Thread: Calibre and Barrel Length Decision......

Originally Posted by Shearer

I must be the odd one out here. I own two T3s. When I go hunting I chamber a round and put the safety on. If I see game, I disengage the safety and shoot it. If I don't, I unload the rifle at the end of the hunt. If I was a position that I did"t trust the safety (clambering around sketchy country maybe) I disengage the safety, squeeze the trigger and close the bolt (decocked on a live round). Pretty safe I recon. In order for it to fire the bolt would have to be lifted and closed again which is pretty hard to do accidently. When I am ready to start hunting again I lift the bolt, close it, and engage the safety. Done.
Even the rifles I can top load from I never actually find a need to.

Each to their own but I will have an empty chamber when clambering around/threw shit....and so will anyone behind me!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Each to their own but I will have an empty chamber when clambering around/threw shit....and so will anyone behind me!

Yeah. Different story if I am hunting with someone else. Chamber is always empty until I'm shooting.

Have just got my Tikka T3x Superlite back from DPT. Darren shortened it to 16". This model has the factory fluted barrel. He said it was no problem to do it when I asked it. Saved approx.$250-$300 by not having to get it fluted by a gunsmith. I put 2 extra modules in it. The first one is their stainless blast module. Overall length is the same as standard barrel was.