Remington 700 or Tikka T3x?
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Since you live up there, have you ever seen problems with laminate stocks before in the cold?
Lets not assume the tikka was chosen for any reason other than $$$
Its a hefty retail price for you and me but I bet tikka just won the bid.
Wouldnt be the first time government found a deal on something that turned out to be a boondoggle. Pretty sure they have winter in finnland.
I havent seen one in the flesh but until they started failing, it was the only tikka I would have considered owning.
Isnt it just a gunsite scout anyway??
Its a hefty retail price for you and me but I bet tikka just won the bid.
Wouldnt be the first time government found a deal on something that turned out to be a boondoggle. Pretty sure they have winter in finnland.
I havent seen one in the flesh but until they started failing, it was the only tikka I would have considered owning.
Isnt it just a gunsite scout anyway??
Well I heard that during the trials it was a .308 version of the Steyr Scout vs the Tikka and most testers picked the Scout but rumours said that the Rangers wanted a wooden stock and also Steyr didn’t want Canada to acquire the blueprints so that Colt Canada could be manufacturing it locally.
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Buy a Tikka. Put it in an MDT chassis if you don’t like the stock. You’ll be happy!
My son has Tikka T3X varmint and I have a Bergara B14 (REM 700 clone) They both have their positives and negatives.
Length of the tikka action is silly for a 223. It’s smooth because bolt is loose. Had to adjust the trigger to 2.5 lbs where the Bergara was already a 2.5 Lbs from factory. Magazines are silly priced and only single stacked. Easy to install AICS bottom metal in Rem700 and have many sizes and styles of mags to choose from. Tikka isn’t fussy about ammo and shoots lights out. Too bad our federal government wouldn’t be in favour of CDN manufactured firearms.
Length of the tikka action is silly for a 223. It’s smooth because bolt is loose. Had to adjust the trigger to 2.5 lbs where the Bergara was already a 2.5 Lbs from factory. Magazines are silly priced and only single stacked. Easy to install AICS bottom metal in Rem700 and have many sizes and styles of mags to choose from. Tikka isn’t fussy about ammo and shoots lights out. Too bad our federal government wouldn’t be in favour of CDN manufactured firearms.
I was looking at them about 6 yrs or so ago, buy a Rem, blueprint it, change the trigger out, take my chances on the barrel at first, put a chassis on it. I couldn't justify the work needed there compared to a Tikka. Maybe change the stock for a chassis, good trigger, good action, great odds on a good bbl. Throw a YoDave trigger spring in it. Done.
At this point in time, the ACE Target would probably be my first choice, or buy a Varmint and put stock of choice on it. Even with a clone 700 action, still need a trigger for it, and a bbl and a stock, and that can hit 4K+ in a hurry, is it really any better?
I've noticed with Bergara, have had some bbl issues, lots of firing pin hole issues, may want a trigger upgrade on some models. Howa has some nice stuff, but, very few accessories overall. Still can't say anything good about Ruger, other than they've improved on the barrels, and there is a reason they're cheaper. Few nice guns out of the US, but, prohibitively priced these days, if our dollar was better, they could be more interesting in some respects.
At this point in time, the ACE Target would probably be my first choice, or buy a Varmint and put stock of choice on it. Even with a clone 700 action, still need a trigger for it, and a bbl and a stock, and that can hit 4K+ in a hurry, is it really any better?
I've noticed with Bergara, have had some bbl issues, lots of firing pin hole issues, may want a trigger upgrade on some models. Howa has some nice stuff, but, very few accessories overall. Still can't say anything good about Ruger, other than they've improved on the barrels, and there is a reason they're cheaper. Few nice guns out of the US, but, prohibitively priced these days, if our dollar was better, they could be more interesting in some respects.
Even if it's not "best value", building a rifle from components, and or having a gunsmith chamber a barrel is something that some of us simply enjoy doing. I even bought my own lathe, and all the ancillaries to chamber a couple of different cartridges, just for the joy of doing it. Clearly not cost effective to buy a reamer, pilot bushing sets, other tools I have forgotten that go together with the job, measuring tools, etc, but, I wanted to do it.
