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    accuracy troubleshooting help/or new barrel? (tikka, 7mm-08 twist rate, etc ?)

    I’ve tried several tikka t3 & t3x. Typically they are really good shooters. I love the Hunter models - but- I’ve found that pulling the wood stock and buying a cheap synthetic from eBay makes the Tikka rifles shoot better. The Hunter stocks seem to have more recoil for caliber than the synthetic...
  2. J

    270 vs 7mm-08 vs 308 vs 30/06

    Not inferior on accuracy; just inferior on taking Elk or other game as the match bullet is not designed for penetration or expansion. I tried a match bullet on a deer when I was young and didn’t know better. It hit the shoulder and exploded with no penetration.
  3. J

    270 vs 7mm-08 vs 308 vs 30/06

    What bullet would you use in the 7-08? I’ve never used anything heavier than 150’s. The 162’s were too long for the magazine in my rifle.
  4. J

    Bergara b14 VS CVA Cascade

    The Weatherby is very hard to beat. They seem to do some calibers very, very well. .270 win. 25/06, Weatherby S2 Vanguard. Excellent!
  5. J

    Bergara b14 VS CVA Cascade

    Bergara switched quickly to the fluted bolt wilderness ridge in 2021. Many people who had purchased just prior to the change wanted the fluted bolt. No one was warned that it was coming.
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    Bergara b14 VS CVA Cascade

    My bergara wilderness ridge was not so heavy. The bergara HMR is 9.25 lbs - plus add scope and ammo. Lots of people complaining about accuracy in the bergara wilderness ridge in .308 The 6.5 cm was very accurate. It definitely preferred 125-129 grain bullets over the 143 gr eld-x
  7. J

    7mm-08 139 SST options

    How did it end? Did you use the accubonds? W760 should be fine for the 139 sst. I’ve used it with great results.
  8. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    Heat is definitely a factor, but 21 shots spread out ‘over days’?? The barrel takes that long to cool?
  9. J

    Sold 8 Pounder Reloder 16 (Michigan)

    Shipping?
  10. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    My first Tikka was a Hunter .270 win. Far More recoil than any .270 I ever shot. It would shake the weaver mounts loose before I could get it aligned. Every time I thought I would have it, the screws that hold the rings to the base would be loose. I’m glad I didn’t give up on tikka right there...
  11. J

    How often is 1 MOA "really" 1 MOA?

    I’d take the 1/2” load and run with it. When hunting the first shot is the Prime shot. You need two more shots you know your rifle and ammo , you will have the confidence to run em.
  12. J

    Barrel too Hot?

    I’ve had some pencil barrel’s that would be changing poi by the 3rd shot. A Ruger Hawkeye ultra lightweight, in 7mm-08, especially warm weather shooting 1-2-3 normal speed. By the 3rd round it was changing. A savage axis 25/06, would put the first two in the same hole. The 3rd would be off.. I...
  13. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    I’ve had reasonable success with Eld-x , 143 gr. 6.5cm But the rifle shoots 129, &125 grain Winchester better. I do want to try 145 eldx in .270 win. 154 eldx in 7mm-08
  14. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    That’s the way they are supposed to shoot!
  15. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    What caliber?
  16. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    You have any other tikkas sitting around getting no use.. I would take them off your hands! 😁
  17. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    The funny thing is I’ve seen people shoot like this. In honesty though, I never liked ‘lite’ rifles when I was young. I typically carried a Wood stock , 26” barrel, Remington. Switching to ‘lite’ rifles after spinal surgeries and Degenerative disc disease, had its learning curve. I was not too...
  18. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    Hornady whitetail is a good round My .308’s don’t care for fusions My .270’s love the fusions…
  19. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    Out of 6 calibers of tikka rifles I’ve owned, 1 had enormous recoil for a .270 win.. did not shoot horribly. Not great. The .243 with 75 gr Vmax was incredibley accurate. One ragged hole. With 100 grain it opened up a little. - still well under an inch. The 25/06 Tikka Forest. Ok. Less than...
  20. J

    Why does my tikka Suck?

    Not the first 7mm rem mag that made groups like that. I’ watched a career reloader try to develop a load for a Ruger m77 tang safety rifle- it shot about like yours. very good points. My Tikka rifles are very accurate. If my tikka was shooting 1” I would not accept that . Temperature plays a...

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