Tikka Shooters | BigBamBoo | Activity https://tikkashooters.com/members/bigbamboo/activity/ Activity feed for BigBamBoo. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:25:22 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.40 en-US 30 hourly 2 c303b61d129d1fba240afe7785499922 BigBamBoo replied to the discussion Custom Tikka 6.5X47 build is done in the forum Show off your Tikkas! https://tikkashooters.com/forums/discussion/custom-tikka-6-5x47-build-is-done/#post-29193 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:40:55 -0600 Reply to Custom Tikka 6.5X47 build is done

I have no problem with trigger placement. In fact the chassis has a thumb shelf which fits my style of shooting (I rarely wrap my thumb around a bolt guns stock. I generally rest it right behind the bolt).
Not sure if a TRG trigger would work or not. If I remember correctly from when I owned a TRG-22 the trigger and trigger guard comes out as one… Read more

]]> df0f68cfd5d370aca56847f9c853b71b BigBamBoo replied to the discussion Custom Tikka 6.5X47 build is done in the forum Show off your Tikkas! https://tikkashooters.com/forums/discussion/custom-tikka-6-5x47-build-is-done/#post-29191 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:20:09 -0600 Reply to Custom Tikka 6.5X47 build is done

Just a quick update. After shooting in the 1000 yard match last Sat. (info here: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=489052) I have been wanting to do some more load work and get some more trigger time with this new rifle. So I hit the range today and shot at 300 yards with different loads.
Below is a pic of a five shot group that… Read more

]]> 921922591ed7093ff570fef0bb87e441 BigBamBoo replied to the discussion Custom Tikka 6.5X47 build is done in the forum Show off your Tikkas! https://tikkashooters.com/forums/discussion/custom-tikka-6-5x47-build-is-done/#post-29190 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:18:56 -0600 Reply to Custom Tikka 6.5X47 build is done

Here is an update that I posted up on some other forums…not sure on the weight, but not bad…14-15 lbs.?

So I set off this morning to participate in a 1000 yard BR match at the local club I belong to. I was shooting the new Tikka 6.5X47 that Jason Chipley of Chipley Arms built for me just a few days ago.
I was delayed by road construction and… Read more

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