ive got a t3 and a friend i hunt with has a t3x not fluted tho side by side theres not a hell of a lot between them both good reliable accurate shooters at a glance they look the same his x handles the same as my t3
The mags are the same, well basicly the x has steel feed lips. So no you won't be able to single/top feed. I keep my old modified t3 mag which fits no problem. There was a guy who was making followers in nelson on trade me about 30 bucks. They work well for single feed. But I'm not sure hes on there any more.
I like the palm swell that comes with it, or the extra fat one. You can screw on.
If only shoot about 20 initial development rounds and its shooting half moa, I'm sure it will go better.
As said there's no real differences Between t3 and t3x.
im pretty sure i can single feed my one its had no mods
I have 2 x T3 and can just drop rounds into the port easy as they chamber perfect with no mods
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The T3x is just an updated Tikka, a few slight tweaks but all the good things about the T3 are still retained.
For the money a Tikka finnlight would be hard too beat.
Just be aware that the gun will kick like hell. A friend had a Tikka T3 lite in 308 and it had an almighty boot too it, my .260 is bad enough.
Be very careful about the T3. Great balance,easy to carry,great to reload, super accurate, super glass like trigger when lightened. Hard to imagine such a package at a reasonable price. Better off to buy one of those super improved magnums that you are extolled to buy which are used once and come up for sale on TM super quick. The great Kiwi big magnum gun con swindle.
To the original poster. Never had a Tika T3 but I do have 2 Sako A7's. I cant fault them and they do have the little advantages of 2 action lengths and a 3 lug bolt which reduces the bolt lift for a really low 'scope mount. Both shoot really well which I guess is the same as the Tika.
Speaking from experience; it WILL go bang.
Why a tikka though?feeling a bit sheepish?
the X model is a clear gimmick and Sako just reinventing what's already worked but what would I know?
if you got a rem 700 for sub 800 you could get a Trueflight barrel on her ready to rock in roll for 1800 in the standard stock and it'd be quite a bit better by a long shot(pun intended). Just food for thought aye :-)
Just wait a few months for the new model Sauer 100 to get into the country. It looks really good and its cheap as ships over in the states so it should be about the same price as a Tikka here I imagine.
You can top load a t3fine drop the round in the ejection port ontop of the mag close the bolt apparently they have made the ejection port bigger on the t3x to make that Easier I've never found it hard to do mind you I've never owned one in anything bigger than 6.5x55 round oal wise might of been harder for larger rounds as the t3 as you know has exactly the same action from 222-larger magnum's
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