Tikka 6x45 barrel recommendations?

[KyleR1985]

107tmk on top, 95tmk on bottom.

95tmk boat tail junction out past the neck shoulder junction at 2.55”

 

[CaptArab]

I'm only posting because you mentioned finances being a thing and owning a 243
Lots of cheap ways to launch an 80-90 grain bullet a couple hundred gards at 2600-2700fps without spending a G. 4198 and some 87 grain vmaxes will do the same thing.

But far be it from me to keep a man from building a rifle

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I'm only posting because you mentioned finances being a thing and owning a 243 View attachment 1077726
Lots of cheap ways to launch an 80-90 grain bullet a couple hundred at 2600-2700fps yards without spending a G. 4198 and some 87 grain vmaxes will do the same thing.

But far be it from me to keep a man from building a rifle

I’m going to sell one or two of my other project rifles in the next couple of months to refill the fun fund. And, if I can overcome some of the sentimental obstacles, I might even succeed in really pillaging the old gun safe.

 

[ezwy]

I have a Shaw 223 wyld that is on my cz 527 and it shoots great. Local smith put it on and headspaced it for 100 bucks. Just had it chambered long.

 

[RockAndSage]

And, if I can overcome some of the sentimental obstacles, I might even succeed in really pillaging the old gun safe.

I can really appreciate this, as at one point I had a similar thing click into place, where I offloaded a bunch of interesting or collector-type items that had been extremely cool to me in prior years. I've always run the daylights out of my handguns, but a few rifles and shotguns, especially nicer hunting and a few surplus-type rifles, more or less were always safe queens. The money from selling those got put into a couple of really select long-gun setups and piles of ammo - and I've gotten vastly more satisfaction out of shooting out of all that, than I ever had in having those cool guns. About the only ones left are a couple of older heirloom guns that'll get passed down. But yeah, it's way better having the skill and connectedness that comes from really mastering a useful gun. And funny enough, those heirloom guns I still have...they're the hard-use guns my dad and grandfather had. Almost no monetary value in them because of that. But the sentiment is there in heaps.