They are investment rifles, No ones making any more of them. In 200 years time they will be very rare lol
I'm thinking of selling mine for 5 grand and that's cheap
the issue is a lot of peope struggle to shoot moa accuracy in the 1st place and that's its even harder with a light gun
if you clamped a t3 found its ammo it likes it would shoot moa if not quite a bit better
people buy a tikka chuck a 3-9x40 shitter on it grab a couple of packets of the cheapest ammo they can find
shoot off a shit rest and expect it will do moa accuracy it wont
trust me the rifles capable with the right ammo, a good optic and a shooter that knows his/her stuff
All good. Fortunately it shoots my AR-15 load at just under 1" so my boys have been using that stock of ammo without me having to do any load development yet. They spent a couple of hours on one shooting stand down Napier in Jan and there was a rather large pile of empty cases laying on the ground. Me spotting with the bino's and them exploding them. Big smiles all round.
Lovely job!! If you get bored... the OSA 55 game king load were all touching at 160 yds...
Yep, this t3 superlight in 6.5x55 truely amazes me.
It will regularly shoot 2 to 3 shots measuring 1 to 1.5 inches at 400 yards, I don't think it's gone over 2 inch.
Purchased it 2nd hand but like new. I've only just fitted the talleys and 4-16 scope too. Did have the stock tikka rings and 10x scope.
Awesome rifles.
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I am confident that this is the case with almost all new hunting rifles these days, except perhaps the 'economy' ones e.g. Mossberg ATR, Savage Axis (maybe), Remington 770 etc. I feel like if you have $1000 or thereabouts to spend on a rifle these days you are spoilt for choice, and most are capable of MOA with a factory load they like, and almost all with a handload they like. I still don't see why Tikka's are so popular though, for a cheap rifle they sure cost a lot. Plastic bolt shroud, shit rings, one-size-fits-all action/bolt/mags (albeit the small cartridge mags have an insert) they seem to have cut so many corners with production and yet they cost more than a standard Remington 700 or Savage 10. Not sure if it's still the case you you used to be able to get a Savage 16 or 14 for considerably less than a Tikka T3, and I'd wager that they shoot better, even though they aren't guaranteed to. @Pixie Z had a Savage 116 in .270 that shot under MOA out of the box with Highland (PPU) ammo right out of the box.
I seem to get a lot of these cheaper rifles to look at that won't shoot well.
I have got to the stage of telling them they are wasting my time and their money so send them of to buy a tikka and a decent scope hardy can and job done!
every body happy except the deer!
Yes I am a tikka/ sako lover but there's a reason for that as owned the rest and Tikkas the best!
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I paid $850 for my .223 Tikka and thought I'd been ripped, feeling better now!!
Boom, cough,cough,cough
If either of my boys ever come home with a T3 I'll disown them... I know it isn't the done thing these days and we need to accept alternate lifestyles, but I guess I'm just old fashioned...
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