T3 stainless varmint

[Canuck]

Hey guys

I just purchased the T3 stainless varmint in 300 wsm. I've owned
a Sako 75 stainless for about 5 years now. The fit and finish is
second to none and it shoots like a bat out of hell. So since the
T3 is from the same factory. I figured the quality control will be
at least the same as my Sako. In short, that's what convinced me
in buying the Tikka. Sure the stock could probably be better but
atleast it won't warp and is plenty strong. But I basically bought
the rifle for it's barrel and action. Anyways. I buy the cheapest
bullets and go to the range to break in the barrel. The bullets
were the Winchester super X power point in 150 grains. After
breaking in the barrel in the usual manner I desided to take a
5 shot group with these less than par bullets to say the least.
Well compared to handloads. The first group was .5" for 5 shots.
Second 5 shot group was a touch under .5 inches. To make
a long story short. I can't wait to go back with my handloaded
150 grain Accubonds. YEEEHAAAAAAH!!!

Mike

 

[JD338]

Sounds like you have yourself a shooter.
Let us know how thw AB's shoot.

JD338

 

[Eagle Eye]

No surprise there....Sako and Tikka are consistently superb shooters. The Finn's know how to do it right.

Curious.....How well does it feed those 300WSM's from the magizine?

EE

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

Awesome!! Those Tikkas sure do shoot. Hard to beat for out of the box accuracy, thats for sure. My dad bought one in a 7 RM and first load with 150g NBT/IMR-4350 did 4 shots at 100 into .45". With reloads, you can probly get her down to .25" :grin:

 

[Glock Man]

I agree that the Tikka rifles are fantastic. I aquired my third T-3 last year in 338 Win Mag. I had hoped to shoot the 210 Partitions out of it, but the 200gr AccuBonds are outshooting them. My 270Win will shoot sub .5" with anything that I put in it, and I can get the 22-250 down to .3" with the 50gr Ballistic Tips.

 

[Canuck]

Was smooth. I had 1 in the barrel and 3 in the mag. For the fifth shot
I just put one through the window.

No surprise there....Sako and Tikka are consistently superb shooters. The Finn's know how to do it right.

Curious.....How well does it feed those 300WSM's from the magizine?

EE

 

[Mighty Peace]

My Sako m75 SS 300WM & 243 and my 2 T3 LS 270WSM are great shooters too. Thats what you get for their products.

My 300WM shoots under 1/2" 5 shot groups @ 100m with 180gr Accubonds with RL-22 and my 270WSM shoots same with 140gr Accubonds and Retumbo. My 243 shooting factory Winchester Supreme BST shoots close to the same. I have not had the time to reolad for it yet, but I just bought more reloading supplies for all my rifles as Federal primers are getting hard to find right now.

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

I'm having a hard time finding Winchester primers right now. They are all out of everything except shotgun primers. The only time I go to buy some Win primers for developing loads in my 25-06, and they dont have them, bummer.

 

[mylesrom]

I shot my T3 in 300 WSM for the first time on Friday, the first five shots through the barrel were all touching. These were with handloads and accubonds. The 300WSM feeds the smoothest through the Tikkas and I have tried a few. Winchesters, Kimbers, Savages, Remingtons and nothing compares to how the Tikka feeds. You would never know you are feeding a WSM round through it.

I have a SAKO M995 in 270 Weatherby and surprisingly the Tikka feeds smoother than the SAK0. Both are the two most accurate rifles I have in my collection of 16 rifles.