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Question about current Tikka models

MichaelEber

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Minuteman
Oct 9, 2007
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Moore, OK
My first bolt action was a Tikka T3. I bought it when it first came out ... so call it revision 0.
I loved everything about it except the barrel which began fat, got skinny, then bulged out again at the end of the barrel.
This strange shape to the barrel made it tend to flex in the thin area and shoot to the right. My son handled it better putting 4 shots in one hole. But I could not adapt.

So with the current Tikka's are the barrels now standard profiles or still with that wonky design?
 
Which Tikka T3? Theyre called the T3x now, all the barrels ive seen so far are either their lightweight contour, which just goes from thick to thin, and the CTRs which is thicker, going from thick to thin with a straighter-looking taper.