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    Thats bullshit - just one guys opinion
    Just go buy a Tikka in 6.5 x 55 or .308 and you'll shoot anything you come across here in NZ. End of story

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bos View Post
    Thats bullshit - just one guys opinion
    Just go buy a Tikka in 6.5 x 55 or .308 and you'll shoot anything you come across here in NZ. End of story
    Yeah
    Ur right Bos
    possibly more info than needed, in my message.
    A good sprinkling of tangible data.

    Just trying to help Kim's OP
    As a newbie, just getting the hang of this web site.
    I seem to have found the courtesy boundary thanks to Bos.
    You old salts, who have shot a lot of game successfully, know way more than me.
    I am keen to learn from you, Mr Bos.

    So you need a Tikka?
    Is that what counts?

    Please get this moron removed.

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    well bobbydazzler I liked your reply - my two cents worth - 6.5 Creedmore is it an adequate caliber for NZ - yes it is - but is it a really good NZ deer caliber no - there are way better - the only advantage I see with it for a new hunter is low recoil - but then a can will knock recoil back - like you I would sooner see him with a 308 or 7mm08 or 7x57 or 270 - bigger hole more blood - but you and I mate will not convince the 6.5 Creedmore brigade because they believe the hype - so I give up on that one - Tikka well I am a dedicated wood blued man so its Shultz and Larsen Victory - Sako Delux - Winchester Super grade - or the early Tikkas wood blued - the new ones to me feel tinny and plastic - but do perform - just not my taste -and there are a whole host of good second hand rifles out there if ya not hung up on weight fluted barrels and all that - my go to rifle an early 788 Remington in .308 why - its a tack holer - basic - steel -holds zero month in month out - and a good trigger - why do I need a new rifle - likely if I did have a Shultz and Larsen it would sit in cubboard be taken out and polished - if I was to go modern and had the budget Fierce maybe Nosler

 

 

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