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    Oh sorry, I didn't realize that a poll had been taken. I would have thought the variation would have been greater than 50/50 in some form of breaking in.
    The man has not been too good at taking advice so far and so deserves a bit of stick.
    Hopefully when he takes it back he tells the salesman of any shortcomings so that the salesman can give an 'honest' opinion to the next buyer.
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    Which is worse, ignorance or apathy...I don't know and don't care.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spook View Post
    Oh sorry, I didn't realize that a poll had been taken. I would have thought the variation would have been greater than 50/50 in some form of breaking in.
    The man has not been too good at taking advice so far and so deserves a bit of stick.
    Hopefully when he takes it back he tells the salesman of any shortcomings so that the salesman can give an 'honest' opinion to the next buyer.
    Even without breaking in the Tikka, it comes with a MOA guarantee anyway, so should fire right out of the box under MOA. And like I said before it is the recoil that pissed me off the most not the groupings, and breaking the rifle in will do sweet fuck all for that.
    I did say it was crazy of me to buy the 270, but we all get sucked into buying something that isn't quite right at some time or other.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jackangus View Post
    Even without breaking in the Tikka, it comes with a MOA guarantee anyway, so should fire right out of the box under MOA. And like I said before it is the recoil that pissed me off the most not the groupings, and breaking the rifle in will do sweet fuck all for that.
    I did say it was crazy of me to buy the 270, but we all get sucked into buying something that isn't quite right at some time or other.
    The MOA guarantee will be for the rifle, not the shooter...jam it in a vice and it will probably meet guarantee specifications.
    Park the rifle up until your shoulder has healed as you wont be doing yourself any favours shooting with bruising.
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    Which is worse, ignorance or apathy...I don't know and don't care.

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    Good luck getting it sorted man. I think you have a good case under the consumer guarantees act of the item sold not being fit for purpose.

    A 308 will likely be the best choice givin the availability of factory stuff. 6.5x55 or 260 are as LR cpabale and boot less but have crappy factory ammo selection so are more an option if you intend to reload

    That being said even the humble 308 will boot a bit and over a long session cause shooter fatigue. Its just the reality of the lighweight factory tikka stocks.
    Even throwing a cheapy boyds laminates thumbhole will make a big difference to the felt recoil over a factory stock.

    If it really is for LR only then throwing a bit more cash at it and getting a long varmint/target contour barreled factory rig might be worthwhile. Savage tikka and howa all offer them at pretty reasonable prices.
    The extra weight and heavier barrel will all work to keep felt recoil down
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