Nice shooting. Those I have from above, thetop targetpicture is actually over the hood of my truck with a blanket! Crapy hold but sometimesI get lucky.

I currently have a BSA CF2 in 243w which is too heavy and want to replace it. The Tikka T3 litehas to be a good choice judging from what is written. My options are SS syn inblackor camo, 243 or 25-06.I mainly shoot pigs in the bush (woods) andopen country. I have a few questions for those who have used a T3 syn for serveral years. I know they shoot great etc, but what about other areas of the rifle.
1- what is the durability of the syn stock, doesthe black stockmark, scuff or wear in general use. Does the camo surface suffer at all and show black if marked. Basically what does the T3 look like after a few years.
2- I like the 243w low recoil and noise and it works well for me, if I'm going to upgrade should I also go for the 25-06. What would be the main difference between the two rounds, does one better suit the T3 barrel length.
Regardsfrom Darwin, Australia.

If given the choice of calibers I'd lean toward the 25-06 just due to it being slightly more versatile for hunting bigger (deer-sized) game.

You know what they say..........everybody's got one.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/critical_look_T3.htm

FYI - not my opinion, so don't beat me up

My dads work gave one to him a Lite Stainless andI like it but have not shot it. I dont have a scope on it yet and dont know what kind to get i am think about a Bushnell or a Leopold can you all help me out with it


In advanceThanks

I just bought a Tikka T3 Lite syn ss black in the .243 with 3-9x40 Tasco Worldclass cost me $1100 Au and i love it ,its my first gun .
I shot a wallaby at over 150mt removing half its head from nose to ear with 100gn fed rounds

And chuckhawks knows even less about firearms than about the other things that he posts opinions on.The only people that I respect even less than him,are the people that actually pay to read his drivel.

Its been awhile since I posted on here but just got through reading about the tikka again.I don't or haven't shot the tikka very much lately because have been shooting other rifles,just got through rebarreling a savage with a 260 shelin barrel and got one of the savages F/tr 308's Both are shooting great just like the tikkas though.
Last summer my shooting buddie and I went to a 1000 yd range they didn't have any targets up but did have the shotgun birds that you check your rifle before matches.Buddie took 2 rifles but they didn't do well at 1000.He spotted for me and I zeroed the tikka in on one of the birds,it took me a lot of shots but ended up busting 3 clays,let my buddie shoot it and he got 2 clays in a row with 2 shots.I guess first time luck had a lot to do with it because it was the first time either of us had shot a 1000 yds.We keep saying we are going back but never have it a good distance away from us.
I did try working up a load with the sie 135 bullets and will post it below.Tried a different powder with the hornady 130's and they shot as good as they did with the 4320IMR.