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.

 

[tstowater]

I'm somewhat happy that there is no 20" or shorter barrels. Saves me from buying one at this point. The 243 is doing just fine with 107's so an upgrade would be nice but not necessary. Bought too much stuff already this year.

 

[Hurley88]

What aftermarket barrels are we talking?

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

I’m away from home for the week but now I’m curious to go back & check data to compare velocities. It’s written down for exactly this type of thing, maybe I’m wrong.

As far as barrels I don’t want to throw shade, I don’t think it’s the blanks anyway. More the guy chambering it. The following is all referencing 10-shot groups: had one doing 0.7” groups then the second barrel from that same company was finicky as hell, but after 200-250 rounds found a load doing about 1.1”. Another barrel was an absolute hammer then I decided to throat it, got finicky and 150 rounds later found a 1” load. Had three from a third company, two were awesome and one was a 1.3” shooter which was the best I could find well north of 200 rounds (everything else was 1.6” or bigger). At around 800 rounds that barrel suddenly became a 1” shooter. There’s one other but it was such garbage (1.8” groups at best, many 2.5”) that it was refunded. But that was after wasting 250+ rounds, throating, chopping & crowing…ugh.

The Tikka barrels…they all just grouped. Most right around 1.1”. Maybe some needed a bullet or powder swap, but well south of 100 rounds and you’re off. With aftermarket barrels I haven’t had the best experience on the whole.

Just grabbed a Tikka 6.5CM barrel for less than $200, it’ll get screwed on in the next month or two; I don’t expect issues but hey maybe I’m due haha