Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Would anyone here take a new Rem Mountain SS over a Tikka T3x?

It pains me to say it but honestly I've seen so much junk from Remington in the past 5 years that I would get a tikka if i didnt want to monkey with anything. That being said...im a rifle looney so...


Id buy the rem, get a set of talley lw mounts, a timiney trigger and McM stock...id see how it shot and scope the bore...i may end up buying a new barrel

Anyone bothered by the 2 position safety on the Tikka T3x?

Not at all, it locks the bolt and the rifle doesn't fire as soon as you take it off safe.

It doesn't matter to me at all IF it locks the bolt. It's also nice if it doesn't fire w/o my help.

Jerry

Just shot two new Rem 700s. One was an sps 243 youth. First 2 five shot groups with 105 Hornady's both went under an inch. And the trigger is stiff as heck, so thinking I can get it perking better.

Other was an old stock XCR II in 7mm Remington. Only shot 1 group myself with that one and it put 3 rounds of PPU 140 grain factory stuff under an inch. Nice trigger actually on that one too.

I get lucky like this with Remingtons.

I have yet to own a T3x, but overall think Tikkas are the best rifles available for under $1,000. They are super accurate out of the box, reliable and feed much slicker than most 700s and for that matter most other rifles. I personally believe overall quality is better than Remingtons.

I don't like the small ejection port and hard, uncomfortable pad of the T3, but the T3x appears better in those regards.

On T3 anecdote: my 12 YO daughter, unknown to me pushed her T3 barrel first through the Namibian dirt on a crawling stalk, filling the entire barrel and packing the bolt face with sand. After explaining to her why not to do that, I mostly got the sand out of the barrel and used a knife to dig it mostly out of the boltface. She then shot a 3/4" group to test zero and killed a Springbok with it a few hours later.

What's wrong with the new triggers?

No. And I'm not overly fond of Tikkas, regardless of their obvious virtues.

+1

No way I would take a Remington over Tikka or for that matter, Savage, Ruger, Howa, Mossberg, and most other brands. Remington is now bargain basement quality at mid level prices. So sad.

I have both. Like both. I'd keep my 700 Mtn over my Tikka T3s. I like 700s.


My T3s shoot:



But so does my Mtn Rifle: