Ultralight Tikka .300WM Build: Seeking advice on folding stocks/cheek weld.

[grfox92]

Im going to go ahead and say what everyone is beating around the bush here....Im not trying to hurt your feelings or shit on your build....but....

I think this is a mistake. That gun is going to recoil so bad, you will never see what you shoot at once you pull the trigger. Ive spent a lot of time behind a 300 WM Tikka with a brake in a factory stock. The only way I know what I am hitting is the sound of the steel ringing in my headphones.

Even a braked Tikka 300WM put me in physical pain the next day after about 50 rounds the day before, i shoot about 100x more than the average guy and dont ever have a sore shoulder. I absolutely hated shooting that gun.

You have a magnum bolt face Tikka that has an intended use of a backcountry rifle. You have mentioned a HNT 26 and a suppressor and a carbon barrel. Here is the move, save a ton of money and order a 16 to 18" prefit Stainless steel Tikka Barrel chambered in 6.5 PRC. Drop it in a HNT26 or some other folding or collapsible chassis, put a quality suppressor on the end. Now you have a shoot able, short, compact, backcountry rifle.

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[grfox92]

I will also add, if you are dead set on keeping it a 300wm, just cut the barrel down and put it in a Rokstock. That is just about the I only stock that will mitigate recoil enough to enable you to spot impacts.

Tikka / Sako are the best barrel makers in the industry. Taking off their barrel to screw on someone elses carbon barrel will honestly do nothing to help you.

Edit, if you have to proceed using the current rifle as is, and in the factory stock, there are options for quality cheek risers from Victor. IMO they are the best option for a quality cheek riser for a factory stock. You can also buy a brake quality brake to reduce recoil by about 50%. I really like APA Fat Bastard for this. Just make sure you wear plugs and muffs at the range and you ABSOLUTELY MUST have ear protection in hunting situations or you will cause permanent hearing loss.

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[K9kodi]

I’m not in the area I need to hike miles and really need a light rifle, butttttt I wanted one. I also wanted a super light , nice to me rifle. It came with a threaded barrel so I figured if I was dumping the money into the rifle. Might as well suppress it as well. Then I thought to myself, why did I just buy the lightest rifle I found that I liked, the most maneuverable and then decide to add a long ass suppressor. It now lives on my pcc sbr.

Either way, it’s a carbon stocked , carbon barreled 300 wm and w the brake I think it’s less recoil then the 270 tikka t3 lite.

 

[Raghorn54]

DCWrinkler - To answer your cheek weld question: one quick, cheap and easy solution is a kydex cheek riser kit (Mountain Tactical, Matthews Fabrication are two manufacturers I know of). I’ve put the mountain tactical ones on all my Tikkas. Four and counting. Requires you to drill the stock, which is super easy with a handheld drill or press. Have used this solution on my 22” T3X 300WM for three years. Has been a great rifle for me, deadly with the 195gr factory ELDMs.

But no matter what, I’d run a brake or a can. This makes the recoil very manageable, though I’ll say personally I still shoot better with lighter recoiling setups (T3X in 6.5 PRC, CTR in 308).

Also, I’d avoid the scythe Ti like the plague. Ask me how I know…

 

[FFuller]

Tell us you've done zero research, again.

Wow! Another entirely useless comment by Weiserbucks! This guy must get beat by his wife so he tries to be powerful online.

 

[Oldffemt]

Wow! Another entirely useless comment by Weiserbucks! This guy must get beat by his wife so he tries to be powerful online.

Or he can tell that minimal research was done prior to posting based on the selected can.
Lighten up Francis.

 

[FFuller]

Or he can tell that minimal research was done prior to posting based on the selected can.
Lighten up Francis.

Triggered! lol

 

[Oldffemt]

Triggered! lol

You certainly seem to be.

 

[K9kodi]

Advocating for the devil, is coming on a forums and asking questions not research? Or bc it’s not what one would deem as a research automatically an incorrect form or research? Or do we all just come on forums w our own opinions which if differ from another’s would be wrong? Just curious.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Advocating for the devil, is coming on a forums and asking questions not research? Or bc it’s not what one would deem as a research automatically an incorrect form or research? Or do we all just come on forums w our own opinions which if differ from another’s would be wrong? Just curious.

In my opinion a little research and searching topics go a long way towards gaining a little knowledge. Some people do zero research and want to be spoon fed answers by people who have put alot of work into XXX topic.

We live in the instant gratification world.

 

[DCWrinkler]

Advocating for the devil, is coming on a forums and asking questions not research? Or bc it’s not what one would deem as a research automatically an incorrect form or research? Or do we all just come on forums w our own opinions which if differ from another’s would be wrong? Just curious.

Thank you! Very few on here have had actual advice and instead choose to nitpick. I debated joining Rokslide for this very reason...so far I should have trusted my gut that most here gatekeep rather than help.

 

[K9kodi]

Again , I agree, but just bc someone wants to spoon fed doesn’t mean they have to be fed, but if everyone did their own research to the point of forming their own opinion and not need more, why do places like this exist? A room of likeminded people always fail the same way

 

[DCWrinkler]

In my opinion a little research and searching topics go a long way towards gaining a little knowledge. Some people do zero research and want to be spoon fed answers by people who have put alot of work into XXX topic.

We live in the instant gratification world.

I hope you are not referring to me here. I am, in no way, wanting to be spoonfed. I asked for specifics about a specific issue I had.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Maybe I didn't get my point across clearly. Some things are so well established that a quick Google search will hash it out before posting a question on whatever topic. Some people are to lazy to even do a quick web search.

 

[WeiserBucks]

I hope you are not referring to me here. I am, in no way, wanting to be spoonfed. I asked for specifics about a specific issue I had.

Not at all man, carry on.

 

[grfox92]

I hope you are not referring to me here. I am, in no way, wanting to be spoonfed. I asked for specifics about a specific issue I had.

I dont think they were speaking about you, nor did I get that vibe from your OP.

 

[Dbevans]

Here is my back country tikka 300wm. Tikka roughtech superlite. 8 pounds loaded with a sling.


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[K9kodi]

I wanna ask how the roughed stock differs from the t3 lite, but I’ll google it . Hahha

 

[WeiserBucks]

I wanna ask how the roughed stock differs from the t3 lite, but I’ll google it . Hahha

It's the same piece of plastic, just a different color scheme.

 

[grfox92]

I wanna ask how the roughed stock differs from the t3 lite, but I’ll google it . Hahha

Literally the exact same stock with a paint job.

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