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<blockquote data-quote="Hand Skills" data-source="post: 1440517" data-attributes="member: 103303"><p>I think .308 is a great choice when cost per round and barrel life is considered. Not every .308 load is supersonic to 1000m however, so careful consideration will have to be given to bullet/powder choice.</p><p></p><p>The 5r might be a bit better suited to shooting targets with the 24" sendero contour barrel, compared to a tikka with a 20" tube. The tikka will be easier to carry though.</p><p></p><p>As was mentioned, the Tikkas are built on a long action, so it's possible to modify the bolt stop and use a 30-06 magazine. This allows magazine feeding of cartridges over SAAMI maximum length. With the 5r, you will be limited to single feeding if you want to seat high BC bullets to the lands. Both have similar medium twist rates ~1:11. The 5r's 24" barrel will likely yield an additional 100fps, and for 1000m I would probably choose the Remington on that alone. Personally if I were going with the tikka it would be the Sporter - those GRS stocks are really nice (...but heavy).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hand Skills, post: 1440517, member: 103303"] I think .308 is a great choice when cost per round and barrel life is considered. Not every .308 load is supersonic to 1000m however, so careful consideration will have to be given to bullet/powder choice. The 5r might be a bit better suited to shooting targets with the 24" sendero contour barrel, compared to a tikka with a 20" tube. The tikka will be easier to carry though. As was mentioned, the Tikkas are built on a long action, so it's possible to modify the bolt stop and use a 30-06 magazine. This allows magazine feeding of cartridges over SAAMI maximum length. With the 5r, you will be limited to single feeding if you want to seat high BC bullets to the lands. Both have similar medium twist rates ~1:11. The 5r's 24" barrel will likely yield an additional 100fps, and for 1000m I would probably choose the Remington on that alone. Personally if I were going with the tikka it would be the Sporter - those GRS stocks are really nice (...but heavy). [/QUOTE]
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