Beautiful, currently use 150gr Winchester Deer Season XP and it blows holes so fingers crossed it goes well in the Bergara
Beautiful, currently use 150gr Winchester Deer Season XP and it blows holes so fingers crossed it goes well in the Bergara
Ammo that goes very well in my extreme hunter 308 is , 165gr nosler ballistic tip, 168gr sako powerhead 2 barnes tsx, norma 180gr bondstrike all at or under 1moa.
As for weatherproofing, finish ive had mine for 4 years, in that time has done 3 sika roar trips which is normally 6 weeks in the bush no stripping for cleaning and often put away wet no issues whatsoever
only rust was abit on the magazine floor spring but i have fitted a fixed floorplate so non issue on yours, and bolt got lost for 1 day and survived 24hrs in the roar in the middle of clements mill road getting
run over and was pushed into the road itself dusted off and put in the rifle and then shot a 7pt stag so all works no issues tough as, note to self when you hear a ting, ting, bang stop and check what it was dont
just go huh weird noise it was the bolt rolling off the roof onto the road.
Yeah mate bought it because of the 1:10 twist and that's what i wanted to shoot heavier copper/bonded bullets at close range. Scope was a vortex viper 2.5-10 hs recent changed to a Athlon Argos HMR 2-12x42 BDC600 to suit the farm shooting i do inbetween sika roar trips better.
once the sika roar trips over normally swap to using norma 170gr tipstrike for shooting red's on the farms i shoot on then come the sika roar back to norma 180gr bondstrike
Haha lucky to have found it!!! That’s great to hear mate, just picked one up the other day in .308 wee bit heavier than the Tikka but definitely more premium feeling it’s good to hear they are rugged as my main concern was that it would stand the test of time, especially with the nice soft touch stock etc.
I’ll probably try look for a floor plate too ( if anybody on here wants to swap their floor plate for a detach mag hint hint )
A basic Remington 700 stock will do, but it may need minor adjustments. I have a few that are hinged floor plates if you're interested.
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