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Without question, go with the CTR.

You can buy a 20,30, 35 or whatever you desire rail and stick it on and be G2G. I bought mine long before the was a "tacical" line. It was simply a T3 Varmint in .308. It had a long barrel on it until recently. Since I have a SAKO TRG and others I decided to cut it down.

Don't get fooled into thinking you need a custom stock either. In the magnum calibers, I have noted some issues with the T3 plastic stocks, but never with non magnum guns.

I own a couple of Tikkas and have some experience with them:



A good base and a good set of rings, followed with a high quality scope and you will be set.

I am "thinning the herd" right now in the rifles and optics department, but the both of my T3 .308s (I have a T3 lite cut down for a hunting rifle)are staying, along with the SAKO TRG.

Others will go, but those have been the most stellar out of the box shooters with minimal fuss I have ever had the pleasure of owning.


I have a Leupold MKIV and a couple of others that never get used that are going up on the "for sale" block here pretty soon. I just need to make the dang ads.

The Tikka has really been discovered in the last few years and I doubt prices are going to do anything but climb.

Might be alittle hard for some to understand the fun and joy to build a rifle just for you no other like it. Some guys can be happy walkin in a shop and say ya give me that one. It's like when I was a young man and built my first hotrod. There was blood sweat and tears in my fast ol 55 chevy. It would run by the factory cars for some time.I've had built 2 rifles over my years a mauser action 25.06 and a 700 Rem action 6.5 Creedmoor and have had much joy with both. Guess it's something you like or you don't want to go into. Nothin better when a guy walks up and says what's that....later

what part of bucks co are you from bandghunter?
i lived there for 64 years from lower to upper so im probably familiar with it.

BBH - it might now be a matter of not wanting to build it, it may be a matter of time and/or priorities that keeps one from building from scratch.

Mackay - thanks. I agree. Can't see spending $800 for a stock. I had a Tikka Deluxe Whitetail Hunter in .300WM I bought in 2001 - I loved that rifle.