Will Tikka come out with a 6 CM soon???

[thinhorn_AK]

correct, it’s 22”

That sucks. Why can’t these squares get it together and start selling rifles with threaded 16-18” barrels???

At this point, I’m just over getting any more new guns until I can buy something usable without having to spend 300 bucks to get sent off for cutting and threading.

I fully understand that my abstinence from buying makes absolutely no difference but it would be great to see some tikka rifles I actually want, not project guns that I need to mail off to get worked on.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

Accuracy difference isn’t game-changing, it’s slight but there. Fussiness is very different, many times I’ve been 200+ rounds into an aftermarket barrel before I find a load.

The only direct comparison I have for velocity is four Tikka 6.5CM barrels against two Aero barrels, they all track right where I’d expect with the same load. Two inches longer makes 55fps-65fps faster.

Maybe they are slow, I don’t know. But if so I’ll take the hit bc 60 rounds in I’m done and off the bench.

Not arguing, just posting up info for anyone interested. I don’t want them in high demand anyway, more for me!

200 seems like a lot to find a decent load.
That’s burning a 1/8 of the barrel life.
I would prefer not to loose any velocity as my barrel will be 16 anyway.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

200 seems like a lot to find a decent load.
That’s burning a 1/8 of the barrel life.
I would prefer not to loose any velocity as my barrel will be 16 anyway.

What barrelsnonly get 1600 rounds before going bad?

 

[Castle Rock]

What barrelsnonly get 1600 rounds before going bad?

I killed a 270 with 1500 rounds

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I killed a 270 with 1500 rounds

That’s crazy

 

[Castle Rock]

Pest control shooting Roos off a wheat crop, it was used when the nights were too windy for the 222, or on the bigger paddocks.

That’s crazy

 

[Coopsdaddy]

6cm barrel
22cm barrel

There not lasting 3000 rounds

 

[BringBackThe80s]

I have noticed no real difference in accuracy but I have noticed that my Tikka factory barrels are all 75 - 100 FPS slower than other barrels. Perhaps just bad luck, but I don’t think so. I’m pretty convinced Tikka factory barrels are slow, and hence why I’m not rushing out to buy a new factory 6CM

Are you sure they're still slow if your seating depth is long enough to get ogive close to the lands?

The long throat in Tikkas is forgiving to a wide variety of bullets/loads, but the gas bypass during jump to the lands bleeds off some velocity.

I have found that if I seat 20-30 thousandths off the lands, my velocities are very close to manual or predicted speeds (after subtracting 20-40 fps per inch of barrel below 24" standard testing length).

I swapped the short-action bolt stop for a long action stop and use Tikka's long/standard action magazines. I never have to worry about COAL being to long unless I switch to a standard/long action chambering with a fast twist.

 

[wind gypsy]

Accuracy difference isn’t game-changing, it’s slight but there. Fussiness is very different, many times I’ve been 200+ rounds into an aftermarket barrel before I find a load.

The only direct comparison I have for velocity is four Tikka 6.5CM barrels against two Aero barrels, they all track right where I’d expect with the same load. Two inches longer makes 55fps-65fps faster.

Maybe they are slow, I don’t know. But if so I’ll take the hit bc 60 rounds in I’m done and off the bench.

Not arguing, just posting up info for anyone interested. I don’t want them in high demand anyway, more for me!

What aftermarket barrels are we talking?

Also, tikkas do seem slow to me even when handloading but I've not a huge sample size.