Hugnot
Well-Known Member
500 yards on elks - sounds like sort of open country is a possibility.
My thinking:
I am a Ruger M77 MKII/Hawkeye fan.
I survey local gun shops, find a good used one, preferably with a .473 bolt face, of the action length that will handle the round I intend to use.
Have it re-barreled with a high quality stainless barrel with caliber & twist for bullet I intend to use.
Have a pro trigger job performed.
Have the bolt lugs lapped in and the receiver face squared up.
Buy a suitable stock from Richards Microfit with a recoil pad installed and perform the bedding & finish work myself.
Spend the rest of the $ on the highest quality scope (2+ grand total).
My favorite would be a 6.5-06, I do my own inletting and recoil pad installation.
As I wrote this at least 10 other posts were generated. All were worthy and involved far less effort & work than my suggestion. I sort of liked the one that mentioned "shoes". Impressive accuracy from Tikka's.
My thinking:
I am a Ruger M77 MKII/Hawkeye fan.
I survey local gun shops, find a good used one, preferably with a .473 bolt face, of the action length that will handle the round I intend to use.
Have it re-barreled with a high quality stainless barrel with caliber & twist for bullet I intend to use.
Have a pro trigger job performed.
Have the bolt lugs lapped in and the receiver face squared up.
Buy a suitable stock from Richards Microfit with a recoil pad installed and perform the bedding & finish work myself.
Spend the rest of the $ on the highest quality scope (2+ grand total).
My favorite would be a 6.5-06, I do my own inletting and recoil pad installation.
As I wrote this at least 10 other posts were generated. All were worthy and involved far less effort & work than my suggestion. I sort of liked the one that mentioned "shoes". Impressive accuracy from Tikka's.
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