fremont
Well-Known Member
An older buddy wanted his last rifle to be a turret scoped "accurate" bolt action; his last was a 7 Mag BAR which wasn't accurate.
He landed on the Tikka T3x Lite 270 WSM SS/Syn. This was shooting 145 ELDx's over Re-26 at 3075 fps. Scope tracked acceptably well. 200 yard range which is also his zero. His aim point on everything other than final three "return-to-stop" was the top bullseye of the two at bottom. He's not the most patient guy in the world, so I really had to make sure he was locked up in the rear bag and front rest. I caught him several times lifting the butt up to lower POI vs. simply readjusting things where he didn't have to manhandle it. But, at least the scope tracked. I was worried because we sent in his turret specs (free turret offer from manufacturer) without ever firing the gun (what I call "dry labbing" it), because of an order issue then Covid.
He landed on the Tikka T3x Lite 270 WSM SS/Syn. This was shooting 145 ELDx's over Re-26 at 3075 fps. Scope tracked acceptably well. 200 yard range which is also his zero. His aim point on everything other than final three "return-to-stop" was the top bullseye of the two at bottom. He's not the most patient guy in the world, so I really had to make sure he was locked up in the rear bag and front rest. I caught him several times lifting the butt up to lower POI vs. simply readjusting things where he didn't have to manhandle it. But, at least the scope tracked. I was worried because we sent in his turret specs (free turret offer from manufacturer) without ever firing the gun (what I call "dry labbing" it), because of an order issue then Covid.
