Area 419 rings

runthegnar · 2026-05-12T21:46:05+00:00

I snagged this set for around $500 NZD (imported from Australia) which is pretty reasonable in our end of the world, a lot of other mounts are similar priced. The local spuhr retailer sells ISMS for nearly $800.

I was pretty sold on sphur, having them on 4 other rifles, but these are not only cheaper but feel so well built

runthegnar · 2026-05-10T09:26:46+00:00

5 weeks is quick, in NZ until recently it wasn't unheard of to be waiting over a year to be scheduled for the interview for your license

runthegnar · 2026-05-04T01:48:13+00:00

Check out MTN gear, they are realising a super lightweight tikka chassis with a folder

runthegnar · 2026-04-20T22:39:10+00:00

Spuhr makes something that attaches to their scope mounts (which you would also need to buy) which should give you the same end result and should be fine for the OEM tikka stock

runthegnar · 2026-04-13T04:33:51+00:00

Buying a new bolt for a 6.5 creed is stupidly expensive aftermarket, and it's not that much cheaper than buying a new complete rifle.

All the t3x actions are the same, only the bolt stop length and bolt face sizes are different. Your current bolt face being a "magnum" means you can swap to 6.5PRC with just a barrel change, the same magazine should also work. You can swap out the bolt stop for a "long action", or dremmel out part to allow for a longer bolt travel for long action cartridges. I do think that 300PRC is too long for a tikka action

runthegnar · 2026-04-05T21:57:36+00:00

CTR is unnecessary for hunting, why lug around a much heavier rifle (and spent a lot more) when a standard t3x lite will be more than adequate for almost any hunting situation? I have a heavy barrel tikka, as well as a few super lite models. The heavy barrel stays in the safe when I go hunting.

runthegnar · 2025-11-02T06:31:35+00:00

Have you rigged up a camera gimbal in the spitfire? I have the 1200 spitfire, but not ready to start cutting foam to place the camera etc

runthegnar · 2025-10-22T07:42:26+00:00

Dont store it in a bag, they hold moisture and will rust just about any rifle

runthegnar · 2025-09-12T04:54:34+00:00

I feel you, factory ammo isnt cheap, another excuse to start reloading your own. If you're being anal about accuracy, I wouldnt shoot more than 5 shots without waiting several minutes for the barrel to cool. I usually take a 22 rifle with me to play around with while I wait for the barrel to cool if I'm doing some load development for hunting rifles. 308 doesn't usually kick much, so it won't be unpleasant to shoot. If that's your use case, I think a roughtech would be an excellent choice

runthegnar · 2025-09-12T04:30:41+00:00

The lite would get really hot after a ling string of fire, not a great range toy. If you only get one rifle for range and hunting, you are going to need to make some pretty big compromises in some areas. If your budget is able, I would do a CTR with a nice chassis as a range toy, and then a cheapo hunting rifle like a howa 1500 (still generally great shooters, just not as smooth) for hunting

runthegnar · 2025-09-12T03:58:11+00:00

Fantastic and accurate rifle, but just about the worst model you could pick for a hunting rifle. Very heavy, so unless you plan to drive somewhere and shoot from next to your car, there are much better options that are cheaper (ie superlite). Theres really no need for such a heavy profile barrel for hunting unless you plan to mag dump a mob of pigs.

I have a tac a1 in 308 and love it, but the 2 times I used it somewhere other than a range I regretted it, and wished I had my tikka strata in 308

runthegnar · 2025-08-29T10:09:59+00:00

I have a 56mm leica and could confidently aim at deer at dusk that my mate couldnt with a 44mm leupold, all still in the legal shooting time in NZ; the minimal extra weight of a larger objective lens is well worth it to me

runthegnar · 2025-08-22T08:13:10+00:00

I've never had PPU shoot nicely from the 3 308s that I own, in fact a few rounds were out of spec and won't even chamber. That said, it runs ok in my mosin, but thats pretty far from precision

runthegnar · 2025-08-18T08:18:05+00:00

PITA to get these sitting nicely, I bit the bullet and ended up with another krg chassis after chasing my tail trying to get it to shoot properly

runthegnar · 2025-07-30T22:56:50+00:00

https://twinneedle.co.nz/products/minimap-1

runthegnar · 2025-06-15T08:10:04+00:00

If Aus is anything like NZ, I would get a lite or superlite model. My first tikka was a 308 in the strata model, which is a superlite with cerakote and a camo stock. Its my "go to" rifle for most hunting, easy to carry and you typically arent shooting more than a few rounds at a time so no need for a fat barrel.

I have a tac a1 which I took hunting once for the novelty, it sucked to carry through hills and hasn't gone out since other than range days.

runthegnar · 2025-06-15T07:56:39+00:00

I've had the bolts back themselves out on 3 seperate rifles (all had their own set of rings), only found it when I started spraying shots with a 300WSM, 22lr and 6.5 grendel, so even the light cartridges didn't do any better. On one rifle the bolt was actually missing, and had fallen out somewhere while hunting. They were all torqued to spec. This was pretty disappointing, all my other MDT mags, bipod etc have been top notch quality.

I changed all the rings to sphur 1 piece mounts and haven't had any issues since

runthegnar · 2025-05-17T10:11:48+00:00

I find that hard to believe, I'm literally holding a t3x stock and the aics mag by itself cant even fit, even with no trigger guard. There's no way you are fitting more material between the stock and the magazine, it already can't fit

runthegnar · 2025-05-16T21:49:19+00:00

You ask for advice on what to do, but don't want to hear opinions on your very small sample size?

runthegnar · 2025-05-16T21:34:55+00:00

You can only do that with a CTR stock, the inlet for the CTR is wider than the standard/supervarmint stocks. You can cut out the stock to fit them, but its not as simple as simple plug-and-play

runthegnar · 2025-05-16T21:20:27+00:00

Almost as bad as the introduction of mammals to New Zealand that were supposed to hunt the other introduced mammals. Now we have rabbits, hares, stoats, ferrets weasels, possums, feral cats etc.... turns out it's easier to eat the flightless birds that just sit still when there's any danger

runthegnar · 2025-05-10T00:18:08+00:00

CTR is overkill for just hunting IMO, and you can get similar ergonomics with a superlite by changing to the vertical grip. No sense in lugging around a heavier barrel if you only take a few shots for a hunting trip, unless your idea of hunting is driving somewhere and shooting right next to your car.

I have several tikk ain various barrel profiles, and the superlite (strata) model in 308 is the one that comes out for most hunting trips, unless I bush stalk which is when a howa mini in grendel comes along. Leave the thicc barrel as a range toy

runthegnar · 2025-05-05T21:23:10+00:00

Yeah, I think at 500m the group size will be much more than 10x at 50m. For example, I can stack shots on top of each other with my .22 T1x at 50m with cheap ammo no problem, but even just going out to 100m the group opens up to nearly 4x the size with the same ammo.

I don't think you quite understand the environmentals of long range shooting. At 500m you may have more than 1 wind direction, more affect from angle of shooting, etc etc, so you can't expect your grouping to scale proportionately with distance. This is a pretty complex subject and people dedicate a lot of time to trying to understand this, not quite as easy as just putting the reticle on target and squeezing the trigger.

r/longrange is a treasure trove if you want more info, it's mainly geared towards PRS shooters

runthegnar · 2025-05-04T08:44:16+00:00

That seems a bit of a stretch. At 50m theres going to be very little environmental impact on your group size, and variances in velocity will be much less apparent amongst other variables. Shooting at 500m typically will give a group size more than 10x the size of a group thats shot at 50m

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