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    HS Precision / Proof Steel contoured barrel blanks? (maybe button vs cut?)

    The main difference between cut and button rifled barrels is longevity. Cut just last longer. Neither is necessarily more accurate than the other. Ask yourself how many rounds do you shoot a year. Find out the typical round count on whatever cartridges you’re shooting, and decide if paying...
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    Tikka MDT HNT26

    I am just putting my Tikka with HNT26 together. New factory 6.5x55 in the long action leaves plenty of room in the mag and the tikka throat is long enough to get a 140ELDM up into the neck where it belongs and out of the case body. Just put everything together a couple of days ago will get to...
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    Dangerous Factory Ammunition (WWYD?)

    Yes, you should immediately contact the manufacturer. Unless they are a fly by night operation, and not a major manufacturer, they are going to want to know that a lot of ammunition they produced has a problem. They will likely take care of you to some degree or anther. But, it’s a safety...
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    Let's See Your Semi-Custom Tikka Builds

    Thanks guys. I’ve learned so much on Rokslide!
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    Sold Tikka T3X walnut stock for sale

    Brand new never shot. Took it out of the box on Saturday from a new purchase of an “Hunter” model and set the wood stock aside. It is perfect, no dings or scratches. $275.00 shipped in conus. Make offer. Mike
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    Let's See Your Semi-Custom Tikka Builds

    I just got a Tikka 6.5x55 and put it in a chassis. I have a question on bolt fluting, is it just for aesthetic reasons or is it to shave a little weight? This is my first Tikka and the bolt run is incredible compared to all my Remington based actions.
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    Painless load development (mine)

    As a Palma shooter, I like it when people talk about palma shooting; no one is using ball powder, although you could, and having shot a palma match (800, 900, 1000 sling and irons) in zero degrees last winter, I never want to do it again.
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    Painless load development (mine)

    Agree, no need for magnum in 223. But they do work too so basically any primer in 223 is good to go. Don’t overlook foreign primers if your brass has a few loads on it as the European primers are a tiny bit bigger. I have used Starline and while I prefer Lapua, I wouldn’t waste my money on...
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    UM TIKKA Scope Rings

    Got mine yesterday; only three days from order to my place on the west coast.
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    130 TMK. What to build?

    I have been thinking about bullets for my new tikka 6.5x55. I think I’ll buy a box to try.
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    6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

    I just bought a new 6.5x55 tikka because the dealer could not move it and since I am a reloader it just makes sense. I am still working my way through this thread. However, should I be looking at 130 class or 140 class bullets with this cartridge? It’s a 1-8 twist. I’v got Lapua brass and...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I understand what you mean about it being simple and that is probably best. I have three rifles set up for shooting with the long freebore; two are single shots but one is a repeater I goof around with and use for shooting some other fun matches (in fact it may become my hunting rifle action)...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I have been reading this thread on and off for weeks. I and a few others have been using a 223 bolt action rifle in long range (800-1000 yards sling and iron sights- it’s called a palma rifle) competition for several years. In the matches we shoot, you are required to shoot a 308 with a 155 or...
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    Does this scope exist? Thick reticle, light, dials

    I have been looking for something similar but there seems to be a gap in that spec area; not a ton of 3-15ish scopes that have features we want with the reticule. However, if your dad is used to MOA I would not get a mil scope. I made that error. I am a high power rifle competitor and read...
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    "Old Rifles"

    Wife’s grandpa gave me a brand new never fired 1952 FN commercial barreled action in 3006. Had it sitting in the garage for 70 years. Fortunately it was in Bakersfield Ca, low humidity and not a spot of rust. I bedded it into a stock and been futzing with loads for it and getting around .7...
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