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I have tried almost every available factory load in my Tikka .204, the best so far is the 39grain Blitz king, the worst is the 40 grain Hornady. I see now there is a 45 grain Berger, is it available in a factory load? More importantly, from what I understand the 40 grain Hornady did not like my gun ...

I use an aerator from a minow bucket, a new one of course.
They come with a foot or so of rubber hose that slides nicely in to the chamber, the diaphram pump creates no moisture and very little noise.

Very cool! Nice shooting!
You guys sure have some beautiful landscape around there.

I think my position on the reloading is a bit different than most. The main reason I do not want to reload is because I am way too anal about variables. Case weights, humidity of powder storage, whether a box of primers was shaken more than another, if leaving the lid off the powder one night is goi...

Pydpiper: How do you like the Tikka? How does it shoot? I love the rifle! It has proven it's self to be an outstanding shooter. It took a lot of time and money to find which factory ammo it likes, but once it settled in on one I can not imagine a reason to reload for it. Mine is chambered in a .204...

That was fun! The .204 certainly didn't let me down, I had a great success ratio on the little things.. My favorite shot was 300 yards right on the nose, rolled one over eating dandelions, when I got to him all 4 feet were standing straight up and the dandelion was still in his mouth. I also, for th...

Thanks for the tips guys! Well, all except for the one about putting my camo in manure.. :chin: I will be bringing my Tikka .204, and a couple hundred rounds of 39Grain BK's. Only a day or two to go, and I am pretty excited! I have been seeing a lot of coyotes here lately but we are smack in the mid...

I am heading out in a couple weeks with a deer hunting buddy, we bow hunt together. He has invited me to join him on a 2 day groundhog shoot on some farms near Varney Ontario. Here is the thing, I have a great rifle for the job due to my predator hunting addiction, but thats about the extent of my p...

Could there possibly be a better way to spend family time? I doubt it!
Glad to hear you guys had fun!

Great shooting, congratulations!

I can not comment on the US importation stuff, I reside in Canada.
I a have not had any extraction issues either, in the beginning the magazine refused to load up a second round, it only did that twice in the first ten rounds, never again. Likely user error.

I am thinking of getting my son a HM2, I have a HMR and love it for what it is.
The report of the HM2, much different than the HMR?

I do. I have the T3 Varmint, stainless. I love the gun, without going custom it seemed to be the most reliable rifle I could find, I did a whole lot of reading before I took the plunge. It is a daily shooter for me, I do wildlife/predator control for a living and always have the rifle with me. It sh...

For all my scope caps I apply a very thin layer of Nyogel to the threads, it makes the run very smooth and keeps them water tight. I originally bought the stuff to use on the threads of my high end flashlights and have had great success, I would recommend it for any aluminum to aluminum contact. htt...

What is it about the caps that you don't like Joe?