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[Griffin]

I mentioned posting some pictures of a Tikka build a while back. Between duck season, lack of daylight, and rain it has been a struggle to get some shooting in but as promised here it is. I built it for myself off a factory Tikka T3 action. The ejection port was then milled to drop it a total of .175”. The bolt face was opened up from standard to magnum (they claim this cannot be done), the action face was turned to accept a 1.2” tenon, and a lighter spring was added to the trigger. As far as machine work for accuracy nothing was done to the action. The modifications were made solely for functional purposes.
Then added a proof sendero lite carbon barrel that was chambered using a JGS reamer designed to my specifications specifically to shoot the 156 grain Berger EOL. Everything was then dropped into a Manners EH1 and not bedded never bed a tikka). MDT bottom metal and mag.
After some load development it settled in on 3020 FPS with an SD of 6 and an ES of 11. I’ll refrain from posting the load data for various reasons. It has proven to be one of the most accurate guns I’ve ever owned.
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[PharmHunter]

Sexy

[mctruluck09]

I will give you $550 for it??

Looks good dude, real good!

[HERRINGBONE]

Nice looking gun.

[Tha Dick]

Give me a minute......

[nitro5x6's]

That is making ol blue twitch......very nice work Sir.

[scbulldog]

Nice. Is this in some sort of wild cat round?

[trkykilr]

I have very little idea what any of this means, but I’m assuming it means that you can shoot things far away.

[Coastal Woodie]

How do you like that factory trigger after changing the spring?

[sftull]

I've got an iron sighted pellet rifle that's pretty accurate at that distance.

[Griffin]

How do you like that factory trigger after changing the spring?

Better than a timney 510

[Griffin]

Nice. Is this in some sort of wild cat round?

SAUM has been around forever. Just necked down to 6.5

[Coastal Woodie]

Better than a timney 510

Thanks, that’s what I needed to know.

[FEETDOWN]

Good stuff Griff


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[Saltydog235]

Better than a timney 510

What spring did you go with?

[WoodieSC]

I understood most of what you said. My compliments.

[winyah]

Gonna be hard to beat that one in the wind. Very nice.

[willyworm]

Looks sharp. But I gotta ask, why never bed a Tikka?

[NannySlayer]

You like that bottom metal? Looking to put some on a couple of 700's

[willyworm]

I was forced to replace my bottom metal. The OEM Tikka metal is plastic and has a small washers embedded into it for the stock screws. When I torqued it down after bedding the stock the washer pulled right outta the plastic. No fixing that. Went with the Mt. Tactical bottom metal to replace. I like it a lot better than OEM.