Recommendation on new deer rifle

[petepeterson]

Great cartridge to stay with!
I like to load mine with a 125 grain Sierra pro hunter to take a little recoil away.

It'll definitely get your attention in that rifle

what part of wi are you at, I am from wi also

 

[Adam in WI]

Central, Portage co

 

[Clancy]

CLEAN that thing before you shoot it! It’ll be filthy.

Trigger job is super easy if you want to do that.

Enjoy the Tikka!

 

[Rem06]

Tika all the way! I put 2 t3x .308 with 2.5x8 v3i for friends and regretted giving (them to them) lol . after i sighted it in out to 300yds. I want one for myself

 

[petepeterson]

Central, Portage co

southeastern, kenosha co. have a place in forest co. where i do most of my hunting, not many deer anymore but nice area

 

[Rem06]

Does that store have that in 308?
Dang Good price!

 

[dthomas]

Just change out the recoil pad on the Tikka.

 

[petepeterson]

Does that store have that in 308?
Dang Good price!

Sorry it doesn't look like they do, it is a "Fleet Farm" store. A chain in Wi. not sure if you would have that where you are at. I was on their website last night looking at turkey calls and they had the rifle on a "close out" was the last one and at a location that is close to me. It is a pretty good price plus being able to pick it up myself and avoid shipping and transfer fees.

 

[petepeterson]

does tikka offer a better recoil pad

 

[CJ6]

Fleet Farm has some good deals. I stop by the Rochester MN store when I get over there.

 

[nakneker]

After reading all of the above and checking around I have decided on the Tikka T3X Lite with the synthetic stock. The best price I found was at a Fleet Farm not far from me for $650. Thanks to all of you for your thoughts on this, it really did help me out, this is a great site and members like you guys are a big part of what makes it great! Thanks again

Great video, thanks

Enjoy, you made a solid choice!

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

along the tikka line is there a particular model that would be recommended? I would use this rifle for the most part deer and when I can draw a tag for bear

Tikka T-3X SS,.. in .270 Win. W/ 130 gr. Bullets, 7mm-08 w/ 140-145 gr's, or My Fav,.. 6.5 Creed w/ either, 130 gr. or, the 143 gr. ! I've Had 4 of them, Just ADD, a No Drill Cheek Riser and a LimbSaver Recoil Pad and adjust the Trigger if, Necessary ( I Highly Recommend getting a 22 to 24 inch Barrel and NOTHING Shorter )
AND as Noted Above,.. Clean the Barrel, "Well" !

 

[petepeterson]

Sounds good, thanks for the help!