TIKKA CTR on a diet

[Randy181421]

I have an extra Ctr stock from a build I may do something like this

 

[sdupontjr]

I posted earlier. Since have taken the Arken off and replaced with a trijicon credo. Also pulled thr rail and put UM rings. Like it is, it weighs .74 lbs less than my T3 lite with the 56mm Polar. Like it alot.

 

[Smooch]

You copied me! You even got it with the bolt on the correct side!

Mine's nearly identical: exactly 9 pounds with the SM rings, SWFA 3-9 and Waters mag / T3 bottom. I did cerakote it for weather protection. Its my favorite rifle to shoot, the gun doesn't move. And with the 80eldm it has some reach.


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What magazine is that?

 

[SouthPaw]

What magazine is that?

Its the Waters Rifleman tikka 6rd 223 with 2.6oal.

 

[Tom-D]

To the guys who have done this are you just leaving a gap around the bottom metal or filling it with something?

 

[Alex Genereux]

So jealous of the lefty ctrs. They are impossible to find now it seems.

 

[Smooch]

Its the Waters Rifleman tikka 6rd 223 with 2.6oal.

Please tell me more. Do they fit the stock CTR bottom metal? Can you get them in .308?

 

[JollyRoger]

Please tell me more. Do they fit the stock CTR bottom metal? Can you get them in .308?

Those magazines fit the standard bottom metal. Yes you can get them in 308. And I think you can get a CTR mag version too. Go to his site and read carefully.

 

[SouthPaw]

To the guys who have done this are you just leaving a gap around the bottom metal or filling it with something?

I've left the gap for now but considered bonding it with jb weld. It's solid as is, no issues.

 

[sdupontjr]

Mine is a Tikka ridgeline takeoff stock that I silghtly opened the barrel channel some. Use standard T3x bottom metal and mag. As others have said, it will leave a gap on the original CTR stock.

 

[Igloo]

How do you guys think a CTR in a regular T3x Lite stock would balance with a lighter scope on it, say a 13-14 oz Trijicon Accupoint 3-9x40?

Debating hard between a regular 22" T3x Light and the CTR on a Diet concept, either in 308

 

[Dunky]

Adding to this older thread. I left the factory rail on and haven’t scoped it yet but dropped about a pound from factory with a stockys vg tikka stock, factory plastic bottom metal and mag.

 

[MTMeatHunter]

Adding to this older thread. I left the factory rail on and haven’t scoped it yet but dropped about a pound from factory with a stockys vg tikka stock, factory plastic bottom metal and mag.

Just for reference, is it the 20” or 24”?

 

[Dunky]

20 inch .223

 

[Fireflyfishing]

I found that if I diet and get stronger, my rifle doesn’t need a diet.

Shoots 10 shot groups like this…

 

[MTMeatHunter]

I found that if I diet and get stronger, my rifle doesn’t need a diet.
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Shoots 10 shot groups like this…
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Hard to put the elk quarter in my pack on a diet…