Tikka updating 300 wsm twist rate- 1-10”

[WYWestCoast]

Yes my Roughtech is a 10 twist.


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When did you by it? Is it marked 10" on the barrel?

 

[Mike D Texas]

When did you by it? Is it marked 10" on the barrel?

Bough it in June of this year and yes it’s stamped on the barrel.

I’m elk hunting or I would get pics.


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[WYWestCoast]

Bough it in June of this year and yes it’s stamped on the barrel.

I’m elk hunting or I would get pics.


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Nice! To be sure we're on the same page, it's a WSM and not a win mag? I want to set up some version of a roughtech (probably the tungsten cerakote Cabelas exclusive) but will likely have to order/ship to store and just want to know if it's even realistic to expect that a 10" will show up before I go through the process. Sounds like there might be a chance.

 

[Mike D Texas]

It is definitely a WSM.

This is the one and where I bought it. It doesn’t specify twist rate in the description but had them confirm before buying.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/143934/tikka+t3x+lite+300+wsm+3+1+cap+24.30+stainless+steel+rec+fluted+barrel+orange+webbed+black+roughtech+fixed+stock+wit

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[WYWestCoast]

It is definitely a WSM.

This is the one and where I bought it. It doesn’t specify twist rate in the description but had them confirm before buying.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/143934/tikka+t3x+lite+300+wsm+3+1+cap+24.30+stainless+steel+rec+fluted+barrel+orange+webbed+black+roughtech+fixed+stock+wit

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Awesome! Glad to hear they're popping up

 

[WYWestCoast]

I wandered around the Scheels (Billings, MT) gun department yesterday and took a peak at every 30 cal Tikka on the shelf (probably 8-10 lites in blued and stainless). The only 300 win mag was 1-10" as expected. Everything else was either 308 or 30-06. All were marked with twist rate. There was one straggler 1-11" in each chambering but most were 1-10" in both. Didn't find anything in 300 WSM which didn't surprise me.

 

[Packmansion]

FYI at my sportsman's and Scheels all the 308, 30-06 rifle are 10 twist. They also finally have the plain old superlite in 6.5 PRC. I just picked up a 30-06 superlite. No 300 wsms. Unfortunately I don't know if 300 wsm is all that popular. I turned my old 30-06 into a fast twist 20" 6.5cm. now that I have a 30-06 Tikka in 10 twist I can sleep like a baby and my OCD has been cured for now, I'll find something sooner or later to obsess over. It's a beautiful day for Tikka.

 

[WYWestCoast]

Pic isnt the clearest but this is a stainless laminate tikka for sale on GB right now. Sure looks like it's marked as a 1-10" to me. First one I've seen in a pic or in person and I've been looking.

 

[Alpinedrifter]

FYI at my sportsman's and Scheels all the 308, 30-06 rifle are 10 twist. They also finally have the plain old superlite in 6.5 PRC. I just picked up a 30-06 superlite. No 300 wsms. Unfortunately I don't know if 300 wsm is all that popular. I turned my old 30-06 into a fast twist 20" 6.5cm. now that I have a 30-06 Tikka in 10 twist I can sleep like a baby and my OCD has been cured for now, I'll find something sooner or later to obsess over. It's a beautiful day for Tikka.

I called Beretta customer service today and he said that their product managers and import teams still don't have any info as to when they will import ANY 1:10 twist .300 WSMs. He said the late 24' models (October and beyond) will be stamped 1:10. But if they aren't even going to be here this year, I may just scratch the .300 WSM and pick up a Superlite 10 twist .30-06 like you recently bought. Does yours have "1:10 twist" stamped on the receiver?

 

[Packmansion]

I called Beretta customer service today and he said that their product managers and import teams still don't have any info as to when they will import ANY 1:10 twist .300 WSMs. He said the late 24' models (October and beyond) will be stamped 1:10. But if they aren't even going to be here this year, I may just scratch the .300 WSM and pick up a Superlite 10 twist .30-06 like you recently bought. Does yours have "1:10 twist" stamped on the receiver?

It says 10" on the barrel. They are now the norm at most stores.

 

[WYWestCoast]

I tried to cash in my Cabelas points on one of the exclusive D18 rifles which is essentially a Roughtech Veil with different colored cerakote and a different camo pattern on the stock, Ordered a 300 WSM to the Billings, MT store but the example that showed up was a 2023 manufactured rifle (marked "FI23" on the line above the caliber designation) and hence twisted at 11". I refused the transfer. The manager that did the return said they don't sell very many 300 WSMs so they likely take longer to move the older inventory along. There was both a 308 and 30-06 on the shelf if the same model and both were 2024 manufacture dates and 10" marked.

 

[AgentP]

I know this is

Any lead bullet you'd want to shoot from a wsm, yes. There are probably some boutique heavy for caliber copper bullets that would require more twist but in that case their sleek lighter bullets are probably a good choice anyway.

I know this is an older thread but I’m hunting the same conditions with a sako 300wsm with 1:11 twist from about 2008. It was free so I can’t beat it. Will 180 gr stabilize well enough in the conditions listed with 1:11”?

 

[noKnees]

I shoot 180 AB from my 1:11 300WSM with real good results. I tried the 200AB and had okish results around 1MOA. Bryan L's stability calculator says the 1:11 was just a little suboptimal for the 200AB. I don't know if the twist was a factor in my less than spectacular accuracy. I was able to pick up one of the 22.4" threaded 1:10 twist 300wsm stainless new take off barrels on ebay and will do the swap after the season and dicker some more with the 200's.

 

[AgentP]

I shoot 180 AB from my 1:11 300WSM with real good results. I tried the 200AB and had okish results around 1MOA. Bryan L's stability calculator says the 1:11 was just a little suboptimal for the 200AB. I don't know if the twist was a factor in my less than spectacular accuracy. I was able to pick up one of the 22.4" threaded 1:10 twist 300wsm stainless new take off barrels on ebay and will do the swap after the season and dicker some more with the 200's.

Yeah I’m considering swapping barrels on mine too rather than buy a completely new rifle. I have some Norma bondstrikes ordered in 180 gr. Should I order some Nosler accubonds too? I’m just trying to have good shots at 300 yards. Gonna go out to the range next weekend

 

[noKnees]

Yeah I’m considering swapping barrels on mine too rather than buy a completely new rifle. I have some Norma bondstrikes ordered in 180 gr. Should I order some Nosler accubonds too? I’m just trying to have good shots at 300 yards. Gonna go out to the range next weekend

I can't predict how any factory ammo will shoot, always seems the only way to know is to test. In any case the 1:11 in your sako should well stabilize either the 180 Bondstrike or the 180AB.

 

[wind gypsy]

I know this is

I know this is an older thread but I’m hunting the same conditions with a sako 300wsm with 1:11 twist from about 2008. It was free so I can’t beat it. Will 180 gr stabilize well enough in the conditions listed with 1:11”?

11 twist in a wsm is great for 180s.

 

[Alpinedrifter]

Yesterday I called Beretta customer service and I finally got some clarity on the availability of the Tikka T3X .300 WSM stainless steel in a 1:10 twist. The 1:10 has been available for sale since March of 25’. Beretta phased out the Superlite version in 1:10. It is now available in Lite only and it also now features a 5/8 in x 24 threaded muzzle. He told me Beretta’s “J-code” for this new version is JRTXB34122MT. Again, it is in 1:10 twist and he said that “10 in” is in fact stamped on the barrel. I placed my order with Europtic yesterday.