r/canadaguns • u/Radio-Lonely • Jun 18 '26

Shooting First riffle

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After month of contemplating what riffle to get brand and calibure. I finally landed on the tikka tx3 308 win. And took about a week to finally track one down and I got it right away. So excited to get a scope and fire it for the first time. I was very torn on the 30-06 bc the stores in my area had more 30-06 selection over tge win but canadian tire had a huge selection of different types for the 308. But for a first deer riffle I think it was the better choice.

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u/Illustrious-Nail-360 Jun 18 '26

308 is cheaper if you want to do some target shooting and not break the bank. For a first gun this was probably the better of the 2 choices.

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Jun 18 '26

.308 is awesome really, I shoot out to 500 meters with mine on the regular for target and even just plinking from 100 to 300 meters bulk cheap 7.62 NATO is great

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u/Radio-Lonely Jun 18 '26

In my area the 308 win and 30-06 are the exact same price

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u/Illustrious-Nail-360 Jun 18 '26

For me i can get 308 as surplus ammo at about half the cost I can buy 30-06. Cheapist i can get 30-06 here is about 35$ before tax for 20.

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u/Radio-Lonely Jun 18 '26

Even bass pro has them same proces