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My Tikka experiences have been good... Plastic mags & trigger gaurds are fine... Have spare mags for T3s & 595s... Easy to load for....not really fussy... This Swede usually does better... ![[Linked Image]](http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1204/tikka65x55006.jpg)
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Shots numbering 6, 7 &8 from a never fired Tikka M65 that was 29 years old when I got it. Break-in was a real bear, huh?  ![[Linked Image]](http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c350/shootist/PIC000842Small.jpg) The smallest squares are 1/2". Three shots inside a 1/2" square outside to outside. Hmmmmm! It's a keeper. Looks like you got a winner there, Bro. Oh, it ain't one of them thirty-naught-six things, is it? 
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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Sho 'nuff is a thirdy oh six.
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IME a quality rifle whether factory or custom should consistently shoot .5-.8 MOA with a variety of loads.
No more Tikkas for me, if I want another cheap knock around rig, it will be a A7, 700, xbolt, or 70.
Loder
That looks suspiciously like, my inexpensive rife does not shoot less than 1" so the next inexpensive rifle will be the essentially the same rife in another stock at twice more, or one that's 1/2 again more, or another that cost twice more.
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John Stark.
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i had a bad one. it was a LA for a SA cart and the stock was a flimsey piece of trash. the bolt was too loose in the reciver for my taste and the barrel was 2" too long.
So you bought a gun you handled I'm assuming, bolt was loose at that point, and you say "for your taste" but mention nothing of it not functioning. It was a LA when you bought it, it didn't grow. The stock I can't comment on. And the barrel also grew 2 inches after you took it home. Of course if it was the end of the evening and you had no others to take home and woke up with that one, then I can understand. I'm with Rost on this one. Did you shoot it? I'm just saying.... Loose bolt, "flimsey piece of trash" stock is all yada yada if it shoots. Sorta like the other guy saying he'll buy a Sako A7, which has the same barrel, but for twice the money. I just don't get this.
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John Stark.
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Shots numbering 6, 7 &8 from a never fired Tikka M65 that was 29 years old when I got it. Break-in was a real bear, huh? The smallest squares are 1/2". Three shots inside a 1/2" square outside to outside. Hmmmmm! It's a keeper. You sure got hosed on that one for sure. It is as good as your ithaka tikka, so quit complaining...hahaha My T3 shoots well, I'll have to get you to shoot it so I have a bragging target. The best I can do is sub 1" and we know that is good for me. I really like the tikka 30-06 I own. your kid brother
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And I know the blood still cleansess
Deeper than the sin has gone
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I have a 595 in 223. Shoots bug holes with about anything you put in it. Mags are overpriced and have a square opening in the back as a spacer verticaly that has a tendency to have emptys and loaded rounds fall base first into if you do not put some type of filler in it. The extractor spring in mine needs replaced but it has seen alot of rounds. Have knowledge of 1 595 that had a continuing missfire problem even after being returned. Russ
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I have T3's in 243, 25-06, 7-08, 6.5x55 and 30-06. The LEAST accurate is the 7-08 which averages around 1 to 1.5" with handloads. It is also the only one that I haven't "developed" loads for and just used some handloads I have from a previous gun.
Guess you could say that I like 'em.
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I have owned a two T3s in 30-06 and both were very accurate but I sold them cause I wanted one in a lefty 308 (which is now my main hunting rifle).
I also owned a 695 in 300 win mag. that was probably the most accurate rifle I ever owned. It would shoot everything into tiny little groups. I ended up selling that rifle because it was very heavy, kicked like a mule, and was not the best choice of rifle for hunting in the swamps of eastern Canada.
The Tikkas are wonderful rifles. I had my 308 T3 cut down to 20 inches for thick cover hunting and it shoots a variety of loads and bullet weights very well, even at ranges out to 300 yards and longer.
"I am at heart a meat hunter."
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Anyone know how short the adjustable LOP goes?
- Greg
Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.
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Only rifle I'm willing to trade away for a T3 is my Rem 700 LVSF in 223... and I'm not so sure I should let that rifle walk away.
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Question: Are the T3 triggers adjustable or are you stuck with whatever pull weight comes standard?
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Yes you can adjust yourself from 2-5lbs.
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Yes you can adjust yourself from 2-5lbs. With only removing the magazine also. T3 triggers are as good as they get IMO.
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Thanks guys....might have to start looking for one after Christmas.
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