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  1. UPThunderbolt

    Buying my first Tikka, what to upgrade first?

    Take a look at the Tract Toric scopes. They are sold direct, eliminating the retail mark up. They offer a nice military/law enforcement discount, and they produce a really nice optic. I just put one on my Tikka 300 win mag. It compares very favorably to my friend Zeiss Conquest, but cost me...
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    THE “RETURN ACT” GUTS PITTMAN-ROBERTSON & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION and would Ultimately destroy hunting!

    Completely agree. The follow up question is who would benefit from this bill? It isn’t the hunting community because, as you point out, they would lose both their voice and many of their management programs. It probably isn’t the recreational shooter because, in the current market, it is...
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    THE “RETURN ACT” GUTS PITTMAN-ROBERTSON & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION and would Ultimately destroy hunting!

    Good Data!
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    THE “RETURN ACT” GUTS PITTMAN-ROBERTSON & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION and would Ultimately destroy hunting!

    A couple points of clarification. First, fishing equipment is not covered under the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Act (Pittman Robertson). Rather those taxes were assessed under a separate piece of legislation (The Dingle Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act) passed in 1950. As such...
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    Tikka t3x 300 Win Mag - Best reloading round with stock barrel?

    Take a look at the Tikka T3x Giraffe Throat thread. This same discussion occurred there. In spite of the long jump, you can actually get some nice tight groups out of that rifle with the stock barrel/action.
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    I don’t doubt that you are correct. If I had a more robust supply of the 180 accubonds and primers, I might well continue attempting to increase the velocity. As it is, I’ve currently got enough components for the hunt and some prehunt practice. Any further load development will have to wait...
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    I will do that. We will be hunting a unit with a 50 inches and/or four (or more) brow tines on at least one side minimum. If we are fortunate enough to come home with a moose or two, they won’t be small. If I don’t kill a moose, I’ll still have the new rifle to play with. It’s already...
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    As promised. I did push the load up to 74.0 grains and was able to shoot this morning. The velocity increased to 2940 fps with an extreme spread of 19. Unfortunately, the group opened up to 1.4”
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    Colorado Wolf Introduction is getting REAL political

    The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) are completely different and separate pieces of legislation. While releasing the animals does get you around NEPA, it has no impact on the requirements found in the ESA.
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    Colorado Wolf Introduction is getting REAL political

    I’m removed from this process and can’t speak from a position of full knowledge, but here is my impression of where things are at. Colorado, as required, has developed a recovery and management plan. That plan is currently in draft form and includes potential lethal take of problem animals...
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    Colorado Wolf Introduction is getting REAL political

    Unless the Feds have provided a some sort special exemption to Colorado (which I doubt), land ownership is irrelevant in the population recovery and management of the animals until such time as wolves are down graded to Threatened status. There are livestock producers in Michigan and...
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    Colorado Wolf Introduction is getting REAL political

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    Colorado Wolf Introduction is getting REAL political

    Folks, I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I do have a fair amount of experience with the wolf issue. If I may be so bold, I would like to offer some thoughts that may help navigate this highly charged issue. 1. Recognize that the authority to manage wildlife, in any particular State, is...
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    I appreciate the thoughtful comments. I’m going to push the load up by another 1/2 grain and see what I get from that. Unless the component market loosens up a bit, I’ll likely stop there. Weather permitting, I hope to shoot sometime during the next week. If the group stays tight, I’ll run a...
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    I mis-spoke. It is a 24 inches barrel. The 30-06 and 25-06 each have 22inch barrels.
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    It’s the factory 22” barrel
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    Thanks. That was my first choice in the 165 grain. The best I could get was a 1.25” group. With the accubond I was able to cut that down to 0.47. The Nosler Brass seems to have a greater case capacity than the Winchester brass that Hodgdon used in developing their data. They indicate...
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    Thanks, I appreciate that. I’m not a long range shooter. Most of the deer I’ve killed over the years have been within 50 yards. I bought the rifle for an Alaskan moose hunt. My practice range is 300 yards. As such, I’ll be limiting my live shots to that distance (preferably less). While I...
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    Thanks, I appreciate your input. This rifle has only 50-75 rounds down the barrel so I suspect I’ll gain some velocity (how much ?) with additional wear. With components (especially the 180 accubond and primers) being hard to get, I’ll spend a few more rounds attempting to elevate the...
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    Tikka T3X lite 300 Win Mag barrel with a Giraffe throat

    Agreed. Once the snow is gone and I can get out to my range I’ll be increasing the powder charge to see if I can improve the velocity without losing accuracy. I’m fairly new to reloading and Hodgdon manual shows charge compression at 73.0 grains. I clearly have more room in the case so we’ll...

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