Thread: What do you think of this rifle in .308?

They're factory Tikka barrels that we've got turned down and wrapped in New Zealand. They shoot fine from what I've seen. Though personally I don't like the stocks really at all. They're also NZ made I believe but I think the outfit that made them is no longer around.

Originally Posted by MB

In the entirety of Northland, we only have H&F branches.

nothing wrong with tikka if you want a light workhorse I cant see the benifit of spending big money on them, plenty of sakos on trademe for less than what they are asking including a pretty nice 308 s20
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...ing/3746916672

kimbers pop up all the time and dont tend to sell, patience is the key. Id have more if I had more disposable income but Iv passed on at least 5 montanas under 2k this year alone

the other thing is theres a lot of eyes here looking if you have got in mind what you want just make it known and someone will give you a quiet PM clueing you into where one is

Originally Posted by MB

In the entirety of Northland, we only have H&F branches.

Is that suppose to be northland?
There definitely is not only hunting and fishing in the North Island.

Originally Posted by kruza

Is that suppose to be northland?

??? Yes, why wouldn't it be. People do live up here

sorry MB I must have read that wrong twice. I could have sworn it said north island when I read it.
Thanks for pointing out ppl live up there. I see you have an uncanny grasp of the obvious. Must come in handy.

Originally Posted by MB

??? Yes, why wouldn't it be. People do live up here

no deer tho

Originally Posted by 199p

no deer tho

You know nothing Jon Snow

I was just chatting to someone at work who has a nice herd of sika on her private forestry block. Location top secret, she wouldn't even tell me which coast it was on! Deer that make a viable quarry for the average Joe hunting on public land? No, better learn to like goat meat if you live up here.

Its who you know up there for sure, I do know of wild reds that a mate hunts often

plenty of pigs, even goats are hard to get access to these days

It a shame it didn’t have a 1:8 twist barrel so you can run more of a variety of projectiles.

Could get a really nice Ruger No/1 in .303 for that money and still have change (just sayin').

Personally think exposed carbon weave is feckin ugly, you can save a lot of weight by having the right action, barrel contour and a good quality fiberglass stock.

Seems like the above rifle is put together just for the 'carbon fetishists'.

My Rem M7 SS KS (Mcm stock) 7mm08 weights nothing, TT Special trigger, holds 5+1 rounds, DPT can (no SS baffle) 20MOA rail on with Leupold Mk4 3.5-10x40.

Whole setup cost just over £1.6k to put together (rifle was £400, a real steal but needed to buy a donor M7 to replace the bolt... which thankfully only cost £125!) mostly due to the rail and trigger being a bitch to source (UK importers are idiots who think the M7 and 700 are the same thing )

Might have gotten super lucky with the 2nd hand rifle coming with such a nice stock, but a little bit of 2nd hand searching will get you a much nicer rifle than buying something new from a dealer.

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Is that a new brand of under garments?

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They are the blue chip of optics at the moment.

Canadian made (by the Tenebraex fellers) so must be choice... https://armament.com/shop/tangent-theta/

Originally Posted by MB

I was just chatting to someone at work who has a nice herd of sika on her private forestry block. Location top secret, she wouldn't even tell me which coast it was on! Deer that make a viable quarry for the average Joe hunting on public land? No, better learn to like goat meat if you live up here.

Will be not to far from Russell. There is a few on private land.
Haven't heard of reds up that far but know there are/was some a wee bit north of Auckland