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    Tikka T3 Thread

    For a lot of small manufacturers, products are always shown as "out of stock" or "backordered". But that just means "I can't afford to keep inventory, so I manufacture on-demand, whenever I have enough orders to make a production run worthwhile." For those manufacturers (Sterk, Aadland, etc.)...
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    K-Bars What Knife is in your pocket right now?

    I've got a Delica with that modification, too. A minute with a grinder made it a little more usable (at the expense, probably, of some hardness at the tip): That one lives in my glovebox now, attached to a pry bar so I won't snap the tip off again. The knife in my pocket every day is this...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns First pistol ever, which one??

    I haven't. Can it launch brass into low-earth orbit like a FiveSeven?
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns First pistol ever, which one??

    Always Glock, 1911, Sig. Never any love for the FiveSeven. Sigh. FWIW, I think the best advice given so far was to improve skills with a .22 first. Almost as inexpensive as dry-firing, and easy to quickly make progress on fundamentals without being distracted by "real gun" baggage. Plus, a...
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    Tikka T3 Thread

    Photo of mine: https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/tikka-t3-thread.6252615/page-56#post-7162220 Why I like it: https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/tikka-t3-thread.6252615/page-56#post-7163757
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    Trigger pull weight?

    I've been shooting nothing but pistols for 20 years and I'm used to a 4-pound pull there, so anything less than 2 pounds on my new rifle feels terrible to me. But I get what you're all saying about acclimating to it, so maybe I'll lighten the trigger after a while and see whether I like it more...
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    Tikka vs XLR

    Be sure to get a quote at Grabagun. When I bought my Tac A1 a few months ago, their quote was $1399 plus $7 shipping. For that price, I couldn't find a reason to get anything else. I don't have anything to compare it to, but the Tac A1 stock fits me well. The only thing I really didn't like...
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    Product recall for certain 3M PELTOR COMTAC Hearing Defender headsets

    FYI: 3M recently issued a product recall for certain PELTOR COMTAC headsets, and a product advisory notice for others. From the recall letter: 3M recently discovered that the sound localization performance of the 3M PELTOR COMTAC Hearing Defender headsets can be negatively affected by a...
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    What to bring to the range?

    I'd add: NRA membership card -- some ranges give discounts, some won't let you become a member without proof of NRA membership Extra foam ear plugs-- they cost nothing and it's nice to be able to offer them to someone in need An empty-chamber flag -- some ranges require it, and everyone will...
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    Rifle Scopes Vortex HD gen II 4.5-27 question

    It'll be very close. If your front ring is at the same location on the scope tube as mine, but the center of your ring is 0.046" lower and your rake is 20MOA vs my 20.6MOA, you'll end up with 0.030" (0.76mm) clearance between the rail and a cap like mine. Thirty thousandths of an inch might be...
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    Rifle Scopes Vortex HD gen II 4.5-27 question

    Here's my Vortex Razor HD Gen2 4.5-27x56, with AADMOUNT caps, on a Spuhr SP-4603B mount on a Tikka T3x Tac A1: Rail is 0MOA, mount is 38mm (1.496") high with 6mil (20.6MOA) of rake. The AADMOUNT cap clears the rail by 1.9mm (0.075") -- 6 playing cards (0.0690") will fit in the gap, 7 cards...
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    Shooting mats...

    If the handles are plastic cylinders around nylon webbing, just cut the plastic off -- the bare webbing should lie flat.
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Should lasers be trusted on concealed carry?

    I don't carry, so I can't address the OP's original question. But for home defense, I have a laser and here's why: My pistol has an RMR. It's an LED model that I keep on the auto-brightness setting so I can leave it illuminated 24/7 with long (>1 year) battery life: The LED is very dim when...
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    Tikka T3 Thread

    I love it, for three reasons: 1. Prone, my hand naturally aligns much better with the vertical MPA grip than with the raked Tikka grip. Note, though, that my prone position is based on 20-year-old muscle memory and I've never owned a rifle this adjustable, so it's certainly possible that I'm...
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    Tikka T3 Thread

    First post. Hi. Here's my Tac A1. Got a killer deal on it a couple months ago, but it's my first bolt gun ever (and the first rifle I've owned since the 90s), so I also had to buy EVERYTHING else. Knew ahead of time that I'd need a scope, sling, bipod, and mat, but it turns out that when...
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