Excited to try the bergers in it! Have heard great things. Just can’t find anything in stock for a while.
Excited to try the bergers in it! Have heard great things. Just can’t find anything in stock for a while.
20 thou off the lands with the classics and 68.5 of Reloder 26. Does about 2950-2975 and stupid accuracy.
Nice! I am yet to reload but may have a buddy spin me up some. I have the brass. I’ll save this for when i can get my hands on primers and powder.
I bought this thing in February and never shot it. I tried a stock and chassis and 2 different scopes but never got ambitious enough to shoot it. It was back in the factory stock waiting for me to get ambitious enough to sell it. My can cleared and I realized this was the only “deer rifle” in my safe that I could use it on. So Thursday night I mounted up an old Leupold in some parts box rings and threw together some middle of the road 140gr ELDM with some RL22 I had laying around. Saturday I shot it....It’s an absolute hammer! Sub half MOA at 100 and 200 and consistent hits at 500 on a c zone using Kentucky windage with a 9X duplex.
I can’t believe I let this thing sit in the safe that long!
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As usual the old faithful 270 Superlite drove tacks as well. It gets your attention after shooting the other rifle.
Does anyone know if you can get the Manners Compact Stock custom ordered for a Tikka? It is not an option on the web site. Would much rather go that way vs a boyds at one for a youth hunting rifle set up I am looking into.
Follow-up on my 20 VarTarg Tikka. Barrel arrived from Preferred Barrel Blanks, and really looks nice! Great fit and finish, chambered for 20 VarTarg with a .235” neck, which the loaded rounds measure .232” before firing. Add this rifle to the list, I have now popped off 4 Tikka factory barrels and 2 Sako TRG barrels with a Brownells universal action wrench. Three whacks with a hammer and the wrench broke the action loose.
Fitted up the new barrel, torque to 100 ft/lbs with SAC action wrench. Trip to the range the next day. Turns out the 20VT barrel is pretty accurate. Detailed load development to follow. Best news is the 20VT feeds great out of the modified CZ527 magazines. If I run the bolt briskly, they feed and eject properly. If I run the bolt slowly, the cases nose dive out of the magazine, because the distance from the feed lips to the chamber is too far for the short VT cartridge.
I’m calling the 20 VarTarg experiment on the 223 Tikka a success!
My two current Work in Progress rifles
T3x Varmint, 6.5creedmoor
KRG Bravo Chasis
T3 Lite, 300wsm
KRG Bravo Chasis
Bolt fluted by LRI
T3x Varmint, 6.5creedmoor
KRG Bravo Chasis
T3 Lite, 300wsm
KRG Bravo Chasis
Bolt fluted by LRI
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They made a handful of Tikka compact stocks, but I don't think they will again. Call and bug them. If another run does happen, I'd like one.
I think manners did the same with the eh1 as well cause they wouldn’t make me one any longer when I asked. Said the tikka tang required them to build up the back of the inlet.
I do hope they someday make a tikka eh1 again. Especially with the mini chassis. I’d be moving some hunting rifles over from mcmillan.
I do hope they someday make a tikka eh1 again. Especially with the mini chassis. I’d be moving some hunting rifles over from mcmillan.
Yep, I had one of those EH1s. The tang was indeed built up. Manners required the stock to the painted, not an exposed fiber finish.
I think we are in the same boat, and looks like the LH TAC 1 is about the best bang for the buck for us that were blessed
I know there's a stickied thread, but I'm away from home, and I can't measure. I have a T3X which I'm going to drop in a KRG Bravo, with a 20MOA Area419 base. What size rings should I be looking at with an Ares ETR (56mm objective lens, I believe the total diameter is 61mm)
I think low might work but probably not with caps.. I would go 1” or higher. Mine fit with .9 or 1” vortex rings with the Ctr barrel but not M24 contour (well the caps would not fit).
I tried .92" 34mm PMR rings on a CTR with factory barrel and factory 0 MOA rail and my Midas Tac 5-25 56mm objective hit the barrel. They were too low. I'm now using 1.26" PMR rings and it gives me plenty of room for future scope caps even after rebarreling with a 1" bull barrel.
@BigTimeMediocrity i think @MC56 is correct here due to the TAC being shorter than the ETR. I would go with 1” or 1.1”. If you have adjustable cheek piece then going to 1.5” will not hurt.
How different is the SMK from the TMK? My 223 shoots 77 SMK bullets so accurate it's scary. I'm kinda curious about trying to take a deer with that rifle but not 100% sure. Having a 6.5CM and a 308, I rarely grab the 223.
These two rifles look beautiful, great for taking on a hunt for sure.
I'm really interested in the suppressed rifle, curious what that color green is called.
I have not heard good about the normal smk when it comes to terminal performance . I was initially very put off about shooting deer with my 223, but read how well the 77 tmk worked. When this season rolled around and my main rifle still being at the builder due to a bad barrel on the first go, I was stuck with 223 or carrying my match rifle. My tikka shot the 77 smk pretty well, but shoots the tmk even better. The tmk has a great BC as well. Only problem is you will likely need to reload for it, and some extra mag space is nice for it as well.
After hunting with the 77tmk I have no worries. I’ll be carrying it this weekend for the WI gun deer season. After seeing what they did on a decent sized deer at 250 yards, going through about 15” of deer, and leaving a wound larger than any deer Iv ever shot with a bonded or mono bullet, I’m willing to keep shooting them. Also punched through a shoulder of a doe at 280.
Kind of a kick in the balls paying 30 cents a bullet but oh well
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i actually want this for a hunting application. even if the tac could be fit into an aftermarket hunting stock, that's getting pretty spendy at that point. t3x + threaded for can or brake + comb = perfect for me...
I don’t know? It’s the dark green Krylon camo paint. I just threw that on there because the factory stock was so damn slippery! The whole thing was set up in a rush.
But it turns out it shoots so well that I robbed a scope off another rifle to have it upgraded before this Saturday.
Zeroed, Chono-ed, and confirmed @ 100, 200, 307, and 660. I continue to be impressed how little 140gr ELD-Ms are affected by wind. Love the LHT on a hunting rifle.
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I have shot some coyotes with the IMI 77gr Razor Core (77gr SMK) out of my 18" AR. They are devastating on them and not fur friendly. Hit one facing me at 225 and it left a hole in his hip the size of my fist. Hit another at 175 in the neck broadside (could only see his head and neck) and had the same results. I wouldn't hesitate to shoot a big Kansas deer with them at 200 or more.
140gr ELDM with RL22
4rds @ 307
5rds @ 660(bananas wind but vertical looks good). Super happy for a factory rifle I bought used for $500(Supposedly unfired)
4rds @ 307
5rds @ 660(bananas wind but vertical looks good). Super happy for a factory rifle I bought used for $500(Supposedly unfired)
Are you the guy that bought that thing off of eBay? I was eyeballing one last week.
There is absolutely nothing practical about this rifle but man is it a dream to shoot - 6BR
Does anyone have a Tikka .223 in a J Allen chassis?
What magazine are you using? What problems may have occured?
I have a J Allen chassis laying around for a Tikka. I ordered one for rem700 platform but could only get one for Tikka after they went out of business. It was either that or lose my money. Anyway, I thought it was about time to put that chassis to use. Just got to see what works best.
What magazine are you using? What problems may have occured?
I have a J Allen chassis laying around for a Tikka. I ordered one for rem700 platform but could only get one for Tikka after they went out of business. It was either that or lose my money. Anyway, I thought it was about time to put that chassis to use. Just got to see what works best.
Ok I give up, sorry to keep asking dumb questions. I've been searching for the last three days but ended up with more questions than answers.
I ordered my scope so thats my start. Now I need to figure out witch rifle to get.
I have a few questions about this rifle here https://www.eurooptic.com/JRTXE316-Tikka-Tikka-T3x-Lite-308-Win-SYN-224--barrel-MPN-JR.aspx
1. Can I just put a picatinny rail on top and mount my scope?
2. Is there 10 round mags available for it and witch ones are they? Is it the ctr mags?
3. If I get the urge will it fit in the MDT ACC chassis and use their mags?
4. Does anyplace still sell that rifle?
I ordered my scope so thats my start. Now I need to figure out witch rifle to get.
I have a few questions about this rifle here https://www.eurooptic.com/JRTXE316-Tikka-Tikka-T3x-Lite-308-Win-SYN-224--barrel-MPN-JR.aspx
1. Can I just put a picatinny rail on top and mount my scope?
2. Is there 10 round mags available for it and witch ones are they? Is it the ctr mags?
3. If I get the urge will it fit in the MDT ACC chassis and use their mags?
4. Does anyplace still sell that rifle?
I will answer what I can.
1. yes
2. Not that I know of. You can get 5 round mags for it though. CTR mags wont work unless you put it in a CTR stock and use CTR bottom metal.
3. Yes it will fit in a MDT chassis and there mags should work
4. Not sure
Prometheus arms build
22” heavy Palma barrel.
Everybody that shoots it falls in love with it
22” heavy Palma barrel.
Everybody that shoots it falls in love with it
What is the painter's tape for on the eyepiece end of the scope?
Tikka T3x Lite in 6.5CM dropped into a KRG X-Ray as my deer gun. Hoping to change the optic for next season (thinking NX8 2.5-20) and eventually having the barrel changed to a 18" CF barrel. Currently weighs in around 10.5lbs.
You can take a round file and put the slot in the bravo yourself.
I really like it. Feels just like my Whiskey 3 but at a pound lighter. Lose the folding mechanism and the toolless adjustable lop, but for a a hunting set up that I'm not crawling up a mountain with, it's been perfect so far.
No deer died on opening day. But I did get to spend some time watching this guy.
Side note: I really like the Razor LHT. Clicks are positive and repeatable. Glass is super clear for the money. Lockable at maximum point blank range.
Side note: I really like the Razor LHT. Clicks are positive and repeatable. Glass is super clear for the money. Lockable at maximum point blank range.
Don’t think the t3 will sit into a ctr stock without modification. There is a spot on the bottom of the t3 action that needs to be machined to fit a ctr stock. Think all of the t3x’s come with the action machined like the ctr, but not the original t3.