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Nice shooting there, BSA! Your pre-64 will definitely hang with the BRNO.

Eric

I have one of each and both shoot 1/2 MOA. Tikka is an 06 and has a good little punch at 7lbs. M70 is a 270 at almost 9lbs. Either will shoot fine and it boils down to whatcha like. I'd prefer to dump them both for a 280 Faux, but they've got some sentimental value.

Either way, 1/2 of the folks on this thread will agree with whatever you buy.

but you MUST buy SOMETHING!

Pm me first if you dump the .30-06.



P

The red shroud strikes again....

My Tikka T3 Lite Stainless, using a 2.5-10x24 compact Nightforce

shoots 3 shot groups like this:



That is with Sierra GameKings, Not MatchKings.

Light, accurate, smooth action, awesome trigger. It has become a favorite.

Took my T3 25-06 out for the first time today. Grabbed a few 110NAB loads I had loaded for another rifle just to sight in a shoot a group. This was my very first 3 shot group out of this rifle. When I bought it, it was supposedly unfired.




That's a nickel in the shot. My T3 22-250 shot even better with the first load I ever tried in it. Not a very difficult load workup process for Tikka's!

Winchester Customer Service recently informed me that, beginning in 2013, FN moved Model 70 assembly to Portugal using components produced in Belgium.

I had bought a model 70 LH in 30-06 for my daughter, and out of the box with a 50 pound trigger pull, it would shoot a little over an inch with hunting grade bullets. I thought it was okay. It looked nice, but a tad heavy for a 115 pound girl.

I gave it to my son in law, and he shot it pretty well after he adjusted the trigger a bit, and then shot it real well once he put a Rifle Basics (I think)trigger into it. He's killed some deer with it.

He tried my T3 6.5 Swede, and went an bought aa T3 Varmint in 243 Win. That thing is a tack driver!

Bottom line the edge in accuracy goes to the Tikka, but not by much. The Winchester is a much better looking rifle.

I have seven Model 70s and two Tikka T3s. In my view, the 70s are rifles and the T3s are guns; they both serve my purposes damn well. CP.

I have been considering a .243 caliber Model 70 Extreme Weather SS or T3 Lite SS. The M70 has a better stock than the T3 Lite SS, but is a tad heavier and about $200. more expensive. Since accuracy with factory ammo is important to me, I am leaning toward the Tikka.

Was your M70 made in Europe (it should be marked as such if it was)? I am wondering how the European made M70 quality and accuracy compare to the US made guns?

Thank you.

Dan

Yep. make mine an EW s/a 7-08 or .243 win.

Don't know if it was European, but I think not. It is old enough to have been made in the USA, I think. Pretty rifle. Doesn't shoot as consistently small groups as the Tikkas I have .

I think that everyone should only shoot what I like and nothing else.....good god sometimes this forum is such a riot!

The correct answer after nearly eight pages of argument and pissing contest is get what suits you. For myself personally I have both because in my diversity and open-mindedness I appreciate the differing aspect's of each rifle. The tikka goes on the steep brushy hunts that tend to destroy the artistry of a fine Woodstock rifle.

Shod

Good point shodd. I wouldn't want to f up any of my nice Winchesters either.. I have also been contemplating buying a tikka t3, so that sounds about like the best excuse I've heard . I wonder if my wife will buy it (the excuse that is)...

Come on now - what fun is an interweb forum if we can't all talk about why the stuff we bought is better than the stuff you bought. Jeeze - is this your first time on the web?

Shot today from a 7 digit new haven stainless featherweight in 7 wsm


63.0 gr rl22, 162gr hornady btsp, cci 250, seated 2.995

Make mine an old Winchester..

I would keep an eye out for a nice used pre-64 Winchester. Just recently I picked up a couple nice ones for $750 each. Later used winchesters can be found even cheaper. While I personally think Tikkas are ugly, my dad has one in 338wm and loves it. They do seem like a pretty good deal.