Tikka T3 lite .300 WinMag

[Pointer]

I am looking at this rifle for elk hunting...

I have heard they are especially accurate... (Sub - MOA)

Does MOA mean inside the 1 inch circle? Or is just cutting the line considered MOA? I'd really like to hit a dime every time at 100 meters.

Can the Tikka T3 Lite .300 WinMag produce inside-the-circle one inch groups or must I have a sniper rifle weighing 9 or 10 pounds for that kind of accuracy?

While I am planning on stalking to within 500 meters... I still want a rifle that has the capability of dropping a large bull elk cleanly at extreme ranges. (Perhaps 1000 meters plus) in that rare situation like across the Grand Canyon...

Please don't recommend the .338 Lapua... that kind of recoil just isn't worth it to me.

Are there any bad things about Tikka I should know about?

Thank you for your feedback...I feel the heat already!

 

[mt_dren]

Saw your comment about no replies in another post...so thought I'd post.

My 30-06 tikka T3 will shoot sub-moa groups, but with me in the equation the setup produces 1" groups on average. I could probably try some other loads but it does well with 165 gr Sierra Gameking with 53 grs of H414 (ok so I tried some H380 but stopped at H414).

There are plenty of definitions and descriptions of MOA in previous posts if you search the forum or the internet.

I suppose it could if you found the right load and were a good shot.

500 meters is the closest you are planning on getting to elk? You should be able to get closer...starting to go on a rant but trying to stop.

1000 meters plus :barf:? Really? Please don't...How often do you practice at 300+ meters much less practice at 1000 meters?

I don't have anything bad to say about Tikka, it does what I need it to do and hasn't failed me yet (same with my remington and savage rifles).

mt_dren

 

[mackillan]

Tikka

The 300 win mag tikka t3 lite kicks like a mule.

 

[Maligator]

Bought my Tikka T3 Hunter in 300 WSM last summer. It shoots under 1 MOA right out of the box at 100 yards. I use Nosler 180gr accubonds and the rifle seems to really like them. I also use Nosler 150 gr accubonds for black bear. Again..rifle really likes them.

I will admit however that I had to put a Sims Limb Saver on it because it kicked like a mule every shot! I'm a pretty decent sized guy with lots of experience shooting but I would recommend the Limb Saver unless you enjoy punishment!

 

[Pointer]

Thank you all

I was under the apparently mistaken belief that if I had a rifle that could do the job at 1000 yds... it would be fabulous at under 500.

I never had the intention or the hope of getting or taking a 1000 yd shot... I consider that irresponsible to the extreme.

I like the advice about the Sims limbsaver... I will look into that ASAP...

My son and I just bought two Tikka T3's... 300 WinMag for me and a 30-06 for him.

We have a Nikon Monarch 4-16x 44? mil dot mounted on the 30-06 and I am researching for a scope to put on the 300 WinMag.

Thank you for the reload info... I will be reloading for both rifles.

 

[hammie]

It is my understanding that a minute of angle is the base of an isosceles triangle, whose apex is one minute of one degree. If I remember my trigonometry, then a minute of angle at 100 yards would be 1.0472 inches. Since the triangles would be proportional at longer distances, then at 200 yards, one minute of angle would be approximatly 2 inches, etc. A MOA at 100 meters would be 1.1452 inches, or 2.909 centimeters.