r/canadaguns • u/Wolvie101079 • May 28 '26

Feets / Collection / My build My first

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My first rifle after some add on's, Tikka T3 in 30-06, Nikon Monarch scope, Boyd Stock.

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u/Altruistic_Split9447 May 28 '26

Any reason you went with 30-06 as your first gun?

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u/Top_Importance6216 May 28 '26

why not

i went with a 12ga.

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u/Altruistic_Split9447 May 28 '26

Well the cost of ammo and recoil

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u/Top_Importance6216 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

cant a beefy boy have disposable income in this world 😿

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u/Icy6521 May 28 '26

You ever heard of hunting?

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u/Wolvie101079 May 28 '26

First time out hunting, guy i was out with let me use and old Winchester pump action 30-06. So when I went to buy one. I went with what I knew, now my main hunter is a 6.5creedmoor, I love it never miss, and drops everything so far, 2 deer and a moose last season.

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u/Relevant_Diver_3228 May 28 '26

Good to hear the 6.5 has been good to you i got one too and fudds at the range tell me it won't drop a moose lol 

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u/Wolvie101079 May 28 '26

Fuck ya it will , but it means you just need to know how to aim, lol.🤣

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u/Standard_Custard2338 May 28 '26

Fantastic cartridge. You can get any game in North America with it. Enormous selection of bullets. Not much recoil and perhaps one of the best things, you can buy ammo at pretty much any store that sells ammo no matter how far out of the city you are.