Upgraded Tikkas

[slick]

Recently upgraded Tikka: Manners, Hells Canyon Armory barrel, Yo Dave trigger spring. First time posting a pic, hopefully it works!

What caliber? Nice stick

 

[eamyrick]

accraig87: Did the Manners require bedding/fitting?

 

[ahcraig87]

Slick- Thanks! it's a 6.5 hipster

eamyrick- No it didn't require any fitting. However, I live about 2 minutes from Manners so I took it in to double check it was going to fit properly and they bedded it for free. They were great to work with.

 

[FURMAN]

If you want to actually get what you are paying for with any $600 stock it needs to be bedded period.

 

[452b264]

I have had three B&C stocks, on two of them the aluminum bedding block was far from straight/flat, they also will have of side/side movement. Any good gunsmith will tell you they all need to be bedded.

I have a Greyboe Terrain stock and have no complaints, they come with pillars and I had it glass bedded.

 

[wyo]

Following. Some great looking rifles in here!

 

[Treeline hunter]

I looked hard at all the factory rifles out there trying to figure out a lighter weight solution for backpack hunting - mostly Coues, mule deer and elk. The Tikka floated to the top when considering the magnum calibers for weight, consistent accuracy, and cost.

Bought a Tikka T3 Superlite in 7mm RM before they changed them up to the T3X. Mounted a Leupold VX3 4.5-14 in Talley lightweight rings and the combination came in at 7.5 pounds.

First time to the range blew me away with the rifle shooting 154 and 162 grain SST loads that I worked up for my old Remington 700 7mm into under 1/2 MOA for 5-shot strings.

I was very impressed. Particularly since the Tikka is over a pound lighter than the Remington out of the gate. The felt recoil was significantly more than that Remington though so I added a Limb Saver pad. Recoil was still pretty snappy. I decided to add a muzzle break but did not want to add 2 inches to the overall length so I had my gunsmith cut off 2” of barrel, recrown and thread for an in-line break.

Group sizes are still running 1/2 MOA and much nicer to shoot at the bench. Lost a little velocity - around 80-100 FPS with those loads but still running over 2,900 FPS with the 162’s. The overall length with a 24” barrel is much nicer to handle than other rifles with 26” barrels.

Gave the rifle a rattle can camo job that cost about $3 in paint and can be touched up as necessary. Haven’t figured out how to post pictures here.

 

[Jon Boy]

Recently upgraded Tikka: Manners, Hells Canyon Armory barrel, Yo Dave trigger spring. First time posting a pic, hopefully it works!

Great looking gun. What are the specs on bbl length, brake, and weight? And of course how does it shoot?