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Well with the Manners EH group buy stocks getting close, I am getting anxious about finding a smith to re-barrel my tikka for the project. I had planned on Having Spartan Precision doing the rebarrel. Now it seems he is too busy to take on more work, and didn't sound interested in doing work on...

I realize this may not be the best forum to post this, but what the heck..... Recently luck was on my side and I found a BRAND NEW still in box, 1979 Browning BBR 30-06. Never used, never fired. Came out of someones collection and I got it for a price I could not refuse. It is a very nice...

Well my custom rifle is a long time in the making. largely because I can't make up my mind on a stock. Will be a tikka in 6.5x284, CDI long action BDM, 27" Rock Creek #5 fluted. Rifle will be mostly for learning to shoot beyond 500yrd/targets/steel. However I am more so a hunter than target...

For a long range hunter/target rig what aftermarket stock would you pick. So far the manners T seems like my best option but i'm not sure about that high cheek piece.... Looks almost too high, I plan to mount a 44mm scope as low as possible. The t4 is a little more tactical than I want but would...

I'm planing to turn my Tikka T3 lite into a long range hunter. I have a rock creek 6.5 blank and want to start acquiring more parts. My original plan was for a 6.5creedmoor. However, now that I am getting more into long range hunting I'd like to have the extra power for dropping game. I had...

Ok, deer season is fast approaching and I need some new binos bad! Money is kind of tight right now so I'm limiting myself to under $500 said and done. so far my top prospects are: Zen Ray ED3 Vortex talons vortex vulture Nikon monarch 5 leupold mojave sticking to the 10x42-50 size I'm no...

Is there much difference in a 1-8 twist compared to a 1-8.5 in .264 cal? I intended to get a 1-8 twist for my built, planning to shoot high BC bullets like the 140vld's, scenars, ect. However when the rock creek group buy rolled around I really wanted in on a barrel. The 6.5 barrels were only...

I know these threads get a a bit redundant but I thought would got ahead anyway. I am starting a custom tikka build, have a Rock Creek .264 8 twist in the works. Original plan was for a 6.5 creedmoor. Before the creedmoor I wanted a 6.5x284 build. However after more research I found that...

I'm sure this has been talked about in the past at some point but I've been think thinking about it a lot lately. Why are high BC bullets only available in a few select calibers? You would think that in this day and age of competitive shooting sports, shooting enthusiast, target shooting, gun...

Going to start my first custom build in the near future. Going to rebarrel a T3 lite .243 to a 6.5 creedmoor. Looking for input from guys who have had their t3's rebarreled. who are the trusted smiths working on tikkas? Are rebarreling/chambering jobs in the same ball park as say Rems and...

I'm getting a tikka t3 light soon for a custom build, in the mean time I plan to play with it as the stock .243. I think I want to paint the stock (i'll be replacing it later anyway). I want to try and do an optifade paint job, just for kicks. I know it is going to be a difficult process. Has...

I've got the itch to buy another rifle and this time I'm sure I want a 6.5mm. I thought I had my mind made up on the TC Icon weathershield, and am still leaning in that direction. I just happened to be browsing the web and notice that Browning is now listing their A-bolt II long range hunting...

I jumped on the tikka bandwagon a long time ago and am a very proud owner of a stainless laminate model. I want to get another tikka rig but I am having trouble finding what I want. It doesn't seem like beretta is importing anything but the plain janes, (rifles/calibers). Does anyone have the...