Tikka T3 varmint vs. Remington SPS varmint

[shadow]

Hi All,

Don't want to beat this to death but... I am looking to buy a left hand rifle for paper punching only. I am not interested in buying a rifle and then changing out the stock, trigger, etc., to get something that shoots. I can get my hands on either the Tikka or the remington in the caliber I want, 243winchester. One of the differences is the remington has a slightly faster twist rate (9 1/8) over the Tikka (10), so the remmy, in theory, should stabilize longer bullets like the 105 grain Amax. I handload so everything is possible.

So, for those who have real world experience with either rifle, I would love to hear from you.

Regards

Shadow

 

[StoneHorse]

If you intend to use bullets over 100 grains or VLD's in the .243 Win, you should have a barrel twist of 1-7" or 1-8". I have a Tikka 595 that is very accurate with bullets up to 100 gr spitzers (1-10 twist).

 

[jeepingpw]

I have both, the Tikka Tactical & A Rem SPS Varmit, both in .308 & a T3 Lite in .300WSM.

The Rem. stock is a POS! I find it to have too wide of a forearm.
Also it doesn't have a detachable mag.

The Tikka is great out of the box, but most guys that handload need to load it longer than spec because of the longer throat. This isn't a big deal if you are handfeeding one shot at a time.

I shoot Fed. factory out of both of mine & find them comparable in accuracy.


Why a .243?
I have mine in .308 (7.62 Nato) because I shoot them in "Sniper" class at military shoots.

Most guys out here that do long range shooting are going to the 6.5x55 Swede because of the exstreamly long bullets.

Check out the threads on "Summerland Long Range shooting" & "Mysticplayer" (he puts them on )
These guys are shooting out to 3000 Meters.


My 2cents, sorry for spelling

 

[Sakoboy]

I have the SPS Varmint in 243 and my g/f and I shoot coffee cans filled with sand out to 761 yds. The gun is stock with no mods except for the trigger. The ammo we shoot is Rem accutip 75gr and even with the crappy stock it sill shoots very well. Obviously it would hold tighter groups with a better stock and barrel. The SPS gives you a nice platform to build from if you should ever decide to swap out parts.

Just my .02