Tikkas with factory threaded barrels?

[9487329]

Update

 

[DangerRanger]

Looks like a blunderbuss

 

[nettereo16]

So there's a 20" 6.5cm? Getting close

 

[9487329]

So there's a 20" 6.5cm? Getting close

Looks like we're only ~7 years from an 18" 6arc

 

[The Harbor Master]

I guess when they come out with the 22.4"BBL 6CM I can cut to 19" or so, so the flare is off and rethreaded so it'll look less dumb and be the right length!

 

[wind gypsy]

I actually think the way they did the flare looks dumb and adds unnecessary weight

Agree. I wonder if it may have something to do with the hammer forging and contouring process - maybe easier to have that long gradual taper than just doing a very short but steeper shoulder at the muzzle end from a manufacturing standpoint?

 

[9487329]

Agree. I wonder if it may have something to do with the hammer forging and contouring process - maybe easier to have that long gradual taper than just doing a very short but steeper shoulder at the muzzle end from a manufacturing standpoint?

I hardly think the aesthetics of the entire package will be too negatively affected by the barrel contour if I’m putting a rokstok and AB warthog on it lol

 

[Samson7x]

Agree. I wonder if it may have something to do with the hammer forging and contouring process - maybe easier to have that long gradual taper than just doing a very short but steeper shoulder at the muzzle end from a manufacturing standpoint?

Yeah, I don't doubt it. Doing that would add another machining step and subsequent increase in price. I'm sure they were trying to keep it below a certain price point.

 

[sbaker0029]

Browning does a similar taper on their suppressor ready models. @wind gypsy and @Samson7x

 

[The Harbor Master]

Maybe it's the fluting but that looks a lot more subtle

Browning does a similar taper on their suppressor ready models. @wind gypsy and @Samson7x

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[sbaker0029]

Maybe it's the fluting but that looks a lot more subtle

I haven't seen a factory thread tikka in person but the browning in person bells out a good amount right after the flutes. Maybe the flutes are making it look a bit more subtle in pictures.

 

[goathunter]

Update

Wow 20" compact 6.5cm? If they offer in a lefty I'm buying

 

[Kimber7man]

Waiting for the 6.5x55….

 

[WI-Carcosa]

Waiting for the 6.5x55….

Eurooptic has them on order, 22” threaded. Just got an email from them this week answering that question

 

[chukwithak]

I didn’t see a 20” 6.5 but picked up a SS 22” 6.5CM at Scheels over the weekend.

 

[MTMeatHunter]

Here’s one I saw today at Scheels. T3x lite blued 8 twist 223 with a 16” threaded barrel. Pretty cool, wish it was stainless.

 

[PeteMac]

I didn’t see a 20” 6.5 but picked up a SS 22” 6.5CM at Scheels over the weekend.

Nice pickup! Was it marked model # JRTXB38222MT? Been tempted to order one but without the tikka site being updated I haven't been sure what model # is a 22" 6.5cm. Thanks.

 

[AZ_Hunter]

Here’s one I saw today at Scheels. T3x lite blued 8 twist 223 with a 16” threaded barrel. Pretty cool, wish it was stainless.
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Unless it’s just an optical illusion, the barrels look fat.

 

[Willie IV]

Unless it’s just an optical illusion, the barrels look fat.

Fat shaming

But I agree with you.... it looks like it has more girth LOL

 

[MTMeatHunter]

Unless it’s just an optical illusion, the barrels look fat.

I didn’t look super closely, but with a 16” barrel I’d imagine the taper starts at or just after the tip of the forend.