Thread: Ideas for a new gun

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

If you don't want a big banger but you want another rifle they are all good points.

A .280ai goes close to 7mm mag performance with lower recoil.
But if you found a 7x64 or .280rem they are close to what the .280ai is
I think Tikka make a 7x64 bit it's the age old problem of dearer dies, cases and maybe having to rebarrel something to get it.

Tikka are great but their magazine s are short/restrictive in any chambering.

I almost bought a Tikka CTR in .260, those mags offer a little more length.

Greetings @CBH Australia,
The 6.5x55 Tikka has a long mag and I can load the 129 grain SST out to 78.5mm, close to the rifling. I think that this, plus the long projectile bearing surface, are some of the reasons for their excellent accuracy.
Regards Grandpamac.