Range Day
BY Herschel Smith
12 years, 6 months ago
Last 3-shot group of the day.
Shooting at the range in Pickens, S.C., with the Tikka T3 Hunter, 0.270, Walnut stock, Weaver scope. Yes, that’s a double-punch at 100 yards. Between the three shots, 1 MOA.
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Can I assume you like the Tikka T3 Hunter? It’s on my short list as a future deer/elk rifle, in .308 if it’s made in that caliber.
-Steve
My 308 can put three rounds touching at 100 yards. Now I need to get the scope to agree with the point of impact and I should have a fairly useful gun. FWIW I have a Vanguard Weatherby mounted on a Rossi laminate stock topped with a Bushnell Elite 3200 scope. Want to add some legs sometime.
Steve, it’s a sweet rifle. I highly recommend it. I wasn’t going to wait on the WInchester Model 70, and anyway was turned off by the fact that while it is advertised to be made entirely in Columbia, S.C., by FN, only the parts are made there. It is shipped to Portugal to be assembled. I was turned off by the Browning when I looked at the barrel and it said “Made in Japan.” The Ruger bolt flopped around like a dog’s ear and felt like a piece of crap.
Paul, the rifle can do better than I show here. I was playing around with eye relief trying to get use of the scope right. This is 1 MOA. It’s a tack driver and can do better than that if the shooter can do better. I’ll get there.
Thanks for the response. It’s unfortunate that it’s so hard to get a deer or elk tag here in Arizona.
-Steve
Hershel,
You could try what I do, aim at the same point on the target 3 times and see what you get. What I am having issues with is that the factory stock seemed to put some pressure on the barrel. Changing the factory stock out moved the point of impact at 100 yards almost 9 inches. Now the barrel is free floating and I get some really good shots, just not necessarily what I was aiming at. We have a former Army Sniper working at a local store and I let him get the scope bore sighted to a point of aim and then he zeroed the adjustment’s. I need to get out to the range and check if that fixes the problem.
Driving tacks is all well and good. Now I need to get it to drive the tack I want.
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