Tell me to shut up and buy the Tikka

Robobiss

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I would argue that having your “trainer” having a bolt throw that exactly matches your hunting rifle (assuming it’s another tikka) is much more of a benefit than a problem.

This way, when you’re shooting positionally and practicing follow-up shots, everything is the same but the recoil. I think you would be doing yourself a disservice (in theory, still good training) with a mini action because it is not the same as the rifle you are really trying to get better at using which is your hunting rifle.

If you think about it this way, it’s a lot easier to stomach the extra weight/length of the action.

PS shut up and buy the tikka. I have the same model threaded. It’s super handy even with a 6” suppressor. It’s my favorite rifle.
 
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@Jrkotz ,
I was referring to the Mountain Tactical 223 mag. $79 for an aluminum mag. Mine is working well. The first gen didn’t work well, but they re-worked it and released a 2nd gen. So far mine is working great. Let’s me load to a 2.580” COAL, or maybe a tad longer. Pharmseller gave you the link for the Ascension Industries mag. I’ve heard they work great. However, you have to rob a spring from a standard 223 Tikka mag to put in the Ascension industries mag, so your almost the same money as a Mountain Tactical. The MT mags are even on sale for Black Friday! I’m gonna be ordering another one.



Ascension is having a Black Friday deal also, 2 for $50.

I prefer my Ascension mags to my MT mags. Smoother feeding, lighter weight.

And I have plenty of Tikka mags to swap springs out. And they swap right back if I want to.




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BCD

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The long action is a distinct advantage, it allows better scope mounting options and loading modern bullets correctly.
Traditional short actions like the Sako 461 and Brno shorties suck for modern day usage, magazines are too short, not enough real estate to mount a decent scope, and to be quite honest, if you can’t stroke that bolt an extra half inch maybe you should take up a less taxing pastime
What a ******* idiotic response. You win the **** of the week award, Keyboard Warrior.
 

Robobiss

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Sounds like he is hitting the bottle
Honestly, with it being thanksgiving that was my first thought too but I didn’t want to be the first one to say it. I thought your comment was a little “he he” and was flabbergasted that it ruffled someone’s feathers so badly. Oh well, takes all kinds I suppose.

Don’t drink and rokslide kids.. It’s just like drinking and driving, only worse.
 

Hnthrdr

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Tikkas are overrated. There are better guns out there.
Genuinely curious what other rifles you would recommend at the price point? I have owned browning, savage, ruger, remmington, CA, cooper. In the 650-800 range I can’t think of one that touches what it can do as a stock rifle. Still own, rugers, CA, some brownings, but my tikkas get shot most often
 
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