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- Jameson, SK
I have t3's too.....it's the Jeffrey's I want....
Tikka T3
- Thread starter jdmoores
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I have t3's too.....it's the Jeffrey's I want....
Well, I have a 404 Jeffery on a P14 and in spite of being a tad heavy I love it.
It is the easiest rifle I have to make cloverleaf groups with regardless of bullet weights.
The first group I shot (after sight in) with my T3 9.3x62, 3 holes overlapping and 2 touching just above = 7/8" total, right out of the box with factory. The action picks up rounds out of mag so smooth sometimes I have open the action to see if a round is in there. The T3 is a fine looking rifle with nice lines not like the fugly turkey leg bolt on a savage
I have 3 Tikka's and may have to add a varmint and a Battue to the list. They are nice handling rifles and can be carried all day long. I bought a Savage, but just couldn't warm up to it. I'm slowly getting rid of my Remingtons, Rugers and Winchesters and will only have my levers and Scandanavians (Sako, Tikka, Husqvarna) by the time I'm done. Love those Scandanavians…..heck I married one that's half Norweigian.
Get the CTR with the TRG mags. Well constructed, solidly build 10 rnd mags. Don't talk about price.
Seeing as I am not fond of detachable magazines on centerfire rifles anyway, only under extreme duress would I even consider buying a $300.00 one, lol.
I have seen a number of these things get lost, and there would be plenty of crying if a magazine that costs so much disappeared.
Dave.
My wife did even better, she married a full blooded one
Love the Finnish and Swedish rifles. There are some Danish ones that are outstanding as well, Shultz & Larsen. Have a hankering for one, slick as snot with old school cut rifled barrels.
They made some high quality rifles in Norway some time ago, only customs are made there now.
Ahsan Ahmed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
IMHO, the Tikka T3, as an entry level rifle, almost consistently reflect the requirement of minimum quality standard that consumers would expect from such package. The fair price would've been what it was a few years ago.
Just last week, I had an opportunity to zero a new .308 T3 Hunter that a friend had recently acquired. He had brought along six different types of factory ammo in 5 different brands. The very first two brands we tried (both 150gr) shot like this @ 100 yards. One was cheap Winchester Power Point, the other Federal Vital Shok ballistic tips - we didn't bother with the rest.
Presently, there are eight Tikka rifles (array of .308, .270 and .30-06) among the guys I hunt with and all consistently perform the same (sub-MOA groups) in terms of accuracy. Personally, I use CZ550s and while they are very nice rifles, accuracy perspective, the Tikka will give each of those a run for their money any time of the day.
The M70 and M77 are rifles in an entirely different class (read superior end-to-end build quality) compared to the T3. However, one can't claim consistent out of the box accuracy with either of the brands mentioned. I no longer own Rugers but I still have the M70.
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- Steel Town
I would take a T3 over most rifles at any price point. The T3 barreled-actions are second to none. Triggers are great as are the super durable polymer mags. If you want a wood stock buy a Hunter model or spend more and buy a Sporter. This is 2016 the last I checked... there's nothing wrong with synthetic materials outside of beauty and uniqueness. Comparison to an Axis? Not even worth a response.
Plastic bolt shrouds are cracking on Tikkas. That's precisely why they replacing them with the metal ones on the new rifles. Bigger ejection port won't hurt for sure. Better quality plastic stock is needed as the old ones are rather slippery.
The bigger ejection port is a non-issue. My T3s are the best ejecting rifles I own, and it's trivial to pop in a single round. My M70, my Vanguard, my M77s, my X-bolts, my Kimber, my Sako, ejected brass hits the scope on all of them. Not on my T3s.
The plastic stock is what it is. If it's better for the same money, that's terrific. One virtue of the old one is its super stiff. That's rare in a Tupperware stock.
I think they switched to a pot metal/MIM bolt shroud because people bellyache about the plastic bolt shroud *way* more than is warranted. None of mine have cracked, and if they did, hey, gun still works, and stoeger will send me a new one.
They should have done a pot metal trigger guard too. The one on the Howa/Weatherbys doesn't get complained about, and it's literally dinky, as in "dinky car".
T3s are a good value because they are pretty much a sure thing. Order one, get one, it's exactly like all the others, works great, accurate, light and durable. No problems. It turns out that's worth something.
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- Jameson, SK
Changes to the rifle are effect of the feedback received by Tikka from the dealers/clients over all the years on the market. They are accomodating what people were asking for and addressing the shortcomings of the design basing on the broader experience of the end users.
Not only in the winter. It's just a flaw that luckily was already addressed by Tikka on the new rifles.
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- Jameson, SK
I'd say "appropriately", not "luckily"
Tikkas are far superior to the Savage Axis imho. They have consistent quality, accuracy, fit, finish and reliability. Every time I shoot my Battue I scratch my head wondering why I've paid 2-3 times more for other rifles.
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