I bought a first generation T3 about 10 years ago in .308. Not knowing anything about scopes, I took the Gunsmith’s recommendations and had a 3-9x40 Bushnell scope mounted. It’s put a lot of venison in the freezer since then. You can’t really go wrong with a Tikka. I imagine the T3x is even better.
No need to “break in” the barrel. Tikkas rifling isn’t cut in, it’s forged in, therefore no need for breaking it in. Guaranteed to be 1 moa out of the box and they shoot every rifle before shipping it out to make sure it meets their standards. Great guns for a great price.
Tikka is one of the few rifle brands that you can shoot sub moa on your first range trip with factory ammo. I did it with my .270 WSM hunter and my new t3x 7mm-08. They are fabulous and worth the extra money.
@@weasel1weasel1 Many rifle companys still recommends it and by achieving barrel copper equilibrium will help. Thanks for watching n have a blessed Sunday. 😁
Tikka makes a great gun and it's still very affordable. I bought your gun's brother in 30-06 topped with a VX-3HD about a year ago and took my first elk (at about 300 yards) with it last fall. I love it!
Very nice setup! I purchased my first Tikka T3x last year and I was impressed 😁 I got .55 inches at 100 yards with Winchester Ballistic Tips 140 grain .67 inches with Norma Whitetail 150 grain 1.37 inches with Hornady whitetail 140 grain Mines a 7mm-08 in the Hunter model topped off with a Bushnell Prime 3x9 illuminated 1/2 moa red dot. Great shooting brother and thanks for sharing 😊
I have the exact same rifle. It loves Nosler 168 grain E-tip or 165 grain ballistic tips. I dropped a large whitetail doe at 340 yards. I love this rifle.I did replace recoil pad with a limb saver though.
I bought mine last year in 270 mounted the scope hit the range went thu one box good at 100 and 200 yards went to the woods that evening and dropped two deer in their tracks, awesome rifle, my scope is only about a 1/8 inch from barrel. I have used three different brands of ammo in 130 and all seem about the same.
Great review. Well done video. I got a Tikka t3x in 270 and it shoots 4 shots of Hornady 140gr SP I can put my thumb over at 100yds (Win150gr Power Point at .75” and Fed 150gr SP at 1.1””). After a disappointing encounter with a Bergara 30-06 Hunter I got rid of that and am getting a 7 Rem Mag in the Tikka t3x also. Expect it to shoot just as well.
Thanks bro and my friend was also disappointed with Bergara 308 and got rid of it. My best 7 rem mag is Christensen Mesa it's amazing and I shot my first public elk at 570 yards (you can find it on my channel) Best of luck bro and God bless.
I have a 24" Tikka CTR Stainless in 6.5 Creedmoor. It is by far the most precise rifle I've ever owned. Last weekend I averaged 0.44 MOA for 5-shot groups with it (shooting 140 gr ELD-M hand loads). That said, the rifle really likes to be shot clean. I usually clean it after every range session. If I go too long without cleaning it, it will average something like 3/4 MOA for 5-shot groups.
Good choice....!!! I have T3x SL with fluted barrel and A-Tec H-2 silencer with muzzle brake that eliminates most of the recoil. As an hunter you don`t want to pack any extra weight to carry...!
I have 3 tikka's and they are all tackdrivers. 7mm/08, 270 win, 6.5 creedmore. I would suggest that you move the scope back a little bit. It looks like your having to crawl up on the stock. Just a suggestion. Great rifles, enjoyed the video.
Sounds great and you have all the right calibers😁, I practice with extra recoil pad so it looks little far but I hunt without it😄. Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate it.
Good review Doc. I think if that was my rifle I would try to lower the scope and put it farther back. It seems it forward to much. Those rifles are known to shoot. It’ll be a good shooter.
Awesome review definitely a nice looking rifle! It pretty much convinced me to go ahead and get the T3X hunter in 300 win mag next year, the synthetic stocks are nice but I prefer the good old fashioned wood stocks.
Fantastic review. I’m a huge fan of Tikka rifles. I’m a C5 quadriplegic & I loved USING & CYCLING the bolt action-the only modification being a removable extension of the bolt handle-SO MUCH, that I bought another. Nice setup. Very nice timepiece, too. Thanks very much from sunny Victoria, BC, (Canada, eh).
Nice video, it's nice to see more people are picking up Tikka's. My buddies gave me a bunch more crap when I got mine for not buying American, until the first time we went to the range and I took all their money, lol and watching take numerous animals with 1 shot over the last few years.
@@hughchen9683 yea it’s nice. Haven’t shot it yet though hahaha I’ve had it almost a year. I brought it with me when I was testing out my ar 15 after I put a new gas block on and forgot to bring ammo for it 😂
Congrats bro! If you want to spend about $200 I would recommend Burris Fullfield and if you want to spend about $500 I would say go with this one Leupold VX-Freedom. Have fun bro n God bless.
@@vameathunter2771 hey thank you so much!!! Right back at you!! Subscribed to you as well sir!!! Fingers crossed I get a nice buck with the new tikka this fall!!! :)
Nice equipment. I prefer traditional materials and older rifles but this thing is still awesome. Did you mention the caliber? Sure you did I just missed it.
Friend, congratulations. I live in Brazil, I have a tikka t3x lite ss, which ammo packs the best? With what projectile weight does it perform best? thanks.
Here in Virginia we hunt from treestands and having low mounted scope and shooting down is harder but shooting from prone position or bench low mounted scope is better. Thanks for watching.
Avoid those bore snakes....they can damage the crown of the gun when pulling through......have seen some really nice guns get the crown damaged by a bore snake. They are handy but unless pulled precisely and straight they can damage the crown. Just a tip. I love my Tikka. Great tip on the rifle cover and quick purchase for shot.
So many good things about this video. I noticed you had what looked like a Pachmayr Decelerator. Excellent choice. I like those a little more than the Aerotech. Shooting .308, as I do, or anything bigger as others do on these modern light platforms, Tikka Lite being the lightest, is going to have significant recoil. It is because of that mean, old English guy, Sir Isaac Newton. And his Principia Mechanica (mechanical principles, essentially the laws of physics with the introduction of a new math, known as calculus, thrown in to help explain.) For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Always remember that. Anyway, so, what helps with felt recoil is changing the timing and direction of the recoil energy. You are still encountering the same amount of recoil energy. You change directions of some of it with a muzzle brake, if you have one. This Tikka does not. You could install a clamp on from a company like KahnTrol Solutions but that adds weight. Next best bet, if you can afford it ($150 or so, US,) is a hydraulic from Falcon Strike. It will reduce the felt recoil by 80 percent. I have one. It lives up to the advertising. You are slowing down the recoil with the liquid. This changes the recoil impulse from a jab to a push. Cheapest alternative and what I have done on my two chassis rigs and my MVP LR 308 is the Pachmayr Decelerator. You can find them and Aerotech at Academy or order from Amazon. And they are by far the cheapest. Dealing with recoil is, outside of choosing the right ammo, the most important part of accuracy that I can see. You have to not flinch if you are going to be accurate. You must practice with live fire and you cannot get good results if you are going to flinch because you know a heck of a kick is going to happen. Do something about the recoil. And it is not a tough guy thing. I am, in fact, a big and tough guy. It has nothing to do with that and everything to do with physics. Get a recoil management system going. Secondly, I have also found that Hornady SSTs are good and my best results are with the Federal Fusion mid-weight, such as 165 gr, and heavier. My MVP happened to like Federal Nontypical Whitetail 180 gr to the tune of 1/3 MOA after extended strings of fire. I shoot no less than 40 rounds a visit to the range. Tikka excels for rugged mountain hunts. You may climb and hike half a day or more to get to the prime roosting spots. Or, if you hunt public land and may hunt a mile or so into unkept woods. The less weight to carry, the better. Especially if you harvest a 140 pound buck. Certain weekends where I hunt, you have to dress the deer and bring the rest of the carcass out intact and take it to the deer check station. They will weigh it and add an average of 35 pounds for guts removed and that gives live weight. Then, they will take bone samples to check for CWD and beasties. And blood samples for general herd health. Then you can use their rack and gambrel to finish skinning and quartering, if you want. Maybe you have a processor that can do all of that and you just bring the whole carcass. Some places may have a system in place where they can ship the trophy to a taxidermist for you. You just order the cuts and sausage varieties and they call you a few days or weeks (depending on how long you want it aged) when your order is ready. That last bit is a big reason I have changed from an economy sedan to a truck. I had a truck a long time ago and I really missed it. Now, it is great to again have something to make hunting easier and to go fishing, which I once did all the time.
I am looking for a new bolt action rifle in .308 because I have a semiautomatic Remington Woodsmaster model 740 in .308 and I would prefer to have a bolt action. I will check out the Tikka
Thanks bro, they have a lot of this type of all weather rifle cover and it seems like Amazon has one now on 41% off. www.amazon.com/Caldwell-110039-Fast-Case-Cover/dp/B01B3NT5N0
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Awesome review, I found one for sale in my local area and seriously buying one now... Off-topic, but do you happen to live near Richmond, VA? Because if so, I'd love to go shooting with you! Just moved here to Richmond and looking for shooting buddies.
Congrats bro and welcome to VA. I live in Warrenton and go shooting at Izaak Walton shooting range in Centerville. I'm on duty as a range officer on every 1st Monday of every month from 12:30 to 5pm, if you could make the drive. 😁
@@vameathunter2771 Thank you! Aw man, you're a bit further away than I expected. However, I will keep this in mind whenever I'm in your neck of the woods! 😀
I also have a tikka t3, an awesome rifle, but I topped it off with a Swarovski scope! Far superior to leupold, an old hunter once told me to be prepared to spend as much on the optics or more than the rifle, that’s good advice because last n first light is extremely important in deer hunting, also you have very little cheek weld on the stock which is very important on 308, sorry for being negative but I have to be honest
My experience is out of the box accuracy is not quite correct. I have shot multiple Tikkas out of the box and they start out at 2 MOA and start grouping tight between 15-20 rounds in.
I found same gun new and was thinking of getting it. It's in matte or biue with same stock @ chambered in 7mm 08. Your thoughts would be appreciated on caliber for recoil and a flat shooting deer rifle for fields, going to Kansas this year. Thanks, love your vids. Peace Bro!
thanks bro my honest opinion is it's too heavy for hunting and 7-08 is a great caliber but I would go with 7mm rem mag it has more energy, shoots flatter easier to find the ammo and able to shoot all medium to large animals. I could recommend Christensen Mesa in 7 mrm and I did a review on this rifle shooting .25" at 100 yards and I shot my 1st elk at 580 yards also have that vid on my channel.
@@vameathunter2771 I'm sorry to ask, but what are you referring to when you say it's too heavy for hunting? It's same gun as yours (308) but only difference is it's 7mm 08 (308 casing necked down to 7mm). Also should have stated going to Kansas whitetail hunting. I know it shouldn't kick as much as 308. Thanks
@@briankeith922 I'm so sorry, I thought this was regarding the Seekins rifle I uploaded yesterday 😂😂😂. Yes, Tikka in 7mm-08 would be a perfect choice, it will be flatter shooting with practically no difference in the recoil. Now, only down side would be finding the ammo compare to 308, but my friend in Montana reloads 7mm-08 and he love it. Best of luck and let me know on your Kansas hunt.
You forgot something. That Scope has the CDS Ballistic Turret. Did you have Leupold manufacture a CDS Dial compatible with any of the ammo you tested? If not, you are not fully realizing that rifles accuracy potential. 🎯
Yes, you are right. But I preferred to practice different distance and know which crosshair to put the target. It's faster and more reliable and for hunting I limit my distance to 500 yards with 308. Thanks for your comment brother, I'm sure it will help many shooters and hunters.
Leupold makes the best scopes. I have been leveling the crosshairs with a new tool. The Fix it Stick “Scope Jack” really gets those crosshairs perfectly level. That also makes a big difference accuracy wise. 🎯
Totally enjoyed your video. I actually just bought this exact rifle last week for hunting deer in Okla. Now I'm trying to decide what type of Leupold I'm putting on it. Your exact model is the one I am leaning towards. Looks like a great whitetail rifle and that is my intended purpose. On scope mounts, do you have to use a 1913 rail or was that your personal choice? Thank you.
Thanks bro. I just put another same scope on my AR10 308 and I love it and you can watch it here. ruclips.net/video/HjKA_8wt-zk/видео.html I hope this will help with your choice and it was my choice (recommendation). Thanks for watching and have a great a deer season.
That’s a very nice rifle and scope combo. What is your go to ammo for hunting ? My rifle likes Winchester power max 150 grain but cannot find it anywhere now. Regret not stocking up on them. Happy hunting brother..
It really depends on my rifle, for BAR Nosler Accubond 165gr, DPMS Hornady SST or Whitetail 150gr and Remington Hornady whitetail 150gr. It's hard to fine any decent ammo nowadays. Thanks for watching n God bless.
My friend is very happy with the set up and shooting under 1moa at 100 is not a problem but he didn't get to hunt this past season do to his successful business. In fact I was so impressed with this scope my family got this for my birthday and I should have it in my hand very soon and I'll mounting it on my DPMSA AR10 in 308. So that review is coming😁 and maybe Tikka for my next birthday or next two birthdays combined 🤣😂.
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It's Caldwell www.amazon.com/Caldwell-110039-Fast-Case-Cover/dp/B01B3NT5N0/ref=sr_1_12?crid=9RVGJ4MQ6R8O&keywords=rifle+cover&qid=1674828504&sprefix=rifle+c%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-12 Thanks for watching n God bless.
I do my simple version, clean the barrel before any shooting and run a bore snake after each first 10 shots and run a bore snake after 3 shots for next 9 shots and I'm done.
Believe it or not, Sako/ Tikka claim no break in required.You can watch a RUclips video Canada in the ruff Sako/ Tikka how their made COMPANY tour. Also just to mention, alot of rifles shoot the best groups with a fouled barrel. Some shooters will go several hundred rounds before cleaning the bore.
Yes, but when we hunt from treestand it's easier with little higher mounted scope but shooting from prone position the lower mounted scope is best. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your compliment.
You guy's are funny. 308? recoil. notice it. I have a T3X Superlite in 7RM fully equipped at 7.5 lbs. I'm 140 lbs on a good day. Recoil? Nuh. Please grow up and be REAL men.
For most hunters recoil is not about the pain (you don't feel it when you are hunting) but being able to keep an eye on a deer after a shot and see which way it ran or take a 2nd shot if need it. Thanks for watching and sharing.
When you hit the gong several times, I turned my head from my work computer. You have excellent skills. I want one.
Thank you bro, yes you should get one LOL!
I bought a first generation T3 about 10 years ago in .308. Not knowing anything about scopes, I took the Gunsmith’s recommendations and had a 3-9x40 Bushnell scope mounted. It’s put a lot of venison in the freezer since then. You can’t really go wrong with a Tikka. I imagine the T3x is even better.
Congrats bro and yes it's a sweeet rifle .
No need to “break in” the barrel. Tikkas rifling isn’t cut in, it’s forged in, therefore no need for breaking it in. Guaranteed to be 1 moa out of the box and they shoot every rifle before shipping it out to make sure it meets their standards. Great guns for a great price.
Thanks for the info bro but I'm so use to breaking in all my guns including handguns 😂.
Very useful comment thanks 👍
Wonder what ammo tikka uses
@@jmgates09 Probably Sako since they own Tikka and in Finland.
Tikka is one of the few rifle brands that you can shoot sub moa on your first range trip with factory ammo. I did it with my .270 WSM hunter and my new t3x 7mm-08. They are fabulous and worth the extra money.
I agree 100% 😁
@@vameathunter2771 Cold hammer forge no brake in needed, you waste ammo
@@weasel1weasel1 Many rifle companys still recommends it and by achieving barrel copper equilibrium will help. Thanks for watching n have a blessed Sunday. 😁
Tikka: buttery smooth actions, accurate barrels. I love mine too :)
YEEES! Tikka rocks.
Tikka makes a great gun and it's still very affordable. I bought your gun's brother in 30-06 topped with a VX-3HD about a year ago and took my first elk (at about 300 yards) with it last fall. I love it!
Congrats brother, I'm super happy for you. I got my first elk 3 years ago in Montana public land.
I’m putting that same scope on a new T3X 308, should be here Tuesday.. can’t wait!
How is the recoil in the 3006? thanks
@@rainsong7327 Stout but manageable. I put on a Limbsaver pad which helps a lot.
@@johnm8891 was going to get a 308 but for a little more recoil why not get the 3006.
Very nice setup!
I purchased my first Tikka T3x last year and I was impressed 😁
I got .55 inches at 100 yards with Winchester Ballistic Tips 140 grain
.67 inches with Norma Whitetail 150 grain
1.37 inches with Hornady whitetail 140 grain
Mines a 7mm-08 in the Hunter model topped off with a Bushnell Prime 3x9 illuminated 1/2 moa red dot.
Great shooting brother and thanks for sharing 😊
Congrats and thanks for sharing. It was my pleasure n God bless.
Do you find the it hard to close in federal or Hornady?
@@mr.mr.3301 Hornady whitetail not Hornady custom and federal was fine.
I have the exact same rifle. It loves Nosler 168 grain E-tip or 165 grain ballistic tips. I dropped a large whitetail doe at 340 yards. I love this rifle.I did replace recoil pad with a limb saver though.
Congrats bro! and great choice on ammo and recoil pad.
I bought mine last year in 270 mounted the scope hit the range went thu one box good at 100 and 200 yards went to the woods that evening and dropped two deer in their tracks, awesome rifle, my scope is only about a 1/8 inch from barrel. I have used three different brands of ammo in 130 and all seem about the same.
Congrats bro and God bless this coming season.
I have a Tikka T3X but with the wood stock. The wood stock really makes it feel like something you want to take care of.
I'm a kinda of old school so love wood stocks but 2 cracked (fixed one, replaced one) so I limit taking them into woods.
I have an older Tikka 308 in wood and love everything about it. Can hit a mouse at 100 yards.
Great! I love wood stocks.
Great review. Well done video. I got a Tikka t3x in 270 and it shoots 4 shots of Hornady 140gr SP I can put my thumb over at 100yds (Win150gr Power Point at .75” and Fed 150gr SP at 1.1””). After a disappointing encounter with a Bergara 30-06 Hunter I got rid of that and am getting a 7 Rem Mag in the Tikka t3x also. Expect it to shoot just as well.
Thanks bro and my friend was also disappointed with Bergara 308 and got rid of it. My best 7 rem mag is Christensen Mesa it's amazing and I shot my first public elk at 570 yards (you can find it on my channel) Best of luck bro and God bless.
Beautiful firearm, best scope mounts ever in my opinion are the DNZ GAME REAPERS one piece solid mount. No worries about anything loosening.
Thanks for sharing bro😁
Great job on the targets and explaining and showing targets , ammo and groups.
Thanks bro, I appreciate you n God bless.
I have a 24" Tikka CTR Stainless in 6.5 Creedmoor. It is by far the most precise rifle I've ever owned. Last weekend I averaged 0.44 MOA for 5-shot groups with it (shooting 140 gr ELD-M hand loads). That said, the rifle really likes to be shot clean. I usually clean it after every range session. If I go too long without cleaning it, it will average something like 3/4 MOA for 5-shot groups.
WOW! That is accurate and thanks for sharing.
Good choice....!!! I have T3x SL with fluted barrel and A-Tec H-2 silencer with muzzle brake that eliminates most of the recoil. As an hunter you don`t want to pack any extra weight to carry...!
Thanks bro and I agree with you 100% bro, Merry Christmas.
I have 3 tikka's and they are all tackdrivers. 7mm/08, 270 win, 6.5 creedmore. I would suggest that you move the scope back a little bit. It looks like your having to crawl up on the stock. Just a suggestion. Great rifles, enjoyed the video.
Sounds great and you have all the right calibers😁, I practice with extra recoil pad so it looks little far but I hunt without it😄. Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate it.
Good review Doc.
I think if that was my rifle I would try to lower the scope and put it farther back. It seems it forward to much. Those rifles are known to shoot. It’ll be a good shooter.
Thanks bro and the scope looks little forward because of the limb saver recoil pad🤣, which will be removed when hunting. Great eyes Hawkeyes.
Awesome review definitely a nice looking rifle! It pretty much convinced me to go ahead and get the T3X hunter in 300 win mag next year, the synthetic stocks are nice but I prefer the good old fashioned wood stocks.
Thanks bro and congrats n 300 win mag sounds awesome. I myself love wood stocks but it's getting harder to fine them. Thanks for watching n God bless.
This was an excellent review, I really enjoyed it!
Thanks bro and God bless.
Fantastic review. I’m a huge fan of Tikka rifles. I’m a C5 quadriplegic & I loved USING & CYCLING the bolt action-the only modification being a removable extension of the bolt handle-SO MUCH, that I bought another. Nice setup. Very nice timepiece, too. Thanks very much from sunny Victoria, BC, (Canada, eh).
Thanks bro, you gotta love Tikka. Sunny Victoria sounds wonderful, have a great weekend.
Nice video, it's nice to see more people are picking up Tikka's. My buddies gave me a bunch more crap when I got mine for not buying American, until the first time we went to the range and I took all their money, lol and watching take numerous animals with 1 shot over the last few years.
😂😂😂 Sounds great! Have a great season.
I have the tikka 308 with threaded and fluted barrel. They make really nice guns 💪
Congrats bro, sounds like you know your rifles. Happy 4th of July.
The superlite one right? That does look amazing. What a beautiful beast.
@@hughchen9683 yea it’s nice. Haven’t shot it yet though hahaha I’ve had it almost a year. I brought it with me when I was testing out my ar 15 after I put a new gas block on and forgot to bring ammo for it 😂
Great setup! Love your videos!
Thanks bro, God bless.
Bought the same rifle 2 days ago. Just installed a limb saver. Now trying to decide on what scope I want.
Congrats bro! If you want to spend about $200 I would recommend Burris Fullfield and if you want to spend about $500 I would say go with this one Leupold VX-Freedom. Have fun bro n God bless.
Thank you very much for the review!! I just bought the same rifle, looking forward to testing it out!!
Congrats! I know you'll be happy with it and it was my pleasure. Also, you have a great channel. Just subscribed n thumbs up.
@@vameathunter2771 hey thank you so much!!! Right back at you!! Subscribed to you as well sir!!! Fingers crossed I get a nice buck with the new tikka this fall!!! :)
@@LuRanOutdoors Best of luck this coming season. 🤞🤞🤞
@@vameathunter2771 thank you very much!!
Nice equipment. I prefer traditional materials and older rifles but this thing is still awesome. Did you mention the caliber? Sure you did I just missed it.
YUP! it's 308. Thanks for watching n God bless.
Friend, congratulations. I live in Brazil, I have a tikka t3x lite ss, which ammo packs the best? With what projectile weight does it perform best? thanks.
WOW! Hello from USA. As I'm shooting it more 180 gr Federal is giving the the best result.
Suggest the next lower scope ring height ……..your scope is mounted to high …… 40mm use Low Rings
Here in Virginia we hunt from treestands and having low mounted scope and shooting down is harder but shooting from prone position or bench low mounted scope is better. Thanks for watching.
Got the same rife and calibre with a vortex scope
Great choice bro!
Well. It is awesome. I would have chosen aiming closer to 3 x on the lower side. But I prefer to woods hunt.
Thanks bro n God bless.
Great gun, I have a 7mm Tikka t3x lite
Good video!!
Thanks bro n I love 7mm 😁
Great video, thanks for sharing. 🇺🇸
It was my pleasure n God bless.
1/11 twist is cool. I think it would shoot 150 and 165 and acid even trying 180 gn
Yup!
Avoid those bore snakes....they can damage the crown of the gun when pulling through......have seen some really nice guns get the crown damaged by a bore snake. They are handy but unless pulled precisely and straight they can damage the crown. Just a tip. I love my Tikka. Great tip on the rifle cover and quick purchase for shot.
Thanks for the tip bro n God bless.
So many good things about this video. I noticed you had what looked like a Pachmayr Decelerator. Excellent choice. I like those a little more than the Aerotech. Shooting .308, as I do, or anything bigger as others do on these modern light platforms, Tikka Lite being the lightest, is going to have significant recoil. It is because of that mean, old English guy, Sir Isaac Newton. And his Principia Mechanica (mechanical principles, essentially the laws of physics with the introduction of a new math, known as calculus, thrown in to help explain.)
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Always remember that. Anyway, so, what helps with felt recoil is changing the timing and direction of the recoil energy. You are still encountering the same amount of recoil energy. You change directions of some of it with a muzzle brake, if you have one. This Tikka does not. You could install a clamp on from a company like KahnTrol Solutions but that adds weight. Next best bet, if you can afford it ($150 or so, US,) is a hydraulic from Falcon Strike. It will reduce the felt recoil by 80 percent. I have one. It lives up to the advertising. You are slowing down the recoil with the liquid. This changes the recoil impulse from a jab to a push.
Cheapest alternative and what I have done on my two chassis rigs and my MVP LR 308 is the Pachmayr Decelerator. You can find them and Aerotech at Academy or order from Amazon. And they are by far the cheapest.
Dealing with recoil is, outside of choosing the right ammo, the most important part of accuracy that I can see. You have to not flinch if you are going to be accurate. You must practice with live fire and you cannot get good results if you are going to flinch because you know a heck of a kick is going to happen. Do something about the recoil. And it is not a tough guy thing. I am, in fact, a big and tough guy. It has nothing to do with that and everything to do with physics. Get a recoil management system going.
Secondly, I have also found that Hornady SSTs are good and my best results are with the Federal Fusion mid-weight, such as 165 gr, and heavier. My MVP happened to like Federal Nontypical Whitetail 180 gr to the tune of 1/3 MOA after extended strings of fire. I shoot no less than 40 rounds a visit to the range.
Tikka excels for rugged mountain hunts. You may climb and hike half a day or more to get to the prime roosting spots. Or, if you hunt public land and may hunt a mile or so into unkept woods. The less weight to carry, the better. Especially if you harvest a 140 pound buck. Certain weekends where I hunt, you have to dress the deer and bring the rest of the carcass out intact and take it to the deer check station. They will weigh it and add an average of 35 pounds for guts removed and that gives live weight. Then, they will take bone samples to check for CWD and beasties. And blood samples for general herd health.
Then you can use their rack and gambrel to finish skinning and quartering, if you want. Maybe you have a processor that can do all of that and you just bring the whole carcass. Some places may have a system in place where they can ship the trophy to a taxidermist for you. You just order the cuts and sausage varieties and they call you a few days or weeks (depending on how long you want it aged) when your order is ready.
That last bit is a big reason I have changed from an economy sedan to a truck. I had a truck a long time ago and I really missed it. Now, it is great to again have something to make hunting easier and to go fishing, which I once did all the time.
Great information, thanks for sharing your expertise and God bless.
Excellent review as always 👍
Thanks bro n God bless.
Also, the Leupold CDS is just about as slick as a Tikka action. Once you settle on a load it's dial up the yardage and shoot!
Yup! 😁
I am looking for a new bolt action rifle in .308 because I have a semiautomatic Remington Woodsmaster model 740 in .308 and I would prefer to have a bolt action. I will check out the Tikka
Sounds great, you'll love it. 😆
im in the market to get either this gun or r700 in 6.5 creed. im def leaning towards this rifle
I agree R700 can be hit or miss unless you do some costume work on it.
@@vameathunter2771 finally got my tikka ! lol
Thank you for the nice review.
It was my pleasure n thanks for watching.
Great review!...thanks very much
It was my pleasure and I just the a review on this scope and it was shooting 1/4" at 100 yards.
ruclips.net/video/HjKA_8wt-zk/видео.html
nice video and setup. what make is the gun cover?...thanks
Thanks bro, they have a lot of this type of all weather rifle cover and it seems like Amazon has one now on 41% off.
www.amazon.com/Caldwell-110039-Fast-Case-Cover/dp/B01B3NT5N0
I have Tikka Pee5358 F122. VORTEX VIPER 6.5 -20X50. &I LOAD MINE WITH 42GRS. A cc2460 155gr. Sierra Palma. At 100yrds hole in hole
Sounds awesome, thanks for sharing.
Great show 👍👍👍👍
Thanks bro n God bless.
Great video. I think I’m going to copy cat you and do this exact set up. 👍🏽 btw, what brand is that rifle cover?
Sounds great bro and here us the rifle cover, lucky you it's on sale for only $8.99.
www.amazon.com/Caldwell-110039-Fast-Case-Cover/dp/B01B3NT5N0/ref=sr_1_10?crid=2AF27I6P9ARHE&keywords=rifle+cover+for+hunting+waterproof&qid=1669559087&sprefix=rifle+cover%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-10
@@vameathunter2771 perfect, grabbed one and price was definitely right 👍🏽. Thank you.
@@aaroninks MY pleasure, I remember paying over $20 for it.
Awesome review, I found one for sale in my local area and seriously buying one now...
Off-topic, but do you happen to live near Richmond, VA? Because if so, I'd love to go shooting with you! Just moved here to Richmond and looking for shooting buddies.
Congrats bro and welcome to VA. I live in Warrenton and go shooting at Izaak Walton shooting range in Centerville. I'm on duty as a range officer on every 1st Monday of every month from 12:30 to 5pm, if you could make the drive. 😁
@@vameathunter2771 Thank you! Aw man, you're a bit further away than I expected. However, I will keep this in mind whenever I'm in your neck of the woods! 😀
@@AndrewNguyenOfficial 👍
I also have a tikka t3, an awesome rifle, but I topped it off with a Swarovski scope! Far superior to leupold, an old hunter once told me to be prepared to spend as much on the optics or more than the rifle, that’s good advice because last n first light is extremely important in deer hunting, also you have very little cheek weld on the stock which is very important on 308, sorry for being negative but I have to be honest
No not at all, Swarovski would wonderful but 🤑🤑🤑. Thanks for sharing n God bless.
My experience is out of the box accuracy is not quite correct. I have shot multiple Tikkas out of the box and they start out at 2 MOA and start grouping tight between 15-20 rounds in.
Thanks for sharing and God bless 2023.
I found same gun new and was thinking of getting it. It's in matte or biue with same stock @ chambered in 7mm 08. Your thoughts would be appreciated on caliber for recoil and a flat shooting deer rifle for fields, going to Kansas this year. Thanks, love your vids. Peace Bro!
thanks bro my honest opinion is it's too heavy for hunting and 7-08 is a great caliber but I would go with 7mm rem mag it has more energy, shoots flatter easier to find the ammo and able to shoot all medium to large animals. I could recommend Christensen Mesa in 7 mrm and I did a review on this rifle shooting .25" at 100 yards and I shot my 1st elk at 580 yards also have that vid on my channel.
@@vameathunter2771 I'm sorry to ask, but what are you referring to when you say it's too heavy for hunting? It's same gun as yours (308) but only difference is it's 7mm 08 (308 casing necked down to 7mm). Also should have stated going to Kansas whitetail hunting. I know it shouldn't kick as much as 308. Thanks
@@briankeith922 I'm so sorry, I thought this was regarding the Seekins rifle I uploaded yesterday 😂😂😂. Yes, Tikka in 7mm-08 would be a perfect choice, it will be flatter shooting with practically no difference in the recoil. Now, only down side would be finding the ammo compare to 308, but my friend in Montana reloads 7mm-08 and he love it. Best of luck and let me know on your Kansas hunt.
You forgot something. That Scope has the CDS Ballistic Turret. Did you have Leupold manufacture a CDS Dial compatible with any of the ammo you tested? If not, you are not fully realizing that rifles accuracy potential. 🎯
Yes, you are right. But I preferred to practice different distance and know which crosshair to put the target. It's faster and more reliable and for hunting I limit my distance to 500 yards with 308. Thanks for your comment brother, I'm sure it will help many shooters and hunters.
Leupold makes the best scopes. I have been leveling the crosshairs with a new tool. The Fix it Stick “Scope Jack” really gets those crosshairs perfectly level. That also makes a big difference accuracy wise. 🎯
@PatriotNJ-qj8fv Yes it does, especially in longer distances. Thanks for sharing.
1/11 TWIST BARREL TRY168, 175 OR 180 THATS A GOOD TWIST RATE FOR THAT WEIGHT BULLETS
Thanks for the info n God bless.
What picatinny rail did you end up putting on the rifle? Do you have a part number?
It was Weaver, thanks for watching.
www.amazon.com/Weaver-99470-Extended-Multi-Tikka/dp/B07C389JC3
Please double check it will fit your rifle.
Tikka is perfect rifle
YUP!👍
Totally enjoyed your video. I actually just bought this exact rifle last week for hunting deer in Okla. Now I'm trying to decide what type of Leupold I'm putting on it. Your exact model is the one I am leaning towards. Looks like a great whitetail rifle and that is my intended purpose. On scope mounts, do you have to use a 1913 rail or was that your personal choice? Thank you.
Thanks bro. I just put another same scope on my AR10 308 and I love it and you can watch it here.
ruclips.net/video/HjKA_8wt-zk/видео.html
I hope this will help with your choice and it was my choice (recommendation). Thanks for watching and have a great a deer season.
@@vameathunter2771 Thank you and hope you have a great deer season too. God bless.
That’s a very nice rifle and scope combo. What is your go to ammo for hunting ? My rifle likes Winchester power max 150 grain but cannot find it anywhere now. Regret not stocking up on them. Happy hunting brother..
It really depends on my rifle, for BAR Nosler Accubond 165gr, DPMS Hornady SST or Whitetail 150gr and Remington Hornady whitetail 150gr.
It's hard to fine any decent ammo nowadays. Thanks for watching n God bless.
Can't go wrong with a tikka!
NOPE! Thanks for watching n God bless.
How is the Freedom compared to the older VX2 overall and in low light. Thanks
I like the wide view and the lens is very clear.
Any update on how this rifle set up is doing? Curious
My friend is very happy with the set up and shooting under 1moa at 100 is not a problem but he didn't get to hunt this past season do to his successful business. In fact I was so impressed with this scope my family got this for my birthday and I should have it in my hand very soon and I'll mounting it on my DPMSA AR10 in 308. So that review is coming😁 and maybe Tikka for my next birthday or next two birthdays combined 🤣😂.
Planning on getting the same rifle. Is this scope good for short range gun range and for hunting?
Good for bro and this is a perfect scope for 50 yards to 500+ yards.
Can cold hammer forge barrels rust???
This is more resistant but it can rust.
@@vameathunter2771will it be fine if it’s in the rain for a bit mine comes it this Friday I’m just tryna get more imformation
@@blasterboy529 Congrats bro! Of course that is not even a problem, I hunt in rain and snow. You just have make sure to clean, dry and oil it.
@@vameathunter2771 may I ask what kind of oil do you use?
@@blasterboy529 Of course, I like to make thing easy and odorless. So I use CLP
www.amazon.com/Multi-Purpose-Cleaner-Cleaning-Lubricant-Protector/dp/B0B6ZH72G4/ref=sr_1_9?hvadid=410024079325&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9008129&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=13617034971376677824&hvtargid=kwd-142828637&hydadcr=29965_12021337&keywords=gun+oil&qid=1689257763&sr=8-9
Tikka t3x lite or Franchi Horizon/ momentum or CZ 557 varmint ,all in 308. ? Thk.
Sounds great and you are welcome.
@@vameathunter2771 do You like more Tikka , că 557 varmint , Franchi Horizon pe Haenel 10 Varmint. ?
@@Volta24 I have never shot Franchi rifle but everyone who shot Tikka loves it.
What brand rifle cover is that ?
It's Caldwell
www.amazon.com/Caldwell-110039-Fast-Case-Cover/dp/B01B3NT5N0/ref=sr_1_12?crid=9RVGJ4MQ6R8O&keywords=rifle+cover&qid=1674828504&sprefix=rifle+c%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-12
Thanks for watching n God bless.
I from Finland 🇫🇮 and Tikka is Tikka is Finnish
Yup and one of my most valued Browning rifle was made in Finland 😁 Thank you Finland.
@@vameathunter2771 Nice. I bought on last Monday Tikka T3x lite. Same gun than you have.👍
@@tappara9704 Congrats bro! Happy shooting/hunting and be safe.
@@vameathunter2771 Thank you Mate!
Curious how you do your break in barrel procedure?
I do my simple version, clean the barrel before any shooting and run a bore snake after each first 10 shots and run a bore snake after 3 shots for next 9 shots and I'm done.
@@vameathunter2771 Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it.
Believe it or not, Sako/ Tikka claim no break in required.You can watch a RUclips video Canada in the ruff Sako/ Tikka how their made COMPANY tour. Also just to mention, alot of rifles shoot the best groups with a fouled barrel. Some shooters will go several hundred rounds before cleaning the bore.
A little over scoped in my opinion but she’s really nice. Thanks for posting….never owned a Tikka but maybe one day.
thanks bro and I hope you'll get one.
I got exact set up !!!
Sounds awesome bro.
How far can the scopes go 1000 yards ?
With scope power up to x18, 1000 yard is doable but you have to pick the proper caliber.
With 308 up to 500 yards would be my maximum to shoot accurately for hunting.
@@vameathunter2771 thank you 👍
Great video. How was the glass on the highest setting? Just curious.
Thanks bro! At 100 yards it was great, I didn't have a chance to see beyond 100.
No ear protection?!
I use ear plugs that fits perfectly and it does not interfere with buttstock.
Let your barrel cool before 3rd shot
YUP! 😆
Nice!!!
Thanks brother.
Your scope is too high, the lower the better. However great shooting and review.
Yes, but when we hunt from treestand it's easier with little higher mounted scope but shooting from prone position the lower mounted scope is best. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your compliment.
Respectfully that scope has too much power for woods hunting. I’ve gone back to 3x9
Yes, but my buddy wanted to hunt and do precision shooting out to 300 yards. For hunting under 200 yards 3X9 would be perfect.
6x minimum seems excessive.
For hunting x6 is good, where we have to shoot from 25 yards to 200 yards. Thanks for watching.
That scope is wayyy to far forward...
This is my buddy's rifle and it seems to work for him. Thanks for watching.
You guy's are funny. 308? recoil. notice it. I have a T3X Superlite in 7RM fully equipped at 7.5 lbs. I'm 140 lbs on a good day. Recoil? Nuh. Please grow up and be REAL men.
For most hunters recoil is not about the pain (you don't feel it when you are hunting) but being able to keep an eye on a deer after a shot and see which way it ran or take a 2nd shot if need it.
Thanks for watching and sharing.
Recoil is important. An honest review will discuss it.
@@nicholasmolling8887 YUP! Thanks bro.
Your so hard not😉🤣😂😂