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Well now that I am home from my 2nd year apprentice schooling I thought Id throw up a couple pics of my new toy! Putting together a lighter rifle for next years sheep hunt. Picked up a Tikka T3 Lite in 7mm rem mag stainless. So far I have had the stock Hydro dipped on it. The next step is Talley Rings, and a Zeiss Conquest scope since the wife said not to cheap out on optics.. Cant argue that!

I also plan on putting a limb saver pad on her, and possibly a muzzle break.


 
I like the dip job. As my 12 year old son would say, "It's totally sick!". How do you find the 7mm for recoil in that platform?
 
Slooshark1 said:
I like the dip job. As my 12 year old son would say, "It's totally sick!". How do you find the 7mm for recoil in that platform?
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Thanks man... I havent even got to shoot it yet.. Still waiting to get the optics and everything set up.. But when I do Ill let ya know.
 
Recoil is a relative thing, but I've shot that exact rifle in 7RM in stock form and with a limbsaver and I would say that with a limbsaver you shouldn't need a brake if recoil doesn't bother you too much. The factory pad is pretty hard and they are a little lively, but a limbsaver does wonders. I'm all for brakes on target rifles, but on hunting rifles they add a few complications such as added weight and length and the fact that you pretty much have to have hearing protection in if you don't want to hear ringing for the next week.
You may know all of this already and if a brake suits your needs then go nuts!

T3's are great rifles and I very much wish I didn't trade mine away.
 
This is my special built sheep and goat rifle..........



It is a Rem 700 Ti in 300 WSM with a PT&G speedlock and aluminum bolt shroud and a Brown Precision 15 oz Kevlar stock.
Although Zeiss Conquest is good glass I would personally go with a Leupold 3-9 compact as it is several ounces lighter and as good a piece of glass as the conquest. It is also my experience that sheep hunting is more a sniper game so field of view is irrelevant and 9 power has always been enough to shoot to 600 mtrs.........all up weight is 5 lbs 15 oz with scope sling and ammo........note no brake !!!!
 
c-fbmi said:
This is my special built sheep and goat rifle..........



It is a Rem 700 Ti in 300 WSM with a PT&G speedlock and aluminum bolt shroud and a Brown Precision 15 oz Kevlar stock.
Although Zeiss Conquest is good glass I would personally go with a Leupold 3-9 compact as it is several ounces lighter and as good a piece of glass as the conquest. It is also my experience that sheep hunting is more a sniper game so field of view is irrelevant and 9 power has always been enough to shoot to 600 mtrs.........all up weight is 5 lbs 15 oz with scope sling and ammo........note no brake !!!!
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I can't say I've looked through a leupold compact, but the zeiss conquest is certainly a lot brighter to my eyes than the leupold VX 2 or 3. I used to buy all leupold scopes, I'm now changing to the zeiss for everything that I can afford to. Certainly correct with the weight factor, and I'm sure everyone sees scopes differently, but at last light I love the zeiss for crisp clarity.
 
BigBraz15 said:
I can't say I've looked through a leupold compact, but the zeiss conquest is certainly a lot brighter to my eyes than the leupold VX 2 or 3. I used to buy all leupold scopes, I'm now changing to the zeiss for everything that I can afford to. Certainly correct with the weight factor, and I'm sure everyone sees scopes differently, but at last light I love the zeiss for crisp clarity.
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I'm not overly concerned with scope brightness for sheep hunting as I'm on top of the rocks and there seems to always be plenty of light. Been party to the harvesting of more than 30 mountain sheep and don't ever recall needing a brighter scope than a basic Leupold, but several times wished for a rifle and pack that weighed much, much less..........The Zeiss Conquest is a little brighter than some Leups but weighs 1/4 - 1/2 lb more..........to me this excess weight is unacceptable. The Leups while being a tad darker are still a tough, well respected non-fogging scope and work just fine on my sheep and goat rifles, while weighing several ounces less. I'm not a big fan of the Conquest lineup but do own several Victory Diavaris..........the real Zeiss. They are also just too heavy for a dedicated mountain/back pack rifle. They reside on rifles that get driven around, flown in and when off to places like Africa, or Mongolia, or Tajikistan.............

My goal in building this rifle was to have an adequate caliber/cartridge on a short action and have an overall package under 6 lbs. I was willing to compromise the quality of optics a little to achieve this goal. Not that a Leupold is really much of a compromise but the compact is not as bright nor as wide a F.O.V. but is the lightest 9 power scope on the market and is quite petite, and it does serve the purpose very well.
 
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c-fbmi said:
They reside on rifles that get driven around, flown in and when off to places like Africa, or Mongolia, or Tajikistan.............
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You "name-dropper" you....



I'm with you... I have never encountered a lighting situation in the field that could not be handled easily by any of the VX-2 or VX-3 hunting range scopes.... maybe at last light with a high range scope cranked to 18X... but I wouldn't have that on a biggame rifle.
 
c-fbmi said:
I'm not overly concerned with scope brightness for sheep hunting as I'm on top of the rocks and there seems to always be plenty of light. Been party to the harvesting of more than 30 mountain sheep and don't ever recall needing a brighter scope than a basic Leupold, but several times wished for a rifle and pack that weighed much, much less..........The Zeiss Conquest is a little brighter than some Leups but weighs 1/4 - 1/2 lb more..........to me this excess weight is unacceptable. The Leups while being a tad darker are still a tough, well respected non-fogging scope and work just fine on my sheep and goat rifles, while weighing several ounces less. I'm not a big fan of the Conquest lineup but do own several Victory Diavaris..........the real Zeiss. They are also just too heavy for a dedicated mountain/back pack rifle. They reside on rifles that get driven around, flown in and when off to places like Africa, or Mongolia, or Tajikistan.............

My goal in building this rifle was to have an adequate caliber/cartridge on a short action and have an overall package under 6 lbs. I was willing to compromise the quality of optics a little to achieve this goal. Not that a Leupold is really much of a compromise but the compact is not as bright nor as wide a F.O.V. but is the lightest 9 power scope on the market and is quite petite, and it does serve the purpose very well.
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Fair enough! I certainly agree with that thinking! We spend a lot of time on the praries and the timber, some of the timber gets pretty dark rather early. Although, if you take that shot at last light it normally leads to a long night in the bush.
 
The formula for determining light exiting to the pupil remains the same - Objective divided by power.
The eye can only receive 7 mm of light so the "my scope is brighter than your scope" argument should be viewed in side by side comparisons.
SESS - Same Eye Same Situation.
 
remington jim said:
Hey Doug any reason you would not use the SWAROVSKI Z3 ? the 3-10 x 42 is only 12.7 oz's - i have it and Leo VX 3's i think it's better - :d BUT jmo RJ
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Not familiar with the Swarovskys RJ..........they screwed a friend of mine around many years ago and refused to warranty his brand new scope. I swore then I would never, ever buy a Swarovsky product and I haven't, so I can not comment on that scope in comparison to my Diavaris and Leups.
 
Bartledan... Claude is a great guy there.. You cant even tell there is a seam as he puts it along the bottom of the stock but its super hard to spot.. I plan on sending him some of my motorcycle parts to get done!
 
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