The Raven: Unknown Munitions Tikka Clone action coming soon?

[V35B]

Thanks. Follow-up question: couldn't that be treated as optional? Like, couldn't a person just take the barrel to torque if they wanted to commit to a certain level of repeatability with a given barrel?

Yes.
On the Terminus, I personally have two of the QC Zeus actions, one for PRS and one for hunting. I have not seen any zero shifts with these two rifles. I just have been wringing the barrel to the action, and hit the set screws with the fix it stick and it has performed well. I too was skeptical on these, and if it didn’t work, I still have a great action with a normally torqued barrel. I do think if you had a barrel that had a shoulder and tenon that was not machined as good as it should have been, you may see some problems with zero shifts.

 

[Randonee]

With an integrated pic rail to easily and quickly remove your scope, it’s about a 5 minute job to put the barrel in a barrel vise and use an action wrench to change out barrels. Super easy.

I’m curious why the scope would need to be taken off. I guess that’s using an outside action wrench?

 

[WeiserBucks]

I’m curious why the scope would need to be taken off. I guess that’s using an outside action wrench?

Barrel vice clamps the tennon, scope overhangs the tennon.

 

[B_Reynolds_AK]

I use a Viper Sporter and it’s less than 5 minutes without taking the scope off. I do it all the time at the range with an inside action wrench. I am going to start adding wrench flats to make them faster for sure.

I can pull a scope rail, factory barrel and install a new barrel in 5 minutes. It takes longer cause I have to deal with the outside action wrench for the factory barrel.

I havnt seen the Sporter top for the Viper. That’s sweet. Allows you to grip a Tikka factory Sporter barrel and not have to remove the scope to get to the tenon.

Barrel Vise Rimfire/Sporter Barrel Tops from Viper Bench Rest — Viper Bench Rest

The Viper Rimfire/Sporter Barrel Top is just that. These tops are made to fit either the Viper (four-hole top) or the Python (two-hole top) barrel vise with rimfire/sporter barrels in mind. The tops will enable you to grip barrels as small as .500” to 1”. Product Manual: To use the Viper or Pyth

www.viperbenchrest.com

 

[Randonee]

I use a Viper Sporter and it’s less than 5 minutes without taking the scope off.

I use a MechForce, which also can be tighten to the skinniest area of a Tikka Lite barrel.

 

[hereinaz]

I havnt seen the Sporter top for the Viper. That’s sweet. Allows you to grip a Tikka factory Sporter barrel and not have to remove the scope to get to the tenon.

Barrel Vise Rimfire/Sporter Barrel Tops from Viper Bench Rest — Viper Bench Rest

The Viper Rimfire/Sporter Barrel Top is just that. These tops are made to fit either the Viper (four-hole top) or the Python (two-hole top) barrel vise with rimfire/sporter barrels in mind. The tops will enable you to grip barrels as small as .500” to 1”. Product Manual: To use the Viper or Pyth

www.viperbenchrest.com

Exactly.

And, I used it in combination with the regular vice to break off factory barrels off the Tikka and Howa. Now I have the SAC vice for factory barrels.

I also just got the Buffalo Creek barrel version which is all steel with an aluminum insert.