I'm contemplating rebarreling my T3 sporter with a 30" barrel. Has anyone run into issues hanging a long barrel out of a T3 action? From manufacturing logic, the tenons of the Sako's and Tikka's *should* all be similar, which would yield enough meat to support a long barrel, but just looking at the action just makes me say /hmmm/. Anyone have experience?
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Re: Tikka T3 Rebarrel integrity
The T3 action will handle it better than many actions out there. If you looked at a cutaway view of the T3, there's more strength there then say a Rem 700. A lot of that is the closed bridge. While I haven't seen any numbers or FEA, I consider them to be more stout than most other factory actions. Also the tenon is 1" long which is a nice feature.
We have a test T3 that we hung a pretty large barrel from, it was about 27" and about 1" at the muzzle, tapered from 1 1/8" or whatever it is at the breech end. It shot well.
Your biggest problem will be getting the factory barrel off, We've had to cut them all off, destroying the barrel. Good luck,
Justin
The T3 action will handle it better than many actions out there. If you looked at a cutaway view of the T3, there's more strength there then say a Rem 700. A lot of that is the closed bridge. While I haven't seen any numbers or FEA, I consider them to be more stout than most other factory actions. Also the tenon is 1" long which is a nice feature.
We have a test T3 that we hung a pretty large barrel from, it was about 27" and about 1" at the muzzle, tapered from 1 1/8" or whatever it is at the breech end. It shot well.
Your biggest problem will be getting the factory barrel off, We've had to cut them all off, destroying the barrel. Good luck,
Justin
Re: Tikka T3 Rebarrel integrity
Great to hear, thanks. Bummer that the barrels are tough to remove.
Really appreciate the info.
Great to hear, thanks. Bummer that the barrels are tough to remove.
Really appreciate the info.
