Tikka Shooters | Les Staley | Activity https://tikkashooters.com/members/les-staley/activity/ Activity feed for Les Staley. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:25:22 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.40 en-US 30 hourly 2 23ae93928ac6b8249c3d0176e054aa79 Les Staley replied to the discussion Tikka T3 - 8 pointer in the forum Trophies https://tikkashooters.com/forums/discussion/tikka-t3-8-pointer/#post-35916 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 22:37:42 -0600 Reply to Tikka T3 - 8 pointer

That's a beauty for sure.  Hunted with my T3 Hunter 6.5-55 for one fall right after I got it.  Took two deer in Wyoming and two in Idaho.  Noooo problem!    No bucks, just fine freezer meat. 

]]> 38e374844c8be0c9398e1ac204b48372 Les Staley replied to the discussion Dear America, 6.5x55 Swede in the forum General Discussion https://tikkashooters.com/forums/discussion/dear-america-6-5x55-swede/#post-36066 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:14:12 -0600 Reply to Dear America, 6.5x55 Swede

I bought my T3 6.5-55 Hunter blue walnut last fall.  It came from Eurooptics a couple days before leaving for a Whitetail trip to Wyoming, so no time.  It's a tack driver, bugholeing at 100 yds.  Would like to load some 140s a little over the books, maybe 2650 or so, just to flatten the trajectory.  I know the books are quite conservative out of… Read more

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