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New rifle, new (to me) cartridge… 6.5x55
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Blkram
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Be careful!
They are addicting!
Hunter26
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I got my first 6.5x55 last year in a wood stocked Tikka T3x Stainless. Beautiful rifle and shoots lights out. Was lucky enough to shoot two bucks including my personal best with it last year too. I'm still working on loads with it, but Staball 6.5 with 140gr Partitions have been amazing. Your Sako looks awesome, hopefully it shoots as good as it looks.
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nhenry
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I’ve had a few days now. Man, I love this thing. Something I didn’t know is they switched it from the Sako tapered dovetail to the Tikka 17mm dovetail. That made mounting much easier. Ran to Cabela’s and grabbed these Warnes.
Can’t wait to shoot it. I cleaned it today because I had some time and man it was filthy for a NIB rifle.
I had it in the sunlight through my window and noticed it still had some hammer forging marks. So cool. Gotta look closely
It weighs 8lbs 4oz scoped. Points like a wand. Balanced like a seesaw. This is my new favorite rifle. Don’t feel the need to change anything, except for the LOP because it’s a darn boat paddle right now. I have a classical gunsmith friend who will be doing that work
Can’t wait to shoot it. I cleaned it today because I had some time and man it was filthy for a NIB rifle.
I had it in the sunlight through my window and noticed it still had some hammer forging marks. So cool. Gotta look closely
It weighs 8lbs 4oz scoped. Points like a wand. Balanced like a seesaw. This is my new favorite rifle. Don’t feel the need to change anything, except for the LOP because it’s a darn boat paddle right now. I have a classical gunsmith friend who will be doing that work
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