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First elk hunt. Leaning toward Tikka
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<blockquote data-quote="adiredneck" data-source="post: 1934638" data-attributes="member: 43329"><p>Yes, I know you've all seen a Tikka before, but... </p><p></p><p>LGS called yesterday to tell me it had arrived. I did not plan on picking it up until after the 10th so that it would go on next month's credit card statement, but I had to make a trip close by the shop to pick up my sons mountain bike anyways.</p><p>I found 30 pieces of brass in my basement from loading for a buddy a few years ago. He bought the dies and took them back once he started reloading so I needed dies. Stopped at Runnings and found that they had Hornady dies (my preferred type) for $35. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" /> picked up a box of plain jane Remington ammo in 150 grain to do the break in and fire form some new brass... also picked up a Leupold Back country base $$$ (wanted a cheap set of Weavers for now) but this was all they had. </p><p>I've settled on the VX5HD in 3-14x44 so I'll need 30mm rings later. I'll probably go with the Talley 1 piece ring/base combo.</p><p></p><p>They had no 175gr bullets at all. I'll have to order some from with my cabelas points. I only have 139gr for my daughters 7mm-08 model seven.</p><p></p><p>So now I have to figure out what rifle is going to go scopeless for the summer while I work up some loads for it. It'll probably be my 308 tikka m595. Speaking of which, here's a picture of it next to the new one. Every time I pull it out of the back of the safe I am reminded of what a gorgeous rifle it is..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adiredneck, post: 1934638, member: 43329"] Yes, I know you’ve all seen a Tikka before, but... LGS called yesterday to tell me it had arrived. I did not plan on picking it up until after the 10th so that it would go on next month’s credit card statement, but I had to make a trip close by the shop to pick up my sons mountain bike anyways. I found 30 pieces of brass in my basement from loading for a buddy a few years ago. He bought the dies and took them back once he started reloading so I needed dies. Stopped at Runnings and found that they had Hornady dies (my preferred type) for $35. 😎 picked up a box of plain jane Remington ammo in 150 grain to do the break in and fire form some new brass... also picked up a Leupold Back country base $$$ (wanted a cheap set of Weavers for now) but this was all they had. I’ve settled on the VX5HD in 3-14x44 so I’ll need 30mm rings later. I’ll probably go with the Talley 1 piece ring/base combo. They had no 175gr bullets at all. I’ll have to order some from with my cabelas points. I only have 139gr for my daughters 7mm-08 model seven. So now I have to figure out what rifle is going to go scopeless for the summer while I work up some loads for it. It’ll probably be my 308 tikka m595. Speaking of which, here’s a picture of it next to the new one. Every time I pull it out of the back of the safe I am reminded of what a gorgeous rifle it is.. [/QUOTE]
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