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Darrick
Just wanted to thank you for fixing my UPS problem! After a bunch of years I now get the drivers to actually ring the door bell and wait longer than a nanosecond. There is more, but the use of UPS almost seems like it will work now!

Ten by ten on the last deliveries. Funny, a quick peek at my books show Whittiker is delivering over 80% of the guns I have gotten lately and I do not have to wonder why!
Thank you!
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Any word on which magazine the T3X 6.5 Creedmoor will use ?
I'm thinking it will be the 308/7-08/260/243 magazine; if so I'm going to pick up a few beforehand.

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The magazines that came with my 1-8 22-250 appear to be exactly the same as my 7-08 Tikka magazine.

I loaded a factory 6.5 Creed round, a 140 grain Hornady hpbt, in one and the tip of the bullet barely had room to clear. I'm hoping the Creed magazines do have a bit longer OAL.

By the way, a 22-250 round in those magazines has a lot of extra room for longer bullets!

I've never had a 6.5 Creedmoor, but I do have a T3 in .30-06 that I like.
Would you guys anticipate the 6.5 Creedmoor to cycle without problems in the T3x action?

Thanks...

Hope so.

Yes. I have a 6.5 Creedmoor CTR and every round has cycled flawlessly.

I don't have any idea about the mag changes yet, but I know it was reworked. I'm expecting it to be longer....

Some suggest it needs to be modified because of the lack of taper and I've not seen that issue. I've experimented with them in the standard T3x and they feed just fine.

Although one of the design features of the Creedmoor was to function in SA mag boxes, most handloaders realized long ago that didn't always work. If your chasing the lands with Bergers or some of the other high BC bullets, they're simply isn't enough room in a 2.80" mag box.

That'd be cool if they'd rework that magazine. The 7-08 could use a tad more OAL too.

Got a blued preordered, thanks guys. I've been hoping for a Tikka hunting rifle in Creedmoor ever since the CTR was released in that caliber. I sold my 20" 308 for a 24" 6.5 and love it.

I know you said you had 10 to preorder, am I safe in assuming since it said "In Stock" that I got in on the preorder?

SAS,
I ordered one in SS. Any idea what the twist will be? Barrel length?
Thanks...

Twist will be 1 in 8". The barrel (I assume based on their description) will be the standard 22 7/16" -- same as all the other T3x Lite's.

What's it going to take to get them to make a 6mm Creed?

+1

Are the 6.5 CMs here yet? : )

Bringing this back up may not get the 6.5s in any sooner but worth a try.

I was informed it would be early October before we see them.

Derrick,

You should get with 16 bore and see if you could get the perfected Tikka Talley Ring proprietary franchise.

Any good machinists in your area with a cnc mill?

As many as sold here, with your marketing, you could
move alot, and it would give you all something else distinctive.

There you go…thread will not get them here any sooner but at least we are talking about them again!

I've got Pop's drawing if you want it. Tikka seems smart enough that if enough guys fuss about the rings, they might be OEM.

Don't know crap about how Talley makes rings. But if there were enough requests, I bet they could
build them like you all did, for next to nothing extra. Unless they don't machine the bottom at all.