First longer range rifle suggestions ** Bought the Tikka**

Grim said:
Wait till you start looking at mid to high end glass. That'll be 2-3x the cost of the rifle.
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I started at mid-end glass because I knew I'd just be tossing cash in the fire if I tried to be frugal. The trick for me was to buy "last year's" model when it was being closed out to make room for the new hotness for this year. I don't care one lick about having the older reticle.
 
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I started at mid-end glass because I knew I'd just be tossing cash in the fire if I tried to be frugal. The trick for me was to buy "last year's" model when it was being closed out to make room for the new hotness for this year. I don't care one lick about having the older reticle.
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Sign up for EuroOptic's email and they will also let you know when items go on sale. They also will negotiate a little on pricing. I routinely get about 10% off items from them if it's not already market down.
 
Grim said:
Sign up for EuroOptic's email and they will also let you know when items go on sale. They also will negotiate a little on pricing. I routinely get about 10% off items from them if it's not already market down.
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I had to unsubscribe from those. EuroOptic and PSA could spend a paycheck faster than my wife, and that's saying something.
 
Grim said:
Wait till you start looking at mid to high end glass. That'll be 2-3x the cost of the rifle.
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I feel like I've got pretty nice glass on it already with the Vortex Viper PST Gen 1 6-24x50. Got it for $499 from EuroOptic. I know its not the new hotness but I feel like it will serve me well!
 
Zbizzle911 said:
I already reload for hunting rounds in my 25/06 308 and others. Got a rock chucker press. All I would need is dies and components. Lol.


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You are well on your way! How do you like the 25-06?
 
Anyone used the MDT vertical adjustable grip ? I like how you can adjust it forward and back.


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This is what I have on my precision rifle with a grip.

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The adjustable base plate helps me ensure I get a consistent grip each time to help align my fingers.
 
@NKD I got the MDT grip in today and love it. It makes my trigger finger placement much more consistent. I did have to buy an M6-1.00x40 screw since the one that came with it wouldn’t fit the metric hole and threads.


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great thread, starting to look for a first long range shooter as well and when I did a search for Bergara in this forum not a single one showed up in the classifieds.
 
So the wife and JR wanted to go out. Went to a buddy's farm and sighted in other rifle then stretched the Tikka to 300 yds. Head shots were easy peasy with a pretty stiff wind. I was even able to keep it on target while JR was leaning against my hip. He wanted to lay down on my "blanket" with me which means he needs a nap lol

 
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Went and did some shooting today to check some reloads for a ladder test. Shot this five round group at 200 with a pretty eradic wind. ETA I shot this with factory hornady 140gr match ELD-M ammo not my reloads. They were for a ladder test I did.

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Zbizzle911 said:
Went and did some shooting today to check some reloads for a ladder test. Shot this five round group at 200 with a pretty eradic wind.

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That's awesome, and one reason why I'm buying a 6.5CM. They are very forgiving for wind.
 
Shot some reloads today at 200 yds. This was 41.5 gr of H4350 with a federal match lrp in hornady brass twice fired loaded to 2.820. I called the flyer as soon as the rifle recoiled. Going to load 20 or so more at this and give them a try.

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Shot today out to 910. She was dead on as long as i did my part. 7 of 10 RDS impacted. First shots were at 600 this morning and I went 9 for 10 on it with the only one I missed with was bad use I thought I needed to drop one tenth of a mil I put it back where I was making good hits and it rang the steel perfect. Tomorrow we’re going to work back out to 1200 and hopefully the mile. I’ll take some pics tomorrow.


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Went back for day 2 at BangSteel today. We shot out to 1200 in a driving rain and wind storm. Was fun and the rifle did well! First target of the day was at 720 and I got a first round hit! Rained so hard and long had to break the rifle down and blow it out with a air hose then re oil everything. Was a chore lol
 
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Changed over to cci br4 primers today and shot this group at .52 moa at 200 with 140 gr eldm over 41.5 of H4350 and hornady brass. I annealed some brass tonight so I’ll load some Friday to try and tighten them up a bit more. Still want to find some reloader 17 to try.
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Zbizzle911 said:
Took it to PHA this morning for a quick break in and a rough sight in. First pic below is the first 5 round group at 100 yds. Shot with magpul bipod and a small rear squeeze bag. Second pic is about 10 minutes later and it’s the next 5 round group. I moved the scope so that’s why group moved. I’m still learning this MRAD thing. @BowWow


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Just curious. What was the break in procedure?
 
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Just curious. What was the break in procedure?
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I shot 1 rd then ran a dry patch through it. Shot 3 then another dry patch and repeated the 3 and dry patch one more time. Now I’m just running a brush through it every 100 RDS followed by dry patches I’ll clean it good with hoppes #9 when I hit 500 RDS. There’s so many different views on barrel break in out there I just went in the middle kinda. I honestly don’t know if it makes a difference.


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Zbizzle911 said:
I shot 1 rd then ran a dry patch through it. Shot 3 then another dry patch and repeated the 3 and dry patch one more time. Now I’m just running a brush through it every 100 RDS followed by dry patches I’ll clean it good with hoppes #9 when I hit 500 RDS. There’s so many different views on barrel break in out there I just went in the middle kinda. I honestly don’t know if it makes a difference.


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I was about to ask if it really does anything? Sounds like snake oil
 
I didn’t touch my barrel until about 600 rounds. Not even a bore snake, dry patch...Groups started to open up about then.
 
Shot this group with some reloads today. Really like this rifle and load. I got an avg velocity of 2711 an sd of 9 and a ES of 17 with 41.5 gr H4350 federal match primers and hornady brass and 140 gr eldm.

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Watched a video last night on setting up fl sizing die for precision and decided to give it a try. Here’s the video





So I sized up 20 like that and used my same load up. Went to the range today and shot a .36 MOA group. So yeah I’ll be doing it like this from now on. I guess the couple hundred I’ve got loaded will be practice ammo lol.
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