Recent content by Zapawaf

Yea I must have looked at that Nikon you're talking about. It was about 200 bucks, not sure how I feel about the circles as opposed to just plain horizontal lines. There's not much of a variety between gun shops here. Most don't even have the Tikka I picked up. Maybe I can find a higher quality...

I'm on the redfield website, and they have this virtual demo type thing where it shows you an animal at so many yards, and you can look at the different reticals and magnifications. Any idea how accurate that is? Because according to that, it almost looks like a 3x-9 the 3 looks like it's not...

Ok so maybe someone can explain to me what this means "Leupold 56760 Leu Vx-2 3-9x40 GL Dpx" What does GL and Dpx mean? I feel so illiterate haha

To answer a couple of your questions. I will be picking up a Tikka T3 Lite in a .308 It comes with rings, I don't know if they're any good (don't know if there is a huge difference in rings..) And I would like to be hunting deer, and also the hogs around here would be a new adventure. So no...

Tim, Yes, how they look like/what the abbreviations mean. And Justin, I don't know what you define as cheap but $200-250 doesn't seem cheap to me haha. I defintely want 1 that will work for me for a while, that's why I'm trying to get a feel for what's a quality scope. That being said...

How do I know what different reticals mean what?

Hi, I recently posted a thread looking for my first rifle, I decided on the Tikka T3 Lite, I loved the feel, free float barrel, seems to be incredibly accurate from my research, and I loved the way the bolt slides. I posted this in my other thread but thought I might get more feedback if I...

Kodiak I totally agree with you. This is why I definitely want something useful up close like 1x? At the same time, if I'm going to end up spending 100+ on a scope I might as well be able to have the option to shoot farther, even if it's just for fun. 300m target shooting is a lot of fun, and...

So I went to a place called Shoot Straight, which is about an hour and 10 from my house. Got there, didn't realize the Tikka didn't come with a scope, so we talked about scopes for a while. The cheapest with the adjustment marks for bullet drop (Does this have an actualy name?) was $250, and...

How do you know what brands are good or not? There are names I recognize when I go on sites like Luckygunner and ableammo, then there are cheaper brands I've never heard of. If I was going to buy ammo for a hunt, I'd go with something people like, but if I'm going target shooting, I don't really...

From my findings it seems the 7.62 Nato is slightlly cheaper then the 30-06 and .308. I used the 7.62 Nato in my M240B overseas, and I could hit a target at 300 meters in half the Army standard 8-10 round burst. So I'm pretty comfortable with it. I found a comparision between the Tikka T3...

I think I'd just use the Nato for practice assuming they were cheaper. I'd probably hunt with a .308 because the rifle is a .308, would just seem to make more sense. Maybe maybe not?

Will the 7.62 x 51 Nato fit in the .308? I believe from my internet stumblings, that's how it works and NOT the other way around Ie: .308 will not work in a 7.62 chambered rifle Is this accurate? Any benefit to using 7.62 in a .308? Reason I'm even asking is I'm on Cheaperthendirt...

Thanks again for the clarification on the rounds. Sometimes that stuff confuses me.. Obviously :banghead: Now someone said the .308 is the only one of the 3 rounds (.300, .308, 30-06) that comes in short action. What does that mean? Just a slightly smaller bolt? A hair more effort to pull...

Update Alright. So today we went to the Bass Pro Shop, then Dick's Sporting Goods, then to Straight Shoot, and a couple other gun shops that didn't prove useful. I got my hands around the Remmington 700, a Winchester 30?300?, Savage Arms 10 FCP I believe (They said it weighed about 14lbs. No...