# The OFFICIAL Gun Thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 1, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496 "2009-03-01T21:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 731
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496/731 "2011-10-09T20:06:53Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/1542): > > Don’t buy stuff right away because I want to show you what you can really use and benefit from w/o spending a shit ton on a crazy setup. > > I have a couple 308 caliber rifles here at my dads house. My dad also has a 22mag varmint that shoots near 3750fps…a seriously fast round. I wanted to get something a bit different, then my dad gave me that 1949 Saveage lever action .243. Apparently a very rare gun and I’m thinking I really don’t want to shoot it, but still want something chambered in 243 > > I want a heavy barrel in .243 for a few reasons. Looking at that Tikka at Zacks that day sparked some interest in the company. Didn’t realize they were a sub company of Sako(who make some EXCELLENT rifles). Sako makes a really nice fluted 243 bolt rifle, but I’ve read you can only put ~10 rounds through it before the accuracy strats to sway. > > Savaage makes a nice .243, the 12 LRP but I’m concerend with the high rate of twist and that high velocity of a round(9.25:1) The Tikka is 10:1 and people have said they’ve had varmint rounds in the ~65-70grain come apart due to the spin, but are fine with the heavier 95-115 grain rounds. Hornady makes a round for that caliber that I want to reload with to make a 1000yrd target rifle. > > I’ve got an email out to Berreta to see what they cane do to get a varmint in .243 in the country. The price of the gun is great, so I don’t mind paying a bit more to get the caliber I want. > > This is the rifle here > [http://www.tikka.fi/images/t3/varmint.jpg](http://www.tikka.fi/images/t3/varmint.jpg) One of the links I posted was a non-fluted Sako .243, I dunno if that’d be any different accuracy wise then the fluted. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496)._