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upgrading my t3 300winmag to a rem 700 5r , should i go all out on a nightforce or go for a sightron or similar and spend the xtra on trigger , bedding etc. have already decided to go with hardy suppressor , want to get to 800/1000 reliable results. pic of t3 Attachment 6113
Gidday, Keep your tikka because there is no such thing as up grading to a rem.just get it accurised and buy a night force as that is what you will buy eventually after wasting money on lesser optics. Treat yourself to a set of ranging binos and do a heap of practice and when you have 800 beaten just buy a 338 trg and whack the night force on that.
Cheers Andy
Welcome to the forum. I agree with Andy in that you should keep the T3 but disagree with him in that you should buy the Remington as well.
30calterry welcome to the forum not being a longrange expurt i can offer you this dont ask on here what rifle to buy as its like asking which car to buy every one has there fav, youll already no what not to buy.So filter thru the info on here as theres plenty of good info on here and youll be better off in no time.If you wanna upgrade to the rem go for it there are longrange shooters on here either owned one or use the action so keep that in mind.
No amount of gear is going to get you reliably to 800-1000. Practice will. Spend the coin on reloading gear, make a bunch of ammo and burn out the 300 barrel or buy a 308 as well and shoot lots more. Woundies suck.
Ditch the can too. Heavy, unwieldly and impractical for LR shooting. Ask KG to do you a brake and you can thank me later.
Oh, and welcome aboard.
I told you there's good info on here!!!!
+1 right on except for the 308 bitQuote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Welcome to the forum
5000+ rounds of practice can't hurt, and he will get good at reading wind :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
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Welcome to the forum.
Keep the Tikka, no reason to upgrade the rifle
What glass are you using on the Tikka ?
Tell us some more about distances you are shooting at and specific issues that makes you feel that an upgrade is required.
how far can you shoot currently?
your current set up should get you right out there by the looks of it,
outshoot your current set up then look to upgrading, atleast then the new rifles barrel isnt taking the brunt of the wear
nessary things in my mind are - rangefinder, notebook, handload with a nice high BC bullet with acompanying chrony reading and drop chart, big target IE gib board size. then just time and recording in your note book correcting the dropchart
on the bright side this is the fun bit, rather than waiting on parts in the mail and having an incomplete rifle
hav fx3 12x40 knw this is one of limiting factors but want to go to high bc 208 amax wont fit in magQuote:
Originally Posted by ebf
rabbits 3-400, deer 4-500Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill999
what twist is the rifle? I found the 220SMK had a shorter OAL when just off the lands than the amax from memory?Quote:
Originally Posted by 30calterry
the hybrid VLD and the new Acubond that's on the way also look good on paper but as my current barrel on the 300RUM is slow twist I can't use them ... Will be going back to a faster twist when I wear out the current barrel :)
My SIII Sightron has served me well but I haven't tried the newer models, mine is the older covered dials... Need to test the travel again though as its been on the RUM for a while now and the other day I am not sure if it was the scope or the conditions... I had to dial way less than I thought for the new load. Repeated still so may be tail wind up draft??
have a t3 shortnd 308 bush carrying magpies/rabbits/deer good up to 3-400,nt worried about weight , nt interestd in wearn ear protection for brakeQuote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
still expand longrange?Quote:
Originally Posted by leathel
Buy the Rem then. Suppress it and buy the Nightforce. You asked for advice not me.
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Only group tested them...I had room and run the amax ;)
Welcome 'midget'....looks like your on the right track for info.......all looks like quantum physics to this dumb bastard.......
i knw nothing about those projectiles was askn u if they expand but swt as thanks for the other adviceQuote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Deadeye Dicks - Nightforce
A Beast not Obese ...
I'm shooting the 162 A-Max in 7Mag and it is a good bullet. Can't help with the 30. Unless your hunting off a quad a big heavy gun is going to eventually fuck you off. Same goes for an over scoped setup.Quote:
Originally Posted by 30calterry
opps
k, let me get this straight... you feel your current glass is limiting, and you want to upgrade the rifle coz a 208 amax wont fit in the mag.Quote:
Originally Posted by 30calterry
we're talking about 800 to 1000m shooting ?
call me stupid but, um, how about loading a single round of 208 at a time, forget the mag.
have you shot 208 singles out of your Tikka ? results @ 800/1000m ?
swt as dont want to compromise accuracy for weight ,hw much difference is there accuracy wise do u think?Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
None.Quote:
Originally Posted by 30calterry
Might be a bit nicer to shoot and possibly easier to tune but weight won't make it a shooter.
Have you read about how light some of the local hunting "gurus" are building big guns?
Just out of curiosity what does one of them monter terminator brakes weigh?
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hadnt thought of that thanks will try sme ,wot u think of optics?Quote:
Originally Posted by ebf
terry, i don't have enough experience with optics for those kind of distances to give you an informed answer.
in general, I'd say shoot/practice until you are beyond the capabilities of your kit, and THEN upgrade...
speak to kiwigreg, brads, lr or some of the other long-range guys on here, but be prepared to spend scary money :D
thats what she says, Happy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy
Other way round Bro but why you no tell anyone you already way better than this gun..Quote:
Originally Posted by 30calterry
In my opinion you need to follow your gut and move on ... At least with optics so you can try further than the the 450 off your deck ..
Dont ask me to suggest what to though as like you doing already, need to research ..
Where are u located?
waikato
