Tikka - Teflon Coated Bolt

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Anyone have a Tikka with the Teflon coated bolt? Is there any significant benefit to this? Any drawbacks? I'm looking at upgrading from an older Sako and was just curious. Seems to me that the tikka actions are already butter, so what's the point of the Teflon. Also a part of me is concerned about long term wear.

So what's the consensus? Am I correct in assuming that the standard is pretty much adequate as is?

For what it's worth I noticed that a special addition t3x as well as a few other have it.
 
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I can't imagine why one would want to do this. It's already a very smooth-cycling action. Use a dry film lubricant like Hornady One-Shot (NOT the case lube!) and it'll be slick as anything and easy to reapply.
 
If you want the slickest possible T3 then grab the blued model over the SS. The bolt runs noticeably smoother and the Blued models seem more resistant to rust then whatever grade of SS that Sako uses in my experience of owning and fielding many examples of both.
 
Sun_and_Steel_77 said:
If you want the slickest possible T3 then grab the blued model over the SS. The bolt runs noticeably smoother and the Blued models seem more resistant to rust then whatever grade of SS that Sako uses in my experience of owning and fielding many examples of both.
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I agree, I 've had blued models and currently have a stainless and the blued steel is ever so slightly smoother IMO. But the stainless is still slick and the action overall cycles beautiful with no hint of binding or catching at all.

You really can't go wrong with the T3X rifles, the downsides are few (single action length with limited mag length, plastic trigger guard, plastic stock not as rigid as it could be) and are hugely outweighed by build quality, accuracy, weight, trigger quality, growing aftermarket support, etc.
 
That huge retailer that starts with a "C" and ends with an "S" has their special edition the OP was mentioning chambered in 6.5 PRC currently on sale for 1499$ with free shipping.
Fancy stock, single-set trigger, and comes with 2 mags.
I have two factory single-set triggers that I procured over the years and they are stunning.
When you see all the used T3's for sale on EE between 950-1100$ that special edition at the sale price is pretty decent for what you get.
 
I went to my local store a few days ago to see if they had that model on stock, which they didn't. However I did compare the feel of a few different actions and for me there was virtually no difference. The actions all felt very good though. I think it's best to buy the model that suits you, but not to worry about that specific feature too much.
 
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