I doubt you would see any difference in accuracy between the T3 and T3x, both should please you equally in that department.
I go back and forth on building up to what I want and just thinking it’s not worth the effort when you can buy a Tikka, take it out of the box and it will shoot right alongside custom trued/rebarreled/restocked rifles that cost 3 or 4 times more. And that’s not hyperbole. Some of my custom sporters (not heavy barreled stuff) can shoot in the .2’s with good loads but so can my Tikka .223 T3 Lite which hasn’t had a thing done to it except turning the trigger screw to lower the pull weight. What’s a real pisser is that some of my custom reworked sporters won’t shoot as accurately as the box stock Tikkas.
Agreed.....I think you could say the same thing about CZ's. Adjust the trigger, clean the used wheel grease they use for packing out of the barrel, and go to work.
I do think that everyone should experience the joy of a custom barrel at least once in their lifetimes too though but you shouldn't have to spend a ton of money to get acceptable accuracy out of a factory rifle.
I've talked about it before but I have a Remington SPS 223 I bought for $369 + a $50 rebate that I had my gunsmith true and recrown/rechamber to 222 ($175), pillar bedded in a Boyds Classic ADL stock ($90 back then) and installed an old school Walker trigger I had on hand.
This new Tikka's gonna have a hard time keeping up with it but even after doing a lot of the work myself and selling the craputrigger, stock, and BDL bottom metal I still have more in the Remington than the Tikka. Not much more, but more none the less.
I'll be happy if the Tikka shoots half that well but I suspect it'll do better than that.
Here's both rifles, they both look pretty good as far as I can tell.
Anywayyyyy......just my story/2 cents.....sorry for the hi-jack MM....