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Welcome Keeptrying, "The 6.5 support group"... I like it! I thought all 10 of the blued gun had arrived??? If you have not gotten "the call" yet I'd double check that Whittakers has your correct contact number....

Thanks for the welcome.


It was explained to me that initially there were ten blued rifles in the pre-order, but they have an additional five blued rifles they added to that which should arrive shortly.

My order and the author of this thread pulling a rifle for JGRaider coincided almost perfectly, which made me really nervous, but Whittaker's has assured me that the additional rifles should arrive shortly. If this were to be a six month episode, I would prefer a different rifle.

Don't sweat dealing with Whittakers......

Nah, got plenty of other stuff to worry about, and a reasonable wait isn't a big deal. I have other rifles I could use, but I feel a lot like that kid in A Christmas Story.

I bought a dyna-tek bore coat kit. It says there is enough to coat 5 long guns..... Hopefully when the Tikka gets here it will be no big deal to get the bore down to bare steel.... The barrels on rifles I had thought were "pretty clean" already were not.... Kind of embarrassing how muck more crud has kept coming out.

I have a Browning Low Wall .260 that is ready to coat. I thought I was going to be shooting it today. I had not realized that you need the correct sized bore mop to apply the bore coating. I payed 19.95 extra for overnight shipping to get one here by tomorrow. I almost NEVER do something like that but I am so ready to start getting deer season rifles dialed in I took the plunge...

If you pre-ordered a SS, I have just sent an update via email to everyone. I think you are going to like the news... If you have any questions please feel free to respond to the email I just sent, (ericwhittakerguns, or infowhittakerguns.com) or give us a call. 270-229-0140, then choose option #1. The wait is just about over!

Thanks for the e-mail update.
Outstanding news.

StarchedCover

Yea! Are the modified Talley rings available to ship with the rifles?

Nope. Not yet.

Exciting news. I have Tikkas with both 22" and 24" barrels. I am excited that these are the longer length in that it balances a little better for me. Team one of these with a Tikka 7mm or .300 and some milled Talleys and you wouldn't need much else.

Thanks Eric! This is gonna be expensive, but I think I'll pick mine up in person....
Marty

A picture is worth a 1000 words! This is the new mag that ships with the 6.5's (left). The mag on the right is the mag for the 308 family. The new mag works in older T3's -- I tried it. Same OD, just more internal mag space.

That's a factory 143 ELD-X in both.

We can't get a definite answer from Tikka when they're going to be available for purchase, but we're working on that.

Somembody commented earlier about the bolt stop. It's the same in both rifles. See the little circle hole in the back of the mag? When the bolt is all the back, the bolt face splits the hole in half. There was room all along. They just hadn't previously maximized mag space. The new mags are designated "M+". The old mags are "M". (stamped at the rear of the mag -- see the pic above) The M doesn't have anything to do with the item number. I just wanted to point that out for any of you shopping local in the future. I'd imagine the M+ mags will be tough to come by for a while. Snag them when they're available! They should be nice for the 7-08 and 308 as well.

Heard but have not seen the Sportsmans has T3x fluted stainless in 6.5 Creedmoor.

I just wish I’d jumped on the Whittakers deal in time to get one of the blued 6.5s

We have more stainless rifles coming with this shipment....

I received my Creed from Whittakers today. Great service. I've had several Tikkas, this is my first T3x. I'm impressed with the changes, especially the mag box shown by Darrik. I put the Dyna Tek Bore Coat treatment to it today, hopefully shoot it a little tomorrow., the factory 143 ELDX's shown.

That's a mag box even Stick could like.....

You don't say. I believe I will attempt to change my order from blued to stainless.

Do rings come with the new stainless 6.5 CM Tikkas?

donsm70

No. Tikka stopped shipping rings with the implementation of the T3x series.