How light can you get a tikka?

[Macintosh]

@ReaptheHeat thanks a ton for those weights.

Action is 1lb 3oz? I thought folks were saying its 30oz? Or does 30oz include the mag, screws and bottom metal?

I have mine slathered in devcon right now bedding it in that^ stock, so I can weigh it later when I pull it out.

 

[BAKPAKR]

@ReaptheHeat thanks a ton for those weights.

Action is 1lb 3oz? I thought folks were saying its 30oz? Or does 30oz include the mag, screws and bottom metal?

I have mine slathered in devcon right now bedding it in that^ stock, so I can weigh it later when I pull it out.

I am betting that is without the bolt.

 

[ReaptheHeat]

@ReaptheHeat thanks a ton for those weights.

Action is 1lb 3oz? I thought folks were saying its 30oz? Or does 30oz include the mag, screws and bottom metal?

I have mine slathered in devcon right now bedding it in that^ stock, so I can weigh it later when I pull it out.

The action I weighed is just the trigger and the action housing. No bolt or bottom "metal", screws. etc. Merely weighed to make a comparison to my superlite barrel still on an action.

I just weighed the bottom metal, magazine, trigger, action screws, bolt, and housing = 32 oz. BUT, I have a titanium bolt knob and handle. I reckon stock is 32.5 oz or so. Bear in mind I'm on a kitchen scale haha. Let me know if you need any other weights.

 

[bigunit]

Just put all my lightest weight tikka components together. Tikka t3 308 22" factory barrel. Stockys vg2, burris ff2 in talley lightweights, srs 6" arca/pic rail
6lbs 12.2 Oz with no mag.

 

[UnckleBob]

Oregunsmithing LRH with heavy micarta butt plate, Backstop recoil pad, QD cups and two Spartan Gunsmith adapters = 25 oz.

Do you like the Backstop pad? The fact it is plastic and dead straight (rather than curved) suggests to me that getting it mounted to the shoulder would feel weird?

I am open minded which is why I am asking.

 

[nm.otter]

It's squishy enough (in the first layer) to conform to my shoulder pocket. Mine was spec'd for 6.5 CM in a ~8# rifle, can't speak for other configurations they offer.

 

[Macintosh]

Posting these for posterity as Im assembling and disassembling a couple rifles. At some point I’ll want to look them up again, and some other nerd will ask.

Tikka parts weights:

*Lite action (including action, bolt, screws, trigger but NOT bottom metal or mag): 1lb 15 3/8oz. (31.4oz)
*CTR action (action, ctr bolt, screws, trigger. No bm or mag): 1lb 15 5/8oz (31.6oz)
*Tikka oem 3-rnd mag: 1.5oz
*High desert bottom metal: 2.4oz
*Oem bottom metal: ??
*270win Lite barrel (22”): 2lb 5oz
*6.5cm lite barrel (24”): 2lb 8oz
*308win superlite barrel (22”) 2lb 1oz
*CTR 6.5cm barrel (24”) 3lb 8oz
*Oem lite stock: 28oz

Based on the above 270 vs 6.5cm barrel weights, it appears that barrel length alone will result in approximately 1.25oz/inch difference in lite-contour barrels. (3oz divided in half, minus a bit for the diff in chamber).

I have a couple barrels out to get cut and threaded that I’ll post up once I get them back.

 

[RWT]

I am struggling to get below 8lbs all in. This includes a CAN. Maybe if I switch to airlock and Talley or Hawkins rings I can get there

 

[gtriple]

I believe that this would be the lightest possible build. Assumes that a suppressor is mandatory, 16.5" 22CM, and NXS scope because I don't really trust anything lighter.


If the MTNGear chassis really hits the 21.7oz...

 

[gtriple]

Also, I'm willing to share my google sheet with my collection of parts that I've weighed with the above builder feature. Just shoot me a PM.

 

[Macintosh]

I am struggling to get below 8lbs all in. This includes a CAN. Maybe if I switch to airlock and Talley or Hawkins rings I can get there

Seems doable but would require some choices. What is the build?

 

[Speaks]

Yea under 8 with a can would be tricky. My 18 inch barrel ones with rokstock swfa 3-9 and no can are over 8. I think I can get to 7 3/4 with a rs lite and no can.

To get there with a can you would likely have to make a real compromise on optics.