I went to Cabela's yesterday as a passenger (wasn't going to spend any money), and I end up seeing a Tikka T3 Varmint in 223 that I just thought was too good of a deal to pass up...........

I touched it and gave it back an walked away, then my buddy bad influenced me and told me to go touch it one more time......Long story short, don't touch a gun, they have a tendency to follow you home.

Now I have a dilema, I don't feel like spending any more money at the moment and I have a brand new rifle without a scope. I'm trying to figure out what gun to steal a scope off of for a while so I can play with the new toy.

Browning A-Bolt 7mag - Leupold VX II 3-9x40
Thompson Encore - Nikon 4.5-14x40

What I am thinking is taking the Nikon off my Thompson and putting it on the Tikka for some more magnification (pdoggin trip is coming up), and putting the VX-II on my Thompson and then later on this summer or early fall buying a new set of optics with more magnification for my 7mag. Whatcha guys think of that plan?