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$907 is good the couple I have seen online have been around $960

Same shop had a stainless ctr in 260 today. It was $999. I would have bought it if I hadn't just sent my deposit in on s campfire 260.


Bb

How is the ejection problem coming? I run/ran .270, .308 and .223 and cant recall ever having a problem with it hitting windage turrets. Maybe you can just rotate the scope and get the turret out of the way.

Load development is always tough with the Tikkas. This is the .270 doing a ladder test at 200 yards. I had to add .5 mil of windage for each load because the sons of beachs kept going in the same hole and it was impossible to tell what was going on. Oh and the SWFA stuff sucks and DNZ rings are ugly.

U going to Icebreaker so you can see my ghetto rig in person?

Magazine issue?

The Tikka bottom metal or the Sako TRGs bottom metal?

I have AICS on mine and couldn't be happier.

David: is that the CDI unit?


Deflave: are the CTR rails 20moa or flat?

Thanks.

Rails are flat..... I just removed mine and installed some 16bore modified Talleys and a 3-9x40 Mark AR. Trying to keep the weight down, it's 8.5lbs all up now.

I had no issues feeding from a full mag, but did occasionally have a spent case bounce off the Windage turret and end up back in the ejection port.

Didn't know the rail was removable. thanks.

My T3 with a 20moa rail, B&C stock, and Nightforce is only 8lbs 12oz. That different barrel must be pretty hefty...

Yes. CDI

Factory Rails are flat.

mine has a 20 degree rail

CTR 260 on slickguns for $845 shipped if anyone looking

Rail came right off with a little tap.... pins stayed in the receiver (pulled them easily with a set of pliers). Barrel is quite a but stouter than a T3 lite pipe.... it's about like a light Palma contour.

A 8.5-9lb super-accurate 6.5mm rifle is never a bad thing....

I'm just starting with mine. Haven't had any ejection issues as of yet. I'm thinking of going with a 20moa rail though. Give myself more room to twist.

Reno

I had 15+ MILs left on the Super Chicken with the factory rail.... that's like 1500 yards with the .260. I can see how the .308 guys could need that extra 20 MOA though.... 15 MILs only gets the .308 to about 450 yards.... Laffin.

Whom were you calling?

Here's a pic of the barrels side by side... T3 Lite on the left, CTR on the right.... lot more meat on the CTR bone.



16bore Talleys and a 3-9x40 Leupold Mark AR.... slung about as low as you can go.... not even enough clearance for a B&C cap, but it's fast handling and hammered out to 700 today in some 10-15mph winds. At 8.5lbs, and 40" OAL.... running 123 Scenars at 2850 (via 41/4064 or 44.5/4350) sub-MOA all day every day... it will see heavy workload this fall.

Damn, that is low. You could try shaving down the bottom portion of the cap, but will have to wrap tape around it to keep it on. Aint pretty, but functional. I had to do it on a muzzle loader.

That looks like a near perfect pronghorn rig IMO. Well done.

I see the stainless CTRs are hitting the shelves. a stainless 260 might be in my future.

Pointer.... there were 30-40 pronghorn about 90* to the right of that picture.... they hung out all day and watched us shoot. Pretty funny when they're well inside the range of the frequent hits on steel.

Darren... Stainless would be cool.... but this one has already seen 500+ rounds in 4 months, and will see another 100+ this weekend. Even my parents and their friends wanna go shoot it... so it's grandparents day at the 'range' tomorrow.... should be fun.

Point is.... for under $900, I got a fairly light, compact rifle that fhugkin hammers like a $2k gun. So, I can shoot the crap out of it... and re-barrel it... and still be in it less dough than a Rem platformed custom rifle, including about 1500 rounds (at $.50/ea). Blues actions have never bothered me much... and I don't plan on this blued pipe living long enough to have weather related corrosion issues.

Another cool thing about thing, is the 2.95" magazine... and 'long' action length. It's going to be an awesome platform for a stainless 20" barreled .284 Win. when the factory .260 pipe is toast.

Where do you get that stock

varmintsinc,

The ejection problem seems here to stay if you work the bolt hard.



Travis