Should I go the cheap route or not

[Jdeck09]

which 3 do you have?

Approach, Ridge and Highlander

 

[Mike D Texas]

Tikkas are known for long throats.

Not an issue if you reload.

ETA: it isn’t a problem with the action. They just generally have long throats. I don’t even think if it as a problem.

I haven’t experienced overly long throat in my Tikkas. I throated my .223 longer so I could seat the bullet more in a position that I prefer in the case.

I also lengthened the throat in my 300WSM Tikka, again strictly for preferred bullet placement in the case.

I hand load my .223 to seat at 2.450” with the 77TMK, but it shoots Black Hills 77TMK to the same POI and precision so even if they are a little long, it doesn’t hurt precision.

You want to talk about long throats, I have a R700 5R Milspec rifle that I have to seat Berger 175s to 3.050” to touch the lands. That’s .250” over SAAMI; Weatherby territory. But it still shoots 1.1” 10 rounds groupsj.