Pyscodog
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Not sure why yet but thought I needed the PRC. Been down the 6.5 Man bun route several times, then built a semi-custom 6 CM. None of them tripped my trigger very much so they went down the road. A few days ago, I saw a Tikka T3x in a local shop and it peaked my interest. Saturday was opening day of muzzle loader season but it was pouring down rain so it was a no-go for me. I hunt off the ground without a blind for cover. I'm old and don't need to get sick. So instead of hunting, I went gun shopping. First shop had a Howa with a carbon barrel, nice but I didn't like the Hogue stock. They also had a Fierce and a Christiansen Arms but both of those were over my budget by more than I wanted to spend. I went to another shop and they had a few Browning X-bolts. Nice enough rifles and in my budget but they have 7 twist barrels. Not sure why but I didn't like that either. So next, I went to Bass Pro. Not much there but did have a used Sako S20. Price was good and the rifle looked good but the bolt came out in your hand every time you cycled it. Nah, didn't want to mess with it even though it was probably an easy fix. So far I'm not finding THE right rifle so I go back to the shop where I saw the T3........and its gone. Well @#$%!! But they had another TikkaT3x lite in Veil Wideland camo. Its a little more money but its nice. Nice camo stock, enlarged mag well, steel bolt shroud, muzzle threaded with cap and nice muzzle break included and all the all the metal coated in Desert Verde. And its only $10 over my budget. I think we have a winner here!! And it did follow me home. I ordered brass and dies and have bullets. I may need to buy some different powder but should be good to go. And this is how I spent a rainy day Saturday. Sorry for the long winded post but its raining today to so I can't hunt. LOL
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