njc110381 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I'm thinking of selling my Tikka but not sure what t ask for it? I can't find another in this calibre to compare to and can't remember what it cost me?! It's the deluxe model and is pretty mint. I've not fired a load of rounds down it and it's extremely accurate. I also have a synthetic stock with it, loading kit and lots of brass although I may split it up for sale. I know they're popular and fairly hard to find and to be honest have no idea where to start? Has anyone seen one sell or got rid themselves recently to give me an idea? Usually it's easy but this one, not so much! I didn't ever want to sell this but I rarely use it. I've not shot a deer for months and have four deer rifles. It's the best gun I've got but it would be silly to sell one of the more regularly used ones just to keep this in the safe. I've bought some really expensive kit for work recently and could do with replenishing the savings a bit, but if I can't make sensible money on it I will keep it! What to do?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Sold my Laminate stainless for about £550 with optiloc stainless mounts 2yrs or so back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad93 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 595 action is very popular. It should command good money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soother223 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 595 action is very popular. It should command good money! yes i agree! been quite a bit of chat regarding that paticular calibre on SD over the last week ot 2 aswel!! sems very popular with the deer guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 As a calibre I love the 7-08. It's a nice round. I just can't keep them all and the others are keepers either because of what they are (my Sauer drilling is just too nice), or the lack of interest I would probably get from selling them (not many folk are after a .338 Win Mag around here!). Kent - thanks for that. It's good to get some market facts for a similar gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 7-08 or .308 it makes no difference to the deer, some want to try something different though expect they (the buyer) might need to get a variation rather than use a slot to buy this gun- this put many dealers off the more odd ball stuff as a stock item Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I must admit that when I bought it I wasn't looking for a 7-08. I wanted a 595/695 after using my mentor's gun and thinking it was so much better than my T3! This just happened to come up so I put in the variation and put down a deposit. I wish I could have even more kit but I'm getting to the point where I'm losing familiarity with each one. I guess there's only so much info your head can hold, and I think my shooting in general is suffering from having too many choices so I'm selling a couple of rifles to get back in tune with my remaining guns. That and I want some money to buy a 3 point linkage for my Unimog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I must admit that when I bought it I wasn't looking for a 7-08. I wanted a 595/695 after using my mentor's gun and thinking it was so much better than my T3! This just happened to come up so I put in the variation and put down a deposit. I wish I could have even more kit but I'm getting to the point where I'm losing familiarity with each one. I guess there's only so much info your head can hold, and I think my shooting in general is suffering from having too many choices so I'm selling a couple of rifles to get back in tune with my remaining guns. That and I want some money to buy a 3 point linkage for my Unimog! Ah, your being domesticated- happens to us all in the end! Best thing I did was stop trying new calibres and rifles, saves money and saves time deciding which to one take. Wish I could do that with the fishing gear as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Fishing kit is completely different. You have a genuine need for half a dozen rods, reels, poles etc to do the same job! I gave up serious fishing years ago. Watching fish in clear water looking at the bait, mulling over whether to take it. I decided it was much more Neil friendly for me to be able to pull the trigger at that point rather than allow the animal to make the decision. I was never great at fish trickery - It's a lot like trapping foxes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 What about when you start adding zeros to the end of that 1/2 dozen though? LOL! You wont regret downsizing gun numbers " beware the man with just one gun he probably knows how to use it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) When I only had my HMR and 6.5x55 I can honestly say I didn't miss a lot. Granted I shot a hell of a lot more often, but a year after I got my FAC I could head shoot a rabbit at getting on 100 yards free standing with a very good success rate. Not a chance of that happening now... I need to get down prone to do it, or at least shoot off of quad sticks! It's when I started adding to the collection that it all went wrong. Every trigger is slightly different, every trajectory varies to the next one... Having a lot of guns is plain daft. Long term I plan to keep my drilling, .338. .243, .17 Hornet and .22lr. Still a lot of guns, but I feel I genuinely need all of those. Apart from the .338 anyway, and that's not worth selling so it may as well stay for the next time I go abroad or need to sort out the mole population! Edited January 19, 2014 by njc110381 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Ooo! the .243 has won you over some now has it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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