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Recommendations?
Building a “tac-hunter” in Tikka T3 .300 Win Mag. LEFT HAND ( it is my disability as a shooter…. ::) ;D )
I want to be able to shoot long range tell and Elk with the same gun. Yeah…I am cheap. But, I also have always ascribed to ” Beware the man with only one gun – for he likely knows it very well” as a personal credo. I have been hunting/shooting with a Browning A-Bolt in 7 RemMag. and – I am moving to .300 Win Mag for just a little better flatter “reach”.So – I have a Manners stock on order – but it will be 7 months before I see it. I will be bedding the factory stock and pillar bedding the action screws, add a Limbsaver, and a JEC muzzle brake. Will add an adjustable cheek riser as well. But, this is as far as I can take the factory stock.
In reading about current scopes until my eyes bleed – I am thinking about a MRAD reticle variable power scope using a G2 or EBR-2B or 2C reticle – that is really good in low light and tracks well…yet allows me to keep one kidney for future cocktail processing 😉 ;D.
Thus far – it looks like the Bushnell Tactical Elite, and the Vortex lines have some products to choose from..but – has anyone here used them? Likes? Dis-likes? Other products that I should consider given I want the type of reticle described above?
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Hi has for scopes take a look at the minox Zp5 or the Ziess V8 if you just want it for hunting, but if you're budget does allow these scopes the Vortex range is well worth a look
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Thanks Larkin. But, I cannot find the reticles I am looking for in those products. As well, they are at or above the Nightforce price point…
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Go for the vortex then , I have a nightforce and the glass is a let down compared to European glass
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I agree with Larkin that NF glass isn't a match for Zeiss, Swarovski and S&B, but it's still pretty good. I have no experience with the scopes or reticles so you mention, but I got an NXS in 5.5-22×56 for my .300 WM T3 build. I have the MOAR-T reticle, which is illuminated. The turrets are good, with positive clicks and 1/4 and you get what you dial every time.
I had my T3 action faced off and an LRI recoil lug fitted with a Bartlein barrel and an integrated muzzle brake. I bedded it in a McMillan A3 and I shoot 208 A-Max at just over .5 MOA most days.
My chamber was cut for 3.5″ OAL, so the loaded rounds don't fit in the mag and have to be single loaded, which is no problem. I went for 3.5″ as that is the max length where chambered rounds can be extracted without the end of the bullet head snagging the front end of the ejection port with the bolt fully back. Any longer and you would need to remove the bolt to extract a loaded round.
Happy to offer any other advice from my experience if it would help.
Look at Long Rifles Inc for details of the recoil lugs (and other top quality work).
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Thanks J !
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