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Scope for tikka t3 6.5x55?
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<blockquote data-quote="Armed in Utah" data-source="post: 279851" data-attributes="member: 965"><p>I have a T3 SS/laminate 6.5x55 Tikka...my glass is a Nikon 3-12 Monarch mounted in Burris Signature rings and using Leo two pc turn in bases....the factory T3 rings are junk...hopefully you are going to handload...RE22 & H4831sc are two good powders to use...Lapua brass is wonderful...Win & Rem brass are also OK...many good bullets to choose from....my Swede likes the 140 NPTs...140 Rem CLs....130 NABs...120 NBTs.....take your pick ! Back to glass...Nikon Monarchs like my 3-12 can be fitted with tall target towers that are very user friendly in the field for LR shooting...I have my Swede calibrated out to 600 yds with a drop chart taped to the stock...using 130 NABs....the Monarch series from 5-20 & up have three sets of towers included with the scope...the Nikon Monarch is a great mid ranged priced scope...using the rifle for game would suggest a variable opposed to the fixed series as the SS Sniper....the 6.5x55 is a grand ole cartridge..older than the 30-06 and overlooked by many.....its been called 'Old School' or 'An Old Man's gun'...<a href="http://img36.imageshack.us/i/tikka65x55004.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1142/tikka65x55004.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Armed in Utah, post: 279851, member: 965"] I have a T3 SS/laminate 6.5x55 Tikka...my glass is a Nikon 3-12 Monarch mounted in Burris Signature rings and using Leo two pc turn in bases....the factory T3 rings are junk...hopefully you are going to handload...RE22 & H4831sc are two good powders to use...Lapua brass is wonderful...Win & Rem brass are also OK...many good bullets to choose from....my Swede likes the 140 NPTs...140 Rem CLs....130 NABs...120 NBTs.....take your pick ! Back to glass...Nikon Monarchs like my 3-12 can be fitted with tall target towers that are very user friendly in the field for LR shooting...I have my Swede calibrated out to 600 yds with a drop chart taped to the stock...using 130 NABs....the Monarch series from 5-20 & up have three sets of towers included with the scope...the Nikon Monarch is a great mid ranged priced scope...using the rifle for game would suggest a variable opposed to the fixed series as the SS Sniper....the 6.5x55 is a grand ole cartridge..older than the 30-06 and overlooked by many.....its been called 'Old School' or 'An Old Man's gun'...[URL=http://img36.imageshack.us/i/tikka65x55004.jpg/][IMG]http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1142/tikka65x55004.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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