Thread: Using whats laying around / On the cheap

I recently sold a few of my firearms to release some cash and because I wasn't using them much .
About two months ago I was having a cleanup of my cupboard where I keep all of my shooting / firearms stuff , I'm fairly confident that everyone here has a similar treasure stash of mostly usless odds and ends that you can't bring yourself to throw out .
Intermixed with the rubbish is always some good stuff that is stored on a special shelf or in a box .
Looking through the stuff I realised that I had the making of another rifle project/build .
I'm not talking a rifle build that requires gunsmiths etc , my version of a rifle build is mounting the scope , getting it set up to personal ergonomic taste , basically just getting the rifle to shooting hunting condition .

OK

I needed a rifle to fill the gap that was created when I sold my 6.5x55 Blaser .
So I went straight to UsedGuns ( online secondhand firearms site in Australia ) , end result was I purchased a brand new Tikka T3x Lite blued 6.5 Creedmoor with 20 inch threaded barrel $900 AU delivered .
This was a deal of the century and was a gunshop closing out of its stock .

So I got it home and started adding my stash of old bits .

First off was mounts and sight .
I had a rail that I had shortened while playing with another Tikka a few years ago , don't ask why I shortened it its to long a story .
It is still totally usable , so on it went .
Next rings , I had a set of Ken Farrel rings sitting unused from the USA these are super good quality rings and are the lowest 30mm quality picatinny rings you can find anywhere .
Scope was next , I have a few scopes in the cupborad but only one was 30mm tube , on it went .



Sorry something funny going on with the computer , I'll continue in another post .