Thread: vixen 222 barrel

Does anyone know if a tikka t3 stainless barrel would screw in to a vixen action?

Might be worth ringing GunWorks as he seems to do a lot of work with Tikka rifles.

The current Tikka and Sako barrels are fully interchangeable (they are made on the same production line) but the old Sako Vixen thread is a good bit smaller. It would be a simple and inexpensive job to have the T3 barrel rethreaded and fitted to the Vixen action (an hours work at the outside).

Originally Posted by gundoc

The current Tikka and Sako barrels are fully interchangeable (they are made on the same production line) but the old Sako Vixen thread is a good bit smaller. It would be a simple and inexpensive job to have the T3 barrel rethreaded and fitted to the Vixen action (an hours work at the outside).

How embarrassing for the Vixen. Being screwed by a Tika.

Yeah poor old vixens got some pitting about 15mm in from the muzzle. So first try to improve accuracy is an inch off the barrel and a recrown then next stop a new barrel. Ideally a 222 barrel. Hence the tikka barrel idea.

Got a top man on the job. NZ hunter gunsmith Ian Gunn. If he cant fix it, no one can and then its the barrel option...

If I cross the vixen with a tikka I might end up with an a7!!

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Common issue ? Cold be a goer if your barrel isnt

Put a new barrel on it, open up the bolt face, change out the stock for a carbon fibre one, flute the bolt and scope (flute EVERYTHING), get a titanium trigger guard, replace the trigger, new firing pin assy, put on a tactical bolt knob and make it a magnum of some kind.