Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Tikka what is the good the bad ?

I have two of them, both left handed.

.300 win Mag T-3. Have hunted this rifle hard. shot a elk 3 years ago in -23F. and it worked just fine. Accurate feeds perfectly and light. Plastic has held up just fine, and the stock fits me well. I did add sims recoil pad and threw away the factory mounts and replaced them with Talley light weights.

The other one is a wood stocked .243. shot great but I just rebarreled it with a #4 Kerieger in .260 Rem. Thinking about a aftermarket prone type stock.

the recoil lugs look a little fugly but I have shot the .300 quite a bit and nothing has moved and it holds zero just fine.

The triggers on both rifles easily adjusted down to 2# with no creep.

I like em.

Lefty C

I have over 1000rounds of .300 Win, mostly with 180 gr handloads and can see no damage or movement and the rifle is accurate.

BTW it cleans up nicely w/o excessive fouling.

Lefty C

Jordan,

I guess nothing is "bubba proof"

Lefty C

Cub,

The Sims pad made a huge difference on my .300

Lefty

Hah! Most rifles are impervious to a few in-lbs over factory spec, but you're right- the T3 is not bubba proof

Amen brother!, I have a left hand Tikka T3 in 270WSM and the stock impresses me for a factory plastic stock. Very stout. Ive been very impressed with the T3 SS lite.

Tikkas are to boring to me. I have a tinkering disease

Then buy a Salvage.

I'd rather own a Tikka than a Model 700. No worries, it will "OUT SHOOT" you...

I was considering a NULA, almost bought a Forbes a few weeks ago, but I've finally realized a Sportsman's Whorehouse T3 Superlite in 308 will be my next adoption.

My last outing with my Tikka. If the weather cooperates this weekend I am hoping to stretch it out to 600+.

Then get a Sako A7. And as "Big Stick" would say, "thank me later".