Tikka 6.5 PRC

[MuleyFever]

Was at a local store and they had more 6.5 PRCs than anything else. Guess the ammo issue is keeping people from buying them.

A Tikka in 280ai would be cool if they put a 24" tube on it. Many people report Tikkas being a little slow as it is. Also, the 7mm chamber appears to be their least accurate/most picky from a few reports I have seen.

 

[Mr Drysdale]

Was at a local store and they had more 6.5 PRCs than anything else. Guess the ammo issue is keeping people from buying them.

A Tikka in 280ai would be cool if they put a 24" tube on it. Many people report Tikkas being a little slow as it is. Also, the 7mm chamber appears to be their least accurate/most picky from a few reports I have seen.

Don’t know about the 280AI but my Tikka T3 SL in 7RM is deadly accurate with Barnes Vor-Tx 160 grain TSX.

 

[amassi]

As long as its not a 10 twist or something stupid.
Tikka really needs to join the 21st century and offer some fast twist rifles

Likely the old old standard 1:9.25.

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[AZ_Hunter_2000]

Tikka does a good job on the 6.5s from a twist rate perspective. Should be a 1:8.

 

[amassi]

Tikka does a good job on the 6.5s from a twist rate perspective. Should be a 1:8.

Talking about a possible introduction of a 280ai in s tikka

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[mxgust]

Talking about a possible introduction of a 280ai in s tikka

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Is the 280ai just a rumor or where were you hearing that might be on the list?

 

[Motown]

280ai

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Was at a local store and they had more 6.5 PRCs than anything else. Guess the ammo issue is keeping people from buying them.

A Tikka in 280ai would be cool if they put a 24" tube on it. Many people report Tikkas being a little slow as it is. Also, the 7mm chamber appears to be their least accurate/most picky from a few reports I have seen.

I was thinking about trying the Savage Proof Ultralite in 280 ai but the flimsy stock and stupid 22” barrel turned me off.

 

[amassi]

Is the 280ai just a rumor or where were you hearing that might be on the list?

Just an educated guess, when they announced they were releasing a prc they hinted at another cartridge as well. Sako released a couple 280ai last year so stands to reason tikka will someday

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[MuleyFever]

I was thinking about trying the Savage Proof Ultralite in 280 ai but the flimsy stock and stupid 22” barrel turned me off.

Me too. The 22" barrel is the reason I did not ordered a Savage. May as well shoot a 7mm-08, which I used before buying a Kimber in 280ai.

 

[mxgust]

Just an educated guess, when they announced they were releasing a prc they hinted at another cartridge as well. Sako released a couple 280ai last year so stands to reason tikka will someday

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Cool, thank you. I’ve been tossing around the idea of buying one for a donor to rechamber into a 280ai. I might just be patient for a few more months

 

[mapticon]

A lot of us are asking the same question about Tikka and 6.5 PRC. OMR will convert a Tikka to 6.5 PRC w/ a carbon barrel, and do it a lot faster than whenever Tikka feels like it. Search the threads for OMR.

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[khuber84]

Buy a Tikka 260 or 6.5 creedmoor. Send it to Shaen rifle works in California. He'll bore your chamber out and open up the bolt face for 375$ he can do other Chambers like 6.5x284 that won't require the bolt face to be opened.

 

[KChunter71]

So which will come first: the Tikka 6.5 PRC rifle or the Lapua 6.5 PRC brass???

 

[elund]

I saw this Shot Show 2020 video where the rep stated Tikka would chamber the 6.5 PRC around June 2020, did this ever happen?

I have a tikka chambered in 6.5 prc. use a tikka 7mm action.

 

[Nomosendero]

I sure think a suppressed CTR in 6.5 PRC would be neat. I would or should be a little faster than a 24" CM.

 

[HUNT>WRK]

What will next years caliber be? 6.8 western?

 

[khuber84]

What will next years caliber be? 6.8 western?

I'm hoping for a Tikka in 6 creed myself. Only reason they haven't done it yet is because their 243 is slow twist, they'd have to retool for the cm. They are always a lil behind the times on twist rates. A guy can use the long action magnum magazines for the prc too, I took a dremel to mine to open the feed lips a bit for more case head presentation to the bolt face, they're good with a lil messaging.