Let's See Your Semi-Custom Tikka Builds

[BlackHillsShooter]

My RSS in 223. I'd take this on any hunt.

 

[IBen]

Guys who have cut their 22 inch barrels down to 16-17 inches about how much weight can I expect to lose?

 

[Bowfinn]

Guys who have cut their 22 inch barrels down to 16-17 inches about how much weight can I expect to lose?

Edit- I need to read better.

 

[HighUintas]

Guys who have cut their 22 inch barrels down to 16-17 inches about how much weight can I expect to lose?

For factory lite barrels I think it's 1-1.5 oz per inch depending on caliber.

 

[bazzturd]

My first time putting a rifle together after many years of buying custom or barreled actions. Got a used 300wsm T3X action, a lightly used 20" 6.5PRC PBB prefit, KRG Echo on black friday, trigger spring, Area419 20moa rail and an HCA tikka mag. 9lbs 9oz with suppressor attached. Going to go shoot it today.

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That is pretty light. What do you figure that barrel weight was? Was there a reason you went echo instead of bravo?

 

[Clark33]

That is pretty light. What do you figure that barrel weight was? Was there a reason you went echo instead of bravo?

I don't know about the barrel weight, I think it was the tikka hybrid contour plus the fluting and only being 20" its not too heavy. The Echo is lighter than the Bravo and accepts tikka mags.

 

[Frozenlead]

My 6.5 build

T3x varmint 6.5 creedmoor
Woox cobra chassis
Atlasworx bottom metal
Srs pic rail
Nightforce rings
Trijicon credo hx 2.5-15x

 

[tacks]

I just had my T3X 22.4" barrel cut down to 16.4" and the cutoff weighed 7oz.

 

[carsonkeys]

Guys who have cut their 22 inch barrels down to 16-17 inches about how much weight can I expect to lose?

Ben I have a bare 18.5” tikka I can weigh for you when I get home later on this week. It’s not 16-17” but It’ll give you a decent idea I think.

 

[wilsoN_]

Finished this up in November, it was a 6.5CM TAC A1 for a few years. I pulled the barreled action, sold the chassis and barrel, and ordered a 20" PVA 6.5CM prefit and McMillan ELR hunter. First 3 shots after initial barrel break in rounds. This was a handloads for the old 24" factory 1 in 8 barrel, I haven't started load development for this barrel yet.

I'm working on a 7 SAUM build now no pics of it yet however.

 

[Tanner]

Finally got to dropping this 6 Creed off to get cut to 19”. Feels purty damn handy.

 

[carsonkeys]

@IBen

5# 11.9oz

That’s with no bolt or mag

ETA, no, that’s not drugs on the scale. My wife is a sourdough fanatic and there’s flour everywhere.

 

[medvedyt]

Just got it back today. Tikka T3X re-barreled to 6.5 PRC with an IBI Mountain Lite barrel (IBI is local to me). Bead blasted and fluted bolt. The olive drab vertical grip and wide fore end came with the donor, not sure if it will stay. May try a Rokstock when they get back in stock.

great realisation. well done. who did the rebarreling?

 

[MuleyFever]

@IBen
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5# 11.9oz

That’s with no bolt or mag

ETA, no, that’s not drugs on the scale. My wife is a sourdough fanatic and there’s flour everywhere.

What's the point of weighing a rifle with no bolt or mag?

 

[BCsteve]

great realisation. well done. who did the rebarreling?

Corlane rebarreled it. Actually, they called me yesterday, my Tikka rebarelled with the .35 Whelen custom barrel I had on Ruger MKII is ready and should be in the mail on Monday. It received a similar treatment, bead blasted to match and a fluted bolt.

 

[686]

Here’s a build that has worked out well for me. I started wanting a 6.5CM my kids could shoot off a tripod, then I ended up adding stuff to shoot the rifle at an NRL match, went great.

Tikka T3 action I’ve had for 18 years (had a .270 barrel, swapped it to a 6.5cm I bought here, with the swapping knowledge gained here). For the record, Tikka T3 rifles sold for $450 back then.

Boyd’s At One stock, filled between the plastic hand guard and fore end with rock hard to strengthen, as it was flexing when I had the gun mounted in a tripod via the SRS Arca mount I installed. The stock doesn’t have the fit and finish to satisfy the gun snob in me, but it collapses down to a short enough length of pull that the kids shoot it comfortably, it’s comfortable for me to shoot and it was a low cost experiment; worked out.

Mountain tactical bottom metal (really great, nice to be able to torque the action to the stock; I love tikka actions but hate the bottom plastic, can’t torque it)

ND 10-round mag (these don’t seem to get a lot of play here but I really like it)

20 MOA rail

Ran it for NRL with my AB Raptor 8 with flush mount and big 5-30 scope installed

10.6 lbs as it sits.

Had a great time shooting it at NRL, and it grouped well with my 143ELDX handloads at 2720fps:

The low flier was a pull by me

 

[medvedyt]

Corlane rebarreled it. Actually, they called me yesterday, my Tikka rebarelled with the .35 Whelen custom barrel I had on Ruger MKII is ready and should be in the mail on Monday. It received a similar treatment, bead blasted to match and a fluted bolt.

thank you. im waiting my tikka stainless 9.3x62 left hand from Paul Cook in Alberta. it will come with rem 700 open sights and boyds laminate stock, with enlarged bottom steel. i will post it here as well.

 

[BCsteve]

thank you. im waiting my tikka stainless 9.3x62 left hand from Paul Cook in Alberta. it will come with rem 700 open sights and boyds laminate stock, with enlarged bottom steel. i will post it here as well.

Sounds cool. What's with the enlarged bottom metal?I like modern rifles in classic chambering. There was a guy on CGN who built a .358 Norma with a stainless Winchester M70 and B&C stock.

 

[medvedyt]

Sounds cool. What's with the enlarged bottom metal?I like modern rifles in classic chambering. There was a guy on CGN who built a .358 Norma with a stainless Winchester M70 and B&C stock.

the only reason is when using gloves for bison hunting the original bottom is a little too small for my hands ...

 

[Moose83]

the only reason is when using gloves for bison hunting the original bottom is a little too small for my hands ...

Is that the PRPrecision bottom metal?