New member from Texas!

[amu_shooter]

Welcome to LRH!! Best of the Best reside here.

 

[Berrnard]

yo

 

[mists]

welcome

 

[Old Rooster]

Welcome friend

 

[Chilidawg]

Hello From TX. Would like to thank Ken Backus for the warm welcome and info. I joined up to ask a few specific questions. I have read many threads on this forum and others and watched a lot of yt videos but still not able to answer my questions. I will start a different thread for that.
Have been hurting for many years. Rifle and bow. My first gun purchase was a Marlin Glenfield 30 GT 30-30 with a straight stock and 18" barrel. Still have it and still hunt with it. Over the years I learned I am left eye dominate. That didn't matter with my 30GT. I hunt in East TX and out in West TX. Except on my last hunting trip out west I finally realized I need a rifle that can reach out to 3 or 400 yards. My 30GT has been good to me, it's a tact driver. When my oldest daughter started hunting I bought her a Marlin XS7 in 7mm08. Then when her sister started hunting she got a Weatherby Vanguard Camilla in 7mm08. When I got back from the ranch I started my search for a new deer rifle for me. I had only 3 requirements. It had to be left-handed, 7mm08 Remington and the bolt action needed to be smooth as butter. Can you guess?... A Tikka T3x Hunter with a walnut stock and 22.4" barrel is headed for some west TX hunting. The glass is a leupold VX5 HD 3-15x44 CDS-ZL2 30mm. Fire dot. There is a reason all 3 of our rifles are the same caliber. And that is also the reason for me to join this great forum to ask a few questions and learn from the best.
TIA.

Welcome from the neighbor state of New Mexico.

 

[30-GT]

Welcome from Tennessee. Are you right handed and left eye dominant? I've struggled with this myself. The 7mm08 is a fine chambering and should serve you well.

I am some what ambidextrous. When I was little, some old Methodist lady's were teaching me how to write. They didn't like me writing with my left hand. Forced me to use my right. I grew up using my right hand to eat,write, throw and golf. But if I ever picked up a fishing pole, rifle or bow it going to be left handed. I was pretty good at golf, shot par a few times but I struggled with putting. Not realizing it at the time I think being left eye dominant and putting rt handed was the culprit. But the issue really showed up with a bow and arrow. There was no way I could use a rt handed bow. This left handed bolt action Tikka is the first LH rifle I've ever had. It's been a long time coming. I am excited.

 

[LVJ76]

Welcome from southern AZ, and a huge 7mm-08 fan, you could actually say I am married to this cartridge lol.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Welcome from the Houston area.

 

[30-GT]

Thanks for all the welcomes!!

 

[Dunderhead]

Welcome from WI!

 

[Peddler 76]

Welcome from upstate New York, the Southeast corner of Lake Ontario.

 

[neat57]

Welcome from southeast Texas!!