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Slimmed my Tikka Superlite #11351012 08/04/16
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 138 L Linkovich00 OP Campfire Member
OP Linkovich00 Campfire Member L Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 138	First off big thanks to MtnBoomer for all the tips and answering all my questions. I'm pretty confident I would have completely botched this without all his help. I saw some of the stocks MtnBoomer had slimmed and figured I'd give it a try. Bought a spare factory stock and went to work. I used Krylon Fusion and Krylon Marbleizing spray. The webbing went on way to heavy on the first attempt so I sanded it down a little and shot another coat of OD over it and re did the webbing. It still came out a little heavier than I would have liked but I decided to call it good. Overall I think it came out pretty nice. I had LRI flute the bolt, a local machine shop skelontize the factory bolt handle, and I replaced the stock shroud and bottom metal with Mountain Tactical stuff. Also 16Bore Low talleys with a 42mm Z3. Weighs in a 6lbs 14oz

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Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351015 08/04/16
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Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351027 08/04/16
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 17,390 David_Walter Campfire Ranger
David_Walter Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 17,390	How much weight did it save? “Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils.” - General John Stark.

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351112 08/04/16
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OP Linkovich00 Campfire Member L Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 138	Slimming the stock took about 1.4oz, the fluting and bolt and bolt handle work took 1oz

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351121 08/04/16
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MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,414 59644	You're welcome - time well spent. Way to stick-with-it thru the redo. I hesitated telling you it looked gubbered the first time round but you knew it and just need a nudge! LOL It looks great all put together! Am grinning ear to ear happy for you Last edited by MtnBoomer; 08/04/16. Reason: change da words "I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022 Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?

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Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351330 08/04/16
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Old_Toot Campfire Ranger O Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,411 West, W. Fla. Republic	Slick looking machine. You're gonna love that Z 3 Swaro on it. The degree of my privacy is no business of yours. What we've learned from history is that we haven't learned from it.

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351336 08/04/16
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 16,234 A add Campfire Ranger
add Campfire Ranger A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 16,234	Originally Posted by Linkovich00 Slimming the stock took about 1.4oz, the fluting and bolt and bolt handle work took 1oz Thought that it might be more. Terrific looking package nonetheless. Epstein didn't kill himself. "Play Cinnamon Girl you Sonuvabitch!" Biden didn't win the election.

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351458 08/04/16
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SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert	Looks very nice! Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite add #11351460 08/04/16
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OP Linkovich00 Campfire Member L Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 138	Originally Posted by add Originally Posted by Linkovich00 Slimming the stock took about 1.4oz, the fluting and bolt and bolt handle work took 1oz Thought that it might be more. Terrific looking package nonetheless. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but I kind of though it would be a little more too.

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351495 08/04/16
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,337 Mississippi and Texas Jeffpg Campfire Regular
Jeffpg Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,337 Mississippi and Texas	Trimming weight is great, but it don't matter cause it looks sweet! ..."I will not tip toe through life, to meet death safely."

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Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11351672 08/04/16
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,756 SW Virginia V VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter
VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter V Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,756 SW Virginia	Wow! Nice looking rifle......Hb

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11353570 08/05/16
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,282 Georgia 0 01Foreman400 Campfire Regular
01Foreman400 Campfire Regular 0 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,282 Georgia	How much did he bolt handle cost to flute? That's slick! You ain't about that life.

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Linkovich00 #11354137 08/05/16
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RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,027 In the woods...	The first time I went to Montana to hunt elk in the mountains, I brought my Win M70 Black Shadow in 300 WM. I learned the hard way on why you shave off as much weight as possible when going in the high country by foot. Today I pack completely different in both gear and firearms. Every little bit of weight that you can shed is well worth the time and money. You might not think that starting off at the truck but you will later on and 4000 feet higher. Great job on this rifle. "...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite Jeffpg #11354514 08/05/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun 2muchgun Campfire Ranger
2muchgun Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 15,565 Michigun	Originally Posted by Jeffpg Trimming weight is great, but it don't matter cause it looks sweet! Making an already NOT rigid stock even less rigid is something I would not waste my time doing. Looks real nice though..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite 01Foreman400 #11357531 08/07/16
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OP Linkovich00 Campfire Member L Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 138	Originally Posted by 01Foreman400 How much did he bolt handle cost to flute? That's slick! It was done for free as a favor by a local machinist. I just gave him some pics of the kimber mountain ascent handle and asked him to do something similar

Re: Slimmed my Tikka Superlite 2muchgun #11357545 08/07/16
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OP Linkovich00 Campfire Member L Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 138	Originally Posted by 2muchgun Originally Posted by Jeffpg Trimming weight is great, but it don't matter cause it looks sweet! Making an already NOT rigid stock even less rigid is something I would not waste my time doing. Looks real nice though..... I thought about that while I was sanding it down...but it still shoots better than I can shoot. I'd love to put B&C or a mcmillian on it but that ain't in the budget right now!

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