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    Quote Originally Posted by sneeze View Post
    .243. I played around a lot with different bullets and powders. It just shot everything well.
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    Beautiful coat on that Fallow
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    Quote Originally Posted by sneeze View Post
    .243. I played around a lot with different bullets and powders. It just shot everything well.
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    That looks like a typical Graeme Omlo foto from the 70's. Nice composition. Nice rifle. Nice deer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by norsk View Post
    Beautiful coat on that Fallow
    One from the local Hacket herd. The antlers maybe still be hanging in a tree up there.
    I had a ridge i used to hunt in the cooler months. There was another guy using the same ridge as Id often see buller boot prints and tracks from a medium sized dog.

    Quote Originally Posted by TeRei View Post
    That looks like a typical Graeme Omlo foto from the 70's. Nice composition. Nice rifle. Nice deer.
    To be fair I have the photographic ability of Stevie Wonder. Its most likely just were he piled up and I got a bit lucky with the pic.
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    @Larskramer that’s a nice looking rifle. The long rail is an interesting addition, I’ll have to look it up on the MTN web page. What sort of tripod do you plan to use?
    I’m eyeing up a Leofoto tripod, that appears to be identical to a Leupold, but half the price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sneeze View Post
    .243. I played around a lot with different bullets and powders. It just shot everything well.
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    @sneeze… have the BAR .243….mucking around with factory 80gr/100 gr loads… doesn’t seem to be a lot of difference on paper….. what grain did u settle on ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by A330driver View Post
    @sneeze… have the BAR .243….mucking around with factory 80gr/100 gr loads… doesn’t seem to be a lot of difference on paper….. what grain did u settle on ???
    Sierra 85gr HPBT and 2208
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    Thanks mate…I settled on the ,…HORNADY .243 Win 80 gr CX…….seems to shoot a tighter group
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    I had two absolutely insane weeks at work and no weekend in between but then:
    The DHL delivery guy made my day this Friday!
    My new stock, scope and mount for the second T3x arrived.
    And a real weekend ahead of me...
    Perfect timing!

    So I put it all together that very evening and went shooting Saturday.
    Rounds touching @100m with 178grs ELD-X and 150grs FOX bullets right away.
    And man do I dig the ergos, quality and appearance of the stock!

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    Super happy with this rig!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben_SK View Post
    I had two absolutely insane weeks at work and no weekend in between but then:
    The DHL delivery guy made my day this Friday!
    My new stock, scope and mount for the second T3x arrived.
    And a real weekend ahead of me...
    Perfect timing!

    So I put it all together that very evening and went shooting Saturday.
    Rounds touching @100m with 178grs ELD-X and 150grs FOX bullets right away.
    And man do I dig the ergos, quality and appearance of the stock!

    Super happy with this rig!

    That looks pretty slick! Can you elaborate on the stock make and model as well as details of the scope?

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    Sure... Happy to!

    The stock is the so called "Outlaw" version from "German Gun Stocks".
    A small company in Saxony that makes very nice laminated stocks.
    Quite light for that kind of material and with an integral aluminum bedding block.
    Fit and finish is very nice.

    The scope is the Schmidt and Bender "META" 3-18x42.
    Fairly new and my first try with S&B for quite some time.
    Super slick scope.
    All metal.
    Built like a tank!
    Used the Spuhr hunting rings to mount it.

    To me I have a perfect pair of Tikkas now...

    1. The "Green Tikka" as my primary hunting rig.

    Tikka T3x Lite - .308 WIN - 20"
    A-Tec H2
    Zeiss Victory HT 2.5-10x50 with ERA rings
    Bell & Carlson "Medalist" with custom bedding.

    2. The "Grey Tikka" as backup and primary shooting range device.

    Tikka T3x Lite - .308 WIN - 20"
    A-Tec H2
    S&B META 3-18x42 with Spuhr rings
    GGS Outlaw stock

    Both with standard trigger set to the minimum weight.
    Both with the same custom bolt handle.
    Both with standard floorplate.
    Both with a bipod option.
    Both deliver 0.5 MOA groups. By now this is the average for 21 different 3-shot-groups. Worst was 0.9 MOA. Best was 0.2 MOA. Just shows again: Statistics rule. Not the one good group...

    I think I have what I really wanted and needed by now...
    Just love those Tikkas.

    Cheers
    Ben
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    Marlin 336 XLR 2007 build 30-30 cal in stainless. Bought used and have set about modifying to my specs; Magpul ELG Stock (pistol grip). Midwest Industries Forend. Wild West Guns Big Loop Lever & plunger spring. Ranger Point Precision trigger, cartridge follower and loading gate (massive improvement on stacking rounds in there!). Aimpoint H2 for the optic and DPT suppressor. Barrel was shortened to 20.5" but I should have cut it to 22.5" ish so I can keep fit the Magnun suppressor I have lying around. Will probably load Hornady 175gr Sub X's as this will be a 40m bush gun for pigs and fallow.
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    Quote… I think I have what I really wanted and needed by now...
    Just love those Tikkas.

    Cheers
    Ben

    Ben… you can NEVER have enough guns!!!
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