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Tikka BR

Edwin Gideons said:
Downside to 6 BR: less velocity, 2 tenths more wind on 10% of my targets

Upside: more accuracy, more consistency, more barrel life, less recoil, cheaper brass (BR Lapua brass is cheaper than all the quality offerings for Creedmoor), less powder, etc. Im sure I left something off the list.

It’s been brought up quite a few times in certain discussions that the majority of PRS matches are won with a variant of the 6BR or a 6.5x47. You could probably add 6XC to that list as well. All of those cartridges have their beginnings in the BR/F-class environment and hold most of the records. It only makes sense that they would also dominate in PRS.
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Like i said theres an option on cheaper brass. Sure lapua is a tad higher but you can get creed brass for exactly half price of lapua br brass- you can also buy loaded ammo in a pinch. The wind is going to drift a br quite a bit more- which is why you dont see many br rifles in competitions past 600.
 
yukonal said:
I have taken 2nd or 3rd in 3 out of the last 5 State Championships, and a Regional. 45-60 participants. My custom builds are competitive...and not "marginal".

If I could get someone who could shoot...to get behind a couple of them, I think they would clean house.:p I'm sure they shoot better than I do.:D
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You can send me one, ill see if i can shoot:D 284 win set up for fopen would be perfect:rolleyes:
 
Right now, Euro optics is clearing out a bunch of T3's. You can buy a new T3 for under $500. Sell the stock and barrel, and you've got an action for about $350. If I were starting out again, I'd buy half a dozen of them.
 
Dusty Stevens said:
Like i said theres an option on cheaper brass. Sure lapua is a tad higher but you can get creed brass for exactly half price of lapua br brass- you can also buy loaded ammo in a pinch. The wind is going to drift a br quite a bit more- which is why you dont see many br rifles in competitions past 600.
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Nobody that is serious about competing is buying cheap brass or loaded ammo so I’m not sure what point you are trying to make. Even if you had a point on those two it wouldn’t come close to outweighing all the other benefits. As for the wind drift...180fps more velocity for a 105 Hybrid has a whopping .18 mil edge at 1K. That doesn’t factor in PRS, especially since about 10% of the targets are out that far.
 
yukonal said:
I think I can be credited with being one of the, if not THE person who started the customizing of the Tikka "craze"...several years ago (2010).

I designed, and had several runs of Rem 700 style recoil lugs CNC machined, and surface ground to exact tolerances. Then, we face off the taper on the face of the receiver. This leaves quite a bit of meat on both sides of the bottom of the face of the action. (all the lugs you see these days are spin off's of my original design) So the lugs are drilled out, and double pinned to these locations. The factory lug is done away with, and the slot in the bottom of the receiver acts as a secondary bedding surface when the bedding material fills it in and hardens.

I contour my barrels to the new diameter of the lug, approximately 1.180". With the ability to change bolt stop length, the same action can run a medium cartridge, or a long. Just swap out the bolt stop, and install the appropriate magazine. Or, mill a medium stop to a long, if that's the way you want to go.

When I started on this venture, I completely purged my safe of every brand, and started buying, and building Tikkas. I know them inside and out. And I have acquired my High Master status shooting Tikkas.:D

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would you pls list the mods you started to do, and the reasons for each one? thanks, I know this is an older thread, but I think there is a lot of interest on this topic!! other shooters pls add your input.
 
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grovey said:
Has anyone built a dedicated benchrest rifle on a Tikka T3 action? Pro's /con's ?
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IMO, forget it and if you want a short or long range competitive benchrest rifle start with a good custom action, quality barrel and stock and build from there in the caliber you feel best suits your shooting game.
 
joshb said:
Ah! You’re still here! You HAVE to tell us about that beauty! It looks fast!
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It is an Arion Lightning XS. Continential Titan 340ci, 180 HP. 165 knots cruise at 8.5 gallons per hour. 38 usable gallons on board. I can get from our home near Dayton, to the nearest airport to our farm near Nashville in a little over an hour and a half.
 
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