Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Tikka T3x Lite vs. Remington Model Seven Stainless Steel HS Precision

I want a short, light rifle in 7mm 08, or 6.5 Creedmore or, possibly .270.

Prefer the weight be under 7 lbs and barrel length 22", maximum.

Will be used primarily as a Midwest, whitetail gun but may on rare occasion be used for pronghorn or elk.

I don't reload so, from what I've read the 6.5 Creedmore is the nuts if you're going to be using factory ammo.

I'll probably go with a synthetic stock and stainless.

So, the two rifles on my short list are the Tikka T3x Lite and the Remington Model Seven Stainless Steel HS Precision.

Which would you choose, and why?

Is there a comparable rifle under $1000 that I'm overlooking?

Thanks.

I became less impressed with Remington after I bought my Hill Country Rifle Harvester 7mm Rem Mag a few years ago. HCR did great work, as it was a very impressive shooter and overall fit and finish was superb. However, these Harvesters were based on a Rem 700 action. The project was taking longer than promised, so I asked them periodically for updates. Moral to the story was that HCR obtained and examined no less than 10 Rem 700 actions to find exactly one action that would meet their criteria, before the work started. Not a good testimony to Remy's quality of work IMO.

I'm going with Tikka. Now just need to decide on chambering and whether or not to go with a compact model.

Thanks for all of the replies.

I have owned a pile of both these rifles and Since you are looking for a short action cartridge id buy the Model Seven HS, i never have warmed up to the Tikka one size fits all action. If you were shopping for a long action cartridge i would chose the Tikka.....Hb

[quote=grovey]Tikka t3x superlite in 7-08 best suits your requirements(under 7lbs, 22" tube, possible elk). The mdl 7 you mentioned is a looker, but lacking imo because of the spindly 20" tube. If they offered those H.S mdl 7's with a fluted 22" lvsf sporter type bbl I'd be drooling over one.

yep, my son liked that one and its in his fav caliber. i just pray thats its as listed,the guy from buds assured me multiple times it most def was a stainless gun but when i questioned whittakers they said it was blued, we are gonna try the GAP camo and since its already drab green imma use tan and black as my colors then shoot a few coats of matte clear on it. my son is 15 and really wants to try this sponge camo job out with me and when they are that age its more than a camo job going on there.
Big Ed