Does anyone know if a tikka t3 stainless barrel would screw in to a vixen action?
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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).
How embarrassing for the Vixen. Being screwed by a Tika.Quote:
Originally Posted by gundoc
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!!
Sako vixen 222 bofors barrel only | Trade Me
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.