I would guess the .270 was more the Creedmore, it's a one of a kind bullet caliber or at least was until the 6.8 Creedmor came out. there were a couple other quarter bores like the 257 roberts and 250-3000 Savage back in the day.
I admit i don't know the timeline history of all the different cartridge release years. I only know the 25-06 became standard finally in 69... relatively modern compared to the 30-06, 270 and others.
7mm-08 enters the chat!
Tikka is made my Sako. Excellent barrels and very smooth actions.
What changes? Other than the stock, which is just a personal preference, I haven't changed a thing with it.
Yes sir, good to go right out of the box. Slap rings and a scope on and hit the range. While I have no love for the factory plastic stock, it doesn't impact performance. The guns just shoot right out of the box.
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My spousal unit didn't know how to drive, camp or shoot when we first hooked up. Turned out to be a natch backpacker, dead shot and the second quickest pilot I know. While camping one time with my 3 boys when they were little, I was teaching them how to shoot at tin cans. My youngest asked if mom knew how to shoot. She jumped the can 10 times, should've seen the look on their faces. Before that episode, we baptized my first born one Easter and had a ton of friends and relatives out at our place in the country for the festivities. One of my Portagee aunties was on the back porch, my wife asked her if she would like a glass of wine when my aunt said "Oh look there's a gopher", my honey bunny stepped back in the party room, grabbed the 10/22 from under the bar, slipped in a mag, stepped back out, cycled a round and kilt that gopher with one shot, then sicked the Aussie dogs on its carcass, cleared the chamber removed the mag while telling my aunt "I hate those critters, they get into my flowers, was that red or white wine?"
I've had/have some very nicely butchered milsurps, an Arisaka in.30-06 Boyd stock, Smith Corona 03-A3 French walnut Monty furniture (looks like a G&H it's so well done), 1917 Eddystone, & a couple .303 Brits. They were all Inexpensive. Cheap can be good, even if heart rendering. PAX
The stainless version is nearly the perfect rifle for the northwest. Light for those long hikes and no cares about scratching the stock, rubbing brush on the metal or water rusting the bluing.
Sometimes at longer distances, but not always. Could be more the rule IDK. Here in the Blue Mountains and Wallowa deer cover is anything from reprod at 2' to canyon breaks at 500yds. Depends on where ya go. She should ask her friends what kind of cover is where they are going to go.
Yes sir, I've got 2 Tikka T3's (one in 270 SS with laminate grey stock and another in 6.5 Swede SS with plastic stock) and have done zero modifications to either of them. They shoot extremely well out of the box and have one of the nicest, smoothest bolt action movements you will feel. Pretty much Sako made, but with less "spit & polish". Very attractively priced too. There's a reason you don't see them resold very often. It's my gun brand of referral to friends or anyone who asks. Now as recommended for caliber selection, I'm in the camp of anything .243 up to recoil tolerance level. And to help with that I recommend this thing:
Thank you…. Maybe I should clarify my post so I don't look like a complete dufuss the AR"10"we'd consider using is .308 but I think my wife is past that. You're right.243… sounds sufficientl in the deer hunt. She's still looking around. 7mm Rem is starting to sound uncomfortable to shoot.
Thank you very much for your insight, we appreciate you. Mossberg may have been the first on the search engine, and she had the 500….. I think she'll pull away from the Mossberg. Ruger has a name she's familiar with….. everyone right?
This is next year planning. My father in-law just got back without getting anything. He looked exhausted… liked medicated exhausted. Probably HAD to have a Little JACK before we came over. Usually his hunting stories are epic, you know…. Best kills known to man…!
