My doctor is going on big game hunt in BC in Sept he has never shot Rifles very much he is a bird hunter.
I helped him putting on scope 2.5 to 10x LPS. Gun is new Tikka T3x in 7mm rem magnum he bought some Winchester X 140gr to sight in and practice with and some Federal Terminal Ascent 7mm Rem Magnum 155gr
he and I shot and fired 3 shots groups at 100y and both were under 1". Moved scope up 1.5 " 6 clicks and went to 200y grouped 1.5 " high but as gun barrel was rather warm group went crazzy big we let barrel cool at least 1/2 hour or more and I fired two shots at 200y and bullets were close together.
barrel is not free floating it has a plastic u shaped support piece againts barrel I have read on Tikka forum in USA
saying don't touch other say remove and free float is way to go ? some say stock is flimsy when using a front bipod like Harris or Sinclair types. All my Rifles benchrest, F class and hunting rifles are all bedded and free floated and everyone shooting competion I know all free float there barrels see my Remington 700 with Robertson stock bedded by Ian Robertson
I tell you one thing my 7mm Rem 700 is nice to shoot but the Tikka is a pure mean kicking mule.weight of LPS is to be added to Tikka 17.2 oz plus rings and base guns close to same weight
Your thoughts on this ?
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