Kimber7man
WKR
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good to hear, hate to see a gun company go under.
No sir.
I remove the stock contact points and truly free float the barrel- no dollar bill nonsense. Degrease like a boss, loctite, 65in-lbs. Have had no problems with a bunch of them.
Scooter says.....
"After a few adjustments the Gunwerks rifle will be shooting more accurate when it seems like with the Tikka it's going to be a very long process (and expensive one) replacing everything on that gun and a lot more time and trial and error to get similar results. "
IME you couldn't be more off base. Where are you coming up with this? Tikkas could be the least finicky rifle you will ever own, regardless of price.
You only quoted a portion of what I wrote and did not include the sentence right before. What you failed to also include was that part about taking the rifle out the box, shooting and being accurate at 1,000 yards. Next time quote the whole thing, not just a select sentence or two and then try to say I am claiming something I'm not.
I have no personal relationship with or desire to own or be able to justify/afford owning a rifle from Gunwerks.
You’re still off base.
I have a SL Creedmoor that I threw a NF on, with factory 147 loads can punch out to 1k with consistency. Factory stock. I put a trigger spring in. That’s it.
Even if you have to replace the stock and barrel on a tikka, you’re still over $5000 ahead of the Gunwerks. That’s a lot of hunting that can be done.
Im sure they’re good rifles, I’m not doubting that for a second. At that price they better be... but you can’t say they’re not insanely overpriced for what you get.
So if you have no experience with either, is your point just that you wanted to post?There's the budget Tikkas, the very expensive Gunwerks rifles and a bunch of stuff in between.
Someone like you thinks the Tikkas are great values and totally adequate while another person might think they're cheap feeling and although very affordable not worth the money. Some think rifles from Gunwerks are a total scam and way overpriced for what you get while there are others who apparently love them, dont blink an eye at the price of admission and own more than one.
Nobody is right or wrong. My reasons for passing on the Tikka and getting something else may have been the exact reasons you or someone else went with one.
So if you have no experience with either, is your point just that you wanted to post?
I think it would be pretty tough to argue Tikka's don't have the best OEM action, I guess other than a Sako TRG. That and the decent barrels you are getting (better than decent on the CTR/Varmint) is the main reason to buy them. Although my CTR stock is perfectly adequate and I moved it over to my hunting gun when I put some other Tikka's in chassis systems.
Was your CTR stock a direct swap to your T3? Got pictures?
Yeah, its the same exact gun. Google a Tikka T3x CTR - now imagine it with a T3x lite pencil barrel.
For what its worth - Mine was a T3x to a T3x - not a T3. But its the same exact action. The CTR stock will have an upgraded (steel) recoil lug which is good.Google tells me the T3X is a direct swap. When I researched it before the T3 required mods to work. I award you the internet for a day, kind sir.
I think it was the T3 CTR that made mods required, or at least that's what I gathered from the cool kids.For what its worth - Mine was a T3x to a T3x - not a T3. But its the same exact action. The CTR stock will have an upgraded (steel) recoil lug which is good.
It’s weird because Sako could have easily priced the T3s higher than they did when they brought them over...
Now people who are new to guns think they are a “budget” rifle when really, other than the factory stock, they are the best mass produced rifle available right now. As an example, they are a much better rifle than anything from Christensen in just about all regards and new gun guys think of those as “premium” rifles.
Throw a new stock and a trigger spring on a T3X and you have an incredible rifle.
Thinking about doing this with my factory stock. How much float would a superlite .30 Cal barrel need in this stock? 1/16"? 1/8"?