Tikka in Tennessee Doing Work

[General RE LEE]

Tagged out on two Marshall County, TN bucks with my Tikka T3x Lite 6.5 Creedmoor. This is the most accurate rifle I own

Tikka T3x Lite Stainless

5 round magazine

Tikka vertical soft touch grip mod

Tikka beaver tail soft touch fore end mod

Mountain Tactical trigger spring, trigger pull weight 1.5 lbs

Mountain Tactical Outdoorsman bolt handle kit

 

[GWT]

This was my first year with a tikka rifle and I’m really impressed with the accuracy out of a stock rifle. I went with the T3x wideland in 6.5prc.

I usually hand load but found a couple boxes of Hornady precision hunter that is consistently getting 1/2” groups.

 

[Sled]

Nice bucks. Also like the Nissan.

 

[General RE LEE]

Nice bucks. Also like the Nissan.

2018 Frontier Pro 4X. Built to last

 

[Sled]

2018 Frontier Pro 4X. Built to last

I'm still running an 04 Titan as my daily driver for winter and hunting season. They run a long time with some basic maintenance.

 

[Fartrell Cluggins]

Tagged out on two Marshall County, TN bucks with my Tikka T3x Lite 6.5 Creedmoor. This is the most accurate rifle I own

Tikka T3x Lite Stainless

5 round magazine

Tikka vertical soft touch grip mod

Tikka beaver tail soft touch fore end mod

Mountain Tactical trigger spring, trigger pull weight 1.5 lbs

Mountain Tactical Outdoorsman bolt handle kit

Congrats. That one has very nice spread for a southern woods whitetail.

Prolly could have bagged 'em with a 3 MOA rifle huh?

 

[ndlawrence]

That one has a neat rack. Cool getting one buck one afternoon and one buck the next morning. TN is one antlered deer per day / 2 per season in most units.

 

[Sled]

That one has a neat rack. Cool getting one buck one afternoon and one buck the next morning. TN is one antlered deer per day / 2 per season in most units.

Wow. That's low. When I lived in baton rouge you could get 7 deer a season with just a license. If you wanted doe permits those were extra. I'm sure that's changed in the last 25 years though.

 

[General RE LEE]

Wow. That's low. When I lived in baton rouge you could get 7 deer a season with just a license. If you wanted doe permits those were extra. I'm sure that's changed in the last 25 years though.

Unit L which encompasses most of Middle TN allows 3 does per day and 2 buck per season.

 

[Balderdash]

Strong work.

Been thinking about picking up a Frontier as woods truck.

 

[Ropin4gold]

Nice job. Sounds like you hunt close to my hood.

 

[livingandlearning]

Nice work. What bullet are you using? Factory ammo or reloads?

 

[axeforce6]

Congrats. I live in Maury.

 

[General RE LEE]

Nice work. What bullet are you using? Factory ammo or reloads?

Hand load 143 grain ELD-X 41.5 grains H4350 CCI BR-2 primers Hornady brass 2700 FPS. Essentially same as the Precision Hunter factory ammo except I seat my bullet about twenty thousandths off the lands so my COAL is longer than factory.

 

[Pharmseller]

Why the extended mag?

 

[Balderdash]

Why the extended mag?

Why not?

 

[Pharmseller]

They stick out too far and affect how I carry my rifle. Maybe he’s got a solution.

 

[Balderdash]

They stick out too far and affect how I carry my rifle. Maybe he’s got a solution.

Was JK.

I'm with you. I have a couple rigs with AICS mags, and while they function well and allow for great coal, I'm not the biggest fan of a mag that sticks down on a rifle that's going to get carried in hand a lot.

 

[General RE LEE]

Why the extended mag?

I like to have 5 rounds in case I have a coyote come in early on a hunt and I send some lead down range.

I carry my rifle with my shoulder strap and it doesn’t interfere with how I shoot.

 

[Pharmseller]

I like to have 5 rounds in case I have a coyote come in early on a hunt and I send some lead down range.

I carry my rifle with my shoulder strap and it doesn’t interfere with how I shoot.

Copy.

I carry a sling in my daypack in case I have to pack meat but if I’m in the field it’s in my hands. But I stillhunt pretty thick cover so if I see a deer there’s no time to get the rifle off my shoulder.