So, I know this thread is useless without pictures, I recently decided not to buy a used BAR in .243 to get a new Tikka T-3 Lite Stainless for my first ever foray into hunting.
I grew up in the 'Burbs, mom didn't want firearms near me and my siblings, so I didn't really get the "Gun Thing"" until after Range Week in Recruit Training. I've never hunted. I've done everything that goes on before the shot is taken, and while working as a butcher, I have processed after the carcass is quartered.
Seeing as all my rifles are in some flavor of .22 caliber or Wartime .30 Caliber (7.5x55 & .303 brit), I figured I should get a rifle for hunting, and maybe I should get a bolt action that isn't awkward for a southpaw like me to shoot. I'll post pictures later on when I have the time to set up for them.
Tikka T-3 Lite Stainless Left Handed .270Win
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oilcrash
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Precision
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Re: Tikka T-3 Lite Stainless Left Handed .270Win
good for you.
If you like spending time in the woods, enjoying nature, working a puzzle that has a couple of pieces missing and enjoy outsmarting your food. You will enjoy hunting. Doing it with a properly adjusted gun is smart and I happen to be partial to the .270, good choice.
If you like spending time in the woods, enjoying nature, working a puzzle that has a couple of pieces missing and enjoy outsmarting your food. You will enjoy hunting. Doing it with a properly adjusted gun is smart and I happen to be partial to the .270, good choice.
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blackeagle603
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Re: Tikka T-3 Lite Stainless Left Handed .270Win
Wear well. Still cheaper than therapy.
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Re: Tikka T-3 Lite Stainless Left Handed .270Win
Good luck!
That 7.5x55 would do quite nicely with a non-mil bullet too, if you ever get the itch to go Swiss on a deer.
I was similar- didn't grow up as a hunter, and didn't start hunting until I became a falconer...the gun hunting followed that. I've taken a few deer, but even two months away from a wildlife biology degree I'm still not a great hunter. I'm spoiled by suburban deer everywhere down by my parents....up here where the population is much less dense I have some trouble finding them.
That 7.5x55 would do quite nicely with a non-mil bullet too, if you ever get the itch to go Swiss on a deer.
I was similar- didn't grow up as a hunter, and didn't start hunting until I became a falconer...the gun hunting followed that. I've taken a few deer, but even two months away from a wildlife biology degree I'm still not a great hunter. I'm spoiled by suburban deer everywhere down by my parents....up here where the population is much less dense I have some trouble finding them.
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oilcrash
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Re: Tikka T-3 Lite Stainless Left Handed .270Win
I had thought about using the K-31, but even in a straight pull, it's right handed, unless I special order an expensive retrofit kit from Swiss Products.