Thread: Tikka T3 vs T3x

Originally Posted by 6x47

Good luck on pulling a Tikka barrel without very good gear. They are assembled without any anti-sieze lub and are notoriously hard to break the joint.

PS. Using a big pipe wrench is cheating

You must not have touched many then or been very unlucky. I pretty much remove tikka barrels weekly and most have anti seize grease on their threads .

The barrel steel or steel treatment of tikkas has changed over the years as they are easier to get a nice thread finish in the later productions than the early T3.