Thanks for sharing your experience with this rifle! I’m thinking about building something similar for my kids to start hunting. I want them to be able to shoot everything suppressed. The barrel already being threaded for this price is pushing me towards the Ruger over the Tikka.
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JJ3, congratulations on the nice buck!
Here are some more details on my family’s experience this year to add to the data. The lack of blood trail with the 77 TMK is the reason my dad switched to the 62 gr Fusion. Both deer shot with the TMK made it to the woods before dying. They both died...
Thanks to everyone that has contributed evidence and knowledge to this great thread! I found it and read the whole thing in January 2023. I just finished reading it for a second time.
It saved my dad’s whitetail hunting season this year. He had eye surgery and the doctor said he couldn’t shoot...