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I’ve been trying to work out how Tikka’s weigh as little as they do .
When you consider that all chamberings use the same size action ( long ) how do they achieve the light weight that they do .
I know they use plastic alot , Mag / Trigger guard etc but even so they must have less metal in the action and barrel or something?
They are not that light
They have pretty skinny barrels and as above their actually not that light
And I’m fairly confident if you sectioned an action vs a rem for arguments sake as you say their would be a lot less steel
The tikka barrels are still pretty stout beside a kimber or howa mini lightweight
The action is pretty light but that’s only really impressive when you start using it for long action calibers or magnums
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Agree, not that light. I don't think my T3X deserves the title "Lite". Good rifle otherwise.
Also plastic mag and trigger guard helps, it’s all really in the plastic stock it’s a t3 action in a lite stock basically. Same action in a laminate stock then becomes a different model ect
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Then it’s clapped at the knees with its average mag length unfortunately 300 win mag that is 7rem mag works well . Epic rifles . The stocks are myQuote:
Originally Posted by Bill999
Favourite factory offering how lite does a rifle really need to be . The stock is pretty lite given you only shave 100ish grams going carbon
Preddy happy with mine,
lot more barrel weight compared to a kimbler
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Alot lighter than my sako carbon light.Quote:
Originally Posted by 199p
A light weight scope can make a big difference.
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Not the best photo had to take a picture form a video.
not as nice as a carbonlite either but makes a fantastic work horse
I feel Tikka's hit that 'practical lite' balance well vs some other offerings that are actually lighter as others have mentioned.
A lot of the other lite options seem to go too light on barrel profile and consistent accuracy is hard to achieve.
Tikka stocks are stiffer by comparison as well, which helps.
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Nothing wrong with that the Tikka is a dam good shooter.Quote:
Originally Posted by 199p
What cal
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Its my 6.5 philmore shoots great with factory ammo and kills very well ive been impressed so far 18" barrel and 3.5-10 vx3 shoots good groups at 800y tooQuote:
Originally Posted by 25/08IMP
Nothing wrong with one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by 199p
That's what my sako is.
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Keep telling yourself that :P
Got to be better than those little M7Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Hahaha [emoji1787]
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My 16".308 is sub 3kg ready to roll including bolt, suppressor and scope.Quote:
Originally Posted by 199p
Bloody good stocks aye bro! 😉
Yip freaking awesome calibre jaded by thoughs who haven’t tried it and found respect for it what’s the stock @199p and barrel length?
Pretty good man factory ones are about 2.8 bare or something like that I think?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pop Shot
Cut to 18" and its a carbon Fibre one pre full production. More details to come down the track ( not from me im just lucky to be apart of the testing )Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelton
Goes good loving the backlanz bipod too
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Nice I no another guy was testing an up and coming carbon stock the finish still had some to be desired but it was very light I can’t see your one well enough to tell if they might be the same . Must be pretty light though be good to have a light weight option for the tikkas then their will be an advantage over the kimber hunter for a super light weight set up advantage being the bigger barrel yet super light
Tikka T3 is lightning in a bottle, basically a 'sporting/hunting' version of the TRG22.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ground Control
KRG has a good writeup on the pro's/con's of the Tikka T3, although the T3x solved the ejection port issue, I feel the overall quality of the action and trigger are starting to drop.
Reason the Tikka is so light, look inside the action with the stock removed, it's basically an octagonal steel tube with plastic fittings (bolt stop, stock, magazine).
Bolt is very heavy duty (good), action dimensions also very consistent.
Probably the best factory rifle you can buy off the shelf although second hand ones are a much better deal than new IMHO, takes a lot to wear out a cold hammer forged barrel (except for idiots leaving moderators on... :angry: )
KRG's writeup: https://kineticresearchgroup.com/download/1689/
