Birthday present

I decided to buy myself a 40th birthday present for myself back in February. Well the licence arrived a few weeks ago and I got out to the local range to break her in and get all set for August.
The present being a Tikka Roughtech in .308.
It really liked the Sako gamehead 123g. Not bad especially the top group in the pic(if I must say so myself ). The adjustable trigger is still set to factory setting so I could imagine with it lighter, would bring them in more. She shot Whitetail 150s and federal fusion 150s sub MOA too. Very happy with the set up now, roll on August for a bit of stalking.
PS: I bought the fiocchi 150s soft point to just zero it in, decided to do a 5 round group, it ended up at about 7 MOA.

 

[Craigsaun]

Good choice. You can’t go wrong with a Tikka

 

[Overlay]

Sako 123 rounds are brilliant on fallow all I use

I did find them a bit robust to say the least on a couple of H&L shots that hit a leg or thick rib, for high neck they are pretty good

 

[Fair Hill]

Federal Fusion are literally great bang for the buck.

 

[takbok]

Beauty! You'll have that for a long time I'm sure.

 

[knight82]

Cracking set up! Really rate 123g sako ammo as well

 

[Accurate 1]

Is that an aftermarket cheek riser ?

Thanks A1

 

[Scotty123]

Is that an aftermarket cheek riser ?

Thanks A1

They are a standard on the super varmint

 

[Accurate 1]

They are a standard on the super varmint

Ah , it’s not a Roughtech then ? Or he’s changed stocks

 

[SikaSeeker]

Ah , it’s not a Roughtech then ? Or he’s changed stocks

It’s not a super varmint, they have heavy barrel. It’s a green roughtech stock that has a cheek raiser on it from factory.

 

[SikaSeeker]

Cracking set up! Really rate 123g sako ammo as well

Have you every used it on sika?

 

[Accurate 1]

They are a standard on the super varmint

Yes I know , but as sikaseeker has pointed out it’s a Roughtech ( I have one )
I didn’t realise you could get a cheek riser from factory,

Thanks A1

 

[knight82]

Have you ever used it on sika?

Yes mate all the ‘biggies’- sika, red, fallow and boar. Not a problem, find it quite flat for a 308 round , hits hard but expands nicely. Suits me anyway.

 

[SikaSeeker]

Yes mate all the ‘biggies’- sika, red, fallow and boar. Not a problem, find it quite flat for a 308 round , hits hard but expands nicely. Suits me anyway.

I might just give them a go so, seems a few people are happy with them

 

[mikek207]

I decided to buy myself a 40th birthday present for myself back in February. Well the licence arrived a few weeks ago and I got out to the local range to break her in and get all set for August.
The present being a Tikka Roughtech in .308.
It really liked the Sako gamehead 123g. Not bad especially the top group in the pic(if I must say so myself ). The adjustable trigger is still set to factory setting so I could imagine with it lighter, would bring them in more. She shot Whitetail 150s and federal fusion 150s sub MOA too. Very happy with the set up now, roll on August for a bit of stalking.
PS: I bought the fiocchi 150s soft point to just zero it in, decided to do a 5 round group, it ended up at about 7 MOA.

Nice rifle.
You can get lighter springs for the trigger, I got one for my T3x and it made a big difference. They don’t do many upgrade triggers for tikkas that I could find but if they are available I’m sure someone on here will know.

 

[SikaSeeker]

Christened her this evening with this nice pricket.

 

[Corf30]

Christened her this evening with this nice pricket.

Fair play nice too break in a new rifle

 

[SikaSeeker]

Fair play nice too break in a new rifle

Thanks, I had to take a neck shot at about 80 yards, first shot at a deer with, had no confidence in the rifle until it fell over.

 

[sikasako]

Nice rifle.
You can get lighter springs for the trigger, I got one for my T3x and it made a big difference. They don’t do many upgrade triggers for tikkas that I could find but if they are available I’m sure someone on here will know.

I got a 2 stage Tikka trigger from @Edinburgh Rifles for my T3

 

[dredlad]

Nice setup sika seeker. The Roughtech are a lovely piece of kit.