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• MileHighShooter Posts: 4,997 Senior Member

  October 2016 #2

  I am a sucker for a Schnable stock. I am liking what I see! Adjustable trigger, good stock geometry (at least it looks like it) 3 safety, likely a high quality barrel..... 9,3x62 and 6,5x55. And sub 7lbs! Very tempting

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• shotgunshooter3 Posts: 6,116 Senior Member

  October 2016 #3

  Looks like a promising competitor for the Tikka T3.
  
  
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• Jeff in TX Posts: 2,641 Senior Member

  October 2016 #4

  I looked it up so I could see some good pictures of it. Very sexy rifle especially in a wood stock version. I'm not pleased with accuracy though, if all they could squeeze out for the smallest group was just over an inch that's not good. All Tikka's, most Savages, Remington's all shoot under an inch. One would think if you send a gun out for evaluation you would want to send a real shooter.

  Distance is not an issue, but the wind can make it interesting!
  
  John 3: 1-21

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• Jeff in TX Posts: 2,641 Senior Member

  October 2016 #5

  Wambli Ska wrote: »

  I think many gun publications will not go out of their way not to build an expectation of what a new firearm can really do. And I think that is smart, you never know what average Joe can do at the bench so why try to squeak out a .5 MOA group and report it only to then get a ton of letters to the editor saying "they" could not get close to it. Almost any shooter can squeeze 1 MOA out of modern production rifle with good factory ammo today so it's safe to report a 1.10 or so.

  
  Good point!

  Distance is not an issue, but the wind can make it interesting!
  
  John 3: 1-21

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• Big Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member

  October 2016 #6

  I'm not interested very much in one, but while canvassing the news this was on the front page.
  
  Wambli..........you gotta keep that herd thinned(?) or balanced with the right amount of European firearms. :jester: :guns: :guns:

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• MileHighShooter Posts: 4,997 Senior Member

  October 2016 #7

  Big Chief wrote: »

  I'm not interested very much in one, but while canvassing the news this was on the front page.
  
  Wambli..........you gotta keep that herd thinned(?) or balanced with the right amount of European firearms. :jester: :guns: :guns:

  
  Euro guns don't count, they're metric, totally different gun collection.

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• MileHighShooter Posts: 4,997 Senior Member

  October 2016 #8

  Jeff in TX wrote: »

  I looked it up so I could see some good pictures of it. Very sexy rifle especially in a wood stock version. I'm not pleased with accuracy though, if all they could squeeze out for the smallest group was just over an inch that's not good. All Tikka's, most Savages, Remington's all shoot under an inch. One would think if you send a gun out for evaluation you would want to send a real shooter.

  
  That is also a 5 shot group. Most magazines do 3 shot groups, I think the only major publication that holds itself to a 5 shot for a more real world accuracy display, is American Rifleman. And that is 5 shot with factory ammo. I'm guessing playing around with other factory rounds, or handloads (obviously for this group here) you could get that thing shooting right along any Savage or Remington.
  
  Wambli - Tikka DOES make those cool chamberings, they just don't sell them to us lowly Americans. We get the standard 308/30-06/Mag chamberings. Can't blame them, really, those interesting to us cartridges, are standard fare to the Euro's, and usually don't sell that well here. If only they had a 7x57!

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• Big Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member

  October 2016 #9

  MileHighShooter wrote: »

  Euro guns don't count, they're metric, totally different gun collection.

  
  Hey, you are right..........metric calibers, metric parts/screws, metric bbl lengths, sights graduated metrically......heck velocity in meters per second and energy in joules.
  
  Foreign stuff.................now there is an argument he can use. A completely different herd/breed of gun.

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