD where I live and at that point I've most likely shot 2000-3000 worth of ammo through it, so not a huge concern but concern nonetheless. The improved ballistics of the Creedmoor comes roughly with a cost of 10 cents per shot for barrel replacement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joe-boy, post: 2752825, member: 113266"] Also for hunting yes, but I have other rifles for the longer hikes so it does not need to be super portable. This one would mostly be used in stalking and rarely needs to be further than a mile from the car. The typical use would be trips to range to enjoy the accuracy and when hunting, drive to the area, walk couple of hundreds of yards to the stalking position, sit there until it's time to go home. It's also super flat where I live so there will be no need walk up and down long distances on mountains. Tikka T3x Tact also looks interesting. It'd have a heavy barrel, picatinny rail, reasonably usable stock and the muzzle thread already. It's a bit pricey though, doesn't really make much sense to pay almost 1000 euros more than a CTR. Rather use that money for the stock and optics. I have a feeling I wouldn't be super happy with the original stock, though it appears to be a lot better than some think. I've got T1x rimfire and actually it only needed the vertical handle, bit more length of pull and a cheek riser and it's actually surprisingly nice. Will have to go to a store one day to have a look at the different possibilities. T3x CTR with a nice aftermarket stock or a TRG, maybe a used one, are currently my main ideas. I would like something that is comfortable to shoot and carry. Much of my hunting happens in freeqing temperatures and snow, which is one of the reasons why tacticool steel/aluminum skeleton stocks are not my favourite as they are uncomfortable to handle and collect snow. I think the TRG-22 stock would be a very good benchmark for what I'd like, but I'll have to try my friend's TRG before deciding. Not sure if I could live with e.g. the Tikka T3x TACT A1 stock; not really a great fan of the looks and appearance, but maybe I could learn to like that too...? Also been thinking about a caliber. The most common use would be for whitetail and smaller critters such as fox, raccoon dog, hare etc so something a bit smaller than the 308 could also work. 6,5x55 SE? 6,5 Creedmoor? Something else? I hand load but appreciate a good availability of components and ammo so wildcats are not super tempting. Also I want to avoid the worst barrel burners. Creedmoor might be a nice alternative for my use, although it does burn a barrel faster than the good ol' 308. Barrel replacement seems to cost around 500-800 USD where I live and at that point I've most likely shot 2000-3000 worth of ammo through it, so not a huge concern but concern nonetheless. The improved ballistics of the Creedmoor comes roughly with a cost of 10 cents per shot for barrel replacement. [/QUOTE]
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