Let's See Your Semi-Custom Tikka Builds

[stiwarrior]

Thank you. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Beat my target weight by a few ounces.

Oh yeah. Thanks for the reminder. 6.5CM.

Is this weight with scope and rings?

 

[Wrongside]

Is this weight with scope and rings?

Bare rifle w/ magazine is 5 pounds 5 ounces. I was hoping to make 5.5 pounds, so it came in 3 ounces under.

My preferred scope is fairly heavy, so scope in Sportsmatch rings should come to almost exactly 7 pounds.

 

[stiwarrior]

Bare rifle w/ magazine is 5 pounds 5 ounces. I was hoping to make 5.5 pounds, so it came in 3 ounces under.

My preferred scope is fairly heavy, so scope in Sportsmatch rings should come to almost exactly 7 pounds.

Nice I am awaiting my CF stock for my 3006 should come out shy of 6.5oz with optic

 

[Wrongside]

Nice I am awaiting my CF stock for my 3006 should come out shy of 6.5oz with optic

Sounds like it’ll be a great rig! Pics when you get it done please.

Everybody has their own weight/cost/performance analysis to do, when it comes to setting up their rifle. My preferred scopes weigh around 24-25 ounces, which pushes this rifle over 6.5 quite quickly.

 

[stiwarrior]

Sounds like it’ll be a great rig! Pics when you get it done please.

Everybody has their own weight/cost/performance analysis to do, when it comes to setting up their rifle. My preferred scopes weigh around 24-25 ounces, which pushes this rifle over 6.5 quite quickly.

Yeah I picked up a swaro z3 with ballistic turret which weighs only 14.5oz + talley rings which are very light too.

 

[schmalzy]

I'll be interested to see how they handled the lug. I was impressed enough with the one I ordered for a vanguard, I ordered a second yesterday.

Lug comes with it, not glued or epoxied in.


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[sndmn11]

Lug comes with it, not glued or epoxied in.


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Do they tell you how to bed it then?

 

[schmalzy]

Do they tell you how to bed it then?

No; on the website it mentions the height required but nothing else. I put the action in and it seems solid but will most likely have it bedded. Part of me thinks the just exposing it or super glueing it would be adequate.


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[archp625]

No; on the website it mentions the height required but nothing else. I put the action in and it seems solid but will most likely have it bedded. Part of me thinks the just exposing it or super glueing it would be adequate.


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Why spend all that money on a quality stock then half @ss it on the bedding?

 

[sndmn11]

Why spend all that money on a quality stock then half @ss it on the bedding?

It has been a quandry for me too. I believe a lot of the Tikka stocks showcased in this thread have a loose lug left for securing by the end user. I think @Ucsdryder had to glue in the two AG Composites stocks' recoil lugs, I think there is a thread in here about bedding a lug into either an alterra or mesa stock; 99% certain it is the former. I know the grayboe stock and BC stocks have the lug fixed already. Factually, the factory Tikka stocks do not have the lug secured either.

I haven't a clue the whys, pros, or cons of either method.

 

[schmalzy]

Why spend all that money on a quality stock then half @ss it on the bedding?

Hard to argue with that logic.


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[Ucsdryder]

It has been a quandry for me too. I believe a lot of the Tikka stocks showcased in this thread have a loose lug left for securing by the end user. I think @Ucsdryder had to glue in the two AG Composites stocks' recoil lugs, I think there is a thread in here about bedding a lug into either an alterra or mesa stock; 99% certain it is the former. I know the grayboe stock and BC stocks have the lug fixed already. Factually, the factory Tikka stocks do not have the lug secured either.

I haven't a clue the whys, pros, or cons of either method.

AG says their stocks don’t need bedding and the 2 I have both shoot very well without bedding. They said gluing in the recoil lug gives it a more custom fit to the action.

 

[stiwarrior]

It has been a quandry for me too. I believe a lot of the Tikka stocks showcased in this thread have a loose lug left for securing by the end user. I think @Ucsdryder had to glue in the two AG Composites stocks' recoil lugs, I think there is a thread in here about bedding a lug into either an alterra or mesa stock; 99% certain it is the former. I know the grayboe stock and BC stocks have the lug fixed already. Factually, the factory Tikka stocks do not have the lug secured either.

I haven't a clue the whys, pros, or cons of either method.

Post some pics if you can, mine have arrived but still 2 weeks until I get back home

 

[Leo45]

My Manners EHT came with the lug pre-installed. Guess I never checked to see if it was actually glued in or not

 

[schmalzy]

Post some pics if you can, mine have arrived but still 2 weeks until I get back home

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[HighUintas]

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Would you care to post a few more closeups and a few of the bedding area? I'm curious on the quality of these.

And what does your stock actually weigh?

 

[darrenk75b]

I'd like to see the recoil pad fitment too.

 

[schmalzy]

Would you care to post a few more closeups and a few of the bedding area? I'm curious on the quality of these.

And what does your stock actually weigh?

I’ll pull it off tonight. If I remember right it was exactly as advertised.


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[snowtoy83]

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I would like to see a picture of the tang area with the action installed

 

[schmalzy]

I would like to see a picture of the tang area with the action installed

Will do. I actually painted the stock today so will be a few days before I get the action back in.

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