NEW Tikka T3 in 6.5x55mm Swedish

Got my Tikka T3 finally in 6.5x55mm. The gun is an awesome shooter and very well made. Makes my Remington look baaaad!

The scope base is by EGW and is aluminum.

The bits and pieces are as follows: Tikka T3/6.5x55mm, EGW scope base, Mueller 4-16x50mm scope with mil-dots, Shooters Ridge Bi-Pod, and Warne steel medium height scope rings:

Close up of the bits and pieces put together:

When all is said and done she will shoot groups all day like this one at 100 yrds:

Here is a pic of the 6.5mm shell and Hornady 140 gr. A=MAX bullet to the far left compared to a .308 case and 168 gr bullets (various manufac.):

The story goes that i always LOVED the .308 Winchester (still do). But i have been in search of something that kicked lightly and had plenty punch to hunt with and more importantly, had ACCURACY APLENTY. So after a week of research, all things kept bringing me back to the 6.5mm cartridges. It was out of the .260 and the 6.5×55 so i went with the latter. Now the gun selection was another story cause only a few manufactures make a rifle in the 6.5x55mm cartridge. It came down to either the HOWA 1500 or the CZ or the TIKKA T3. I did some more research and decided on the TIKKA cause for one, i have heard for years nothing but Great things. So the Tikka it was. BEST CHOICE I’VE MADE YET BAR NONE!

I sighted the gun in at 100 yrds at my local range then proceeded to ring steel gongs out to 600 yrds with EASE. Only had 2 misses of the day and they both happend at 600 yrds on the same small steel pigs. But i had no misses at 200-300-400-500 yrds. The handload of choice was the Hornady 6.5/140 gr A-MAX at 2500 fps using Hodgdon H4831.

I later took the gun to the desert and set up a 5 gallon water filled bucket at a measured 521 yards and took it out on the very first shot….dead center! Here’s the video:

Don’t mean to cause any problems but, THE 6.5 BULLETS RULE….PERIOD! 😆