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TIKKA UPR 308 Win
@ 06:03 am (GMT) |
Daniel SchindlerJust an older curmudgeon here sharing a personal story.A voracious reader and bonafide rifle aficionado for decades...over the last year, I've been steadily reducing my rifle inventory. Thanks to Nathan's unselfish and prudent guidance...and for all the good reasons...my general purpose cartridge is the .308 Win. As I have smaller hands than most, I prefer a tactical "type" stock, which provides a more comfortable and secure grip with my trigger hand. Hence the UPR with a 24" barrel. Typical of so many accurate .308's...with 150/155 gr bullets...the UPR is delivering sub .5 moa, 5 shot groups @ 100. MOA accuracy is holding as ranges increase. It's all-up weight of 8.5 lbs makes it very manageable. It carries its weight well. Presently getting ready to try 125 gr bullets for an upcoming Coyote hunt. If they don't deliver the same or better accuracy...will just go back to the 150's and be happy with that. I'm out to 450 yards with confidence, steadily improving as I go. I'm very much enjoying both the rifle and cartridge. Planning on it serving me well in the coming years. Thank you Nathan. |
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@ 12:20 pm (GMT) |
Kenneth JohnsonRe: TIKKA UPR 308 WinDaniel- your experience with the Tikka mirrors my own; only the cartridge of choice is somewhat different. Although I have two, my most favorite one is a 30/06 in “stainless” with a composite stock. It is the most consistently accurate rifle I own and the one I have the most confidence in when hunting. While I own several riles In which to hunt with, the Tikka is the last firearm I would part with in my collection. The only reason I chose the 30/06 over the .308 Win was due to the same length action to “house” both calibers in this brand and model. An animal hit with ether projectile of like weight would not know the difference in “lethality”. It’s only when bullet weight exceeds 180 grains that the longer case of the 30/06 shows any measurable advantage over its “shorter cousin”.BTW, my other Tikka is a “wood stocked” T3X in 6.5x55. Nathan’s “treatise”” on calibers has become my “go to” source of knowledge because of his verifiable documentation afield with the current available components for the various calibers. While there are no “magic” calibers, I do believe there are riles and equipment we own and use that we have confidence in; familiarity with their operation by “touch”; and seem to have in our hands when opportunity to “collect” game presents itself. Your .308 and my .30/06 are just such “jewels!” |
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@ 03:26 pm (GMT) |
Daniel SchindlerRe: TIKKA UPR 308 WinAgree with your comments Mr. Johnson. My primary reason for choosing the.308 was Nathan's endorsement of the cartridge.Unfortunately, the .30 cal 125 gr bullets for the Coyote hunt fell way short on the accuracy side of things. Found and added a very nice "used" .243 Win for the yote hunt. Thanks for your comments. |
@ 08:21 am (GMT) |
Robert McLeanRe: TIKKA UPR 308 Wininterested in knowing if that UPR stock comes prebedded. I can't seem to find complete info on that stock. Read something about it coming with aluminum bedding. |
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@ 10:18 am (GMT) |
Robert McLeanRe: TIKKA UPR 308 Winfinally found a video of the stock itself. Nope not bedded. |
@ 03:36 am (GMT) |
Connor HuntbachRe: TIKKA UPR 308 WinHi Kenneth, Iv been using the tikka upr in 6.5 creedmoor for a few years now and probably have about 1500 deer taken with this rifle now so feel like I can offer a decent review and opinion on this rifle. Please bear in mind I cull deer professionally so my rifle has had more stick than a lot of people would subject their rifles to! Initially I was a massive fan of the rifle, out of the box it gave phenomenal Accuracy with both factory ammunition and homeloads and for the first 12 months or so I was really happy with it, my only slight bugbear being a narrow forend which I would have preferred being slightly wider, but I knew this when I brought the rifle so I couldn’t complain. After 12 months accuracy started decreasing quite rapidly. I bore scoped the barrel and it looked fine, about how you would expect with 8-900 rounds down the pipe, but I do look after the bores of my rifles and clean them regularly. So next suspect was the bedding, I full length bedded it and accuracy was completely restored again, for about 6 months or so. When accuracy dropped off again I dropped the action out of the stock and that’s when I realised the fundamental issue with the upr stock. It’s formed out of two half’s that are then glued together long ways, and my stock was coming apart enough under the action to release its grip on the action and allow movement of the action in the stock, bedding temporarily cured this for 6 months until the movement between the two halves of the stock caused the bedding to start coming loose. I now have the rifle in a standard varmint plastic stock and have had no issues, I wish I had just have brought the varmint originally instead of trying to be flash and buy the upr! I have tried to contact tikka/sako about this as I thought they might appreciate the feedback but it seems that they arnt interested! Anyway, I hope that you get on better than me with your rifle, but just keep an eye on that stock! If you see a hairline crack starting to run out from under the tang of the action you can start to expect problems! All the best, Connor |
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