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Tikka T3 Compact Tactical Rifle JRTC316S
Posted by st.attila on June 10, 2015 at 3:42 amI have been wanting to get another bolt action rifle (currently I don't have one). I want it for hunting. Its caliber will be .308 Win. I prefer stainless and a factory threaded barrel (5/8″-24) for a suppressor. I also prefer it to be light. I want a barrel length of 16″ to 20″ w/ a 1:10 twist.
I think that a Tikka T3 action is what I want based on a lot of various forum reading. It appears that the Tikka T3 Compact Tactical Rifle (JRTC316S) might fill the requirement.
Why does the Tikka T3 Compact Tactical Rifle cost ~$400 more than the Tikka T3 Lite Stainless (JRTB316)?
The stock and magazine configuration on the CTR are not valued by me. I've read that the T3 Lite stock is too flexible and needs replacing.
Do they have different triggers?
Larkin replied 8 years, 10 months ago 7 Members · 29 Replies -
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1 Bullseye
Same triggers, ctr is a medium weight barrel.
I have a CTR the stock is quite good and firm.
Better than I expected.
Sounds like you want a lite (hunter /stainless version) with a custom choped and threaded barrel in stainless .
comes with a nice wood stock (will need bedding) -
1 Bullseye
Matchman,
Thanks for the information on the trigger, barrel contour and stock.
I'm still wondering where the extra ~$400 is in the CTR. I suppose the heavier barrel, threading, magazine, metal bottom metal and a “better” plastic stock consumes some of those dollars, but ~$400?
I'm considering a MDT LSS chassis system for a stock.
It's sounding like a T3 Lite is the cheapest way to get a barreled action. Then I could have it chopped and threaded. Maybe a used one will make me feel better about tossing a stock.
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1 Bullseye
CTR uses Sako TRG-22 magazines. They are about $200.
1) Threaded barrel
2) Bottom metal, not bottom plastic
3) Trg-22 magazine
4) Medium weight barrel -
1 Bullseye
I also thought I would pass this along to :
I had a hunter lite in .243 . The plastic magazines
Are not so great Maby fine for hunting use but
Regular range use get spares. Also if you reload and
Want to load long to touch the rifleing forget it.
My copie had a piss poor fitted recoil lug and
The rifle shot poor and recoiled heavy . I suspect the lug.
I liked the action so much I got the CTR. It's
Smooth like a custom action. I installed a Boyds stock and pillar
Beded it. Its a .260. Mild recoil . working up a load 3 shot clusters just happen. Shot a .75 in 5 shot group and that was not
Even the in the sweet spot yet. -
296 Bullseyes
Hi it might be worth looking at a semi custom rifle using a Tikka action that way you're getting the rifle you want and not paying for anything you are going to change
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105 Bullseyes
Pickup a 308 Stainless Varmint, chop and thread the barrel at 20″…
Drop it in a GRS adjustable stock and you will have one of finest rifles you will shoot for under $2000.00!You could not build a full custom rifle anywhere close to $2000 that will outshoot this setup.
Grab an extra mag or 2 and you are set.Or you can just by the CTR for $1000.00 and experience some of the best accuracy from any rifle you can buy off the shelf or even build for that matter. I would put my 308 CTR up against any gun at my range…if everything is going right with conditions its possible to do this at 200yrds. Its the most accurate rifle I have ever shot and it out shots rifles 10x its price all the time.
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1 Bullseye
CTR uses Sako TRG-22 magazines. They are about $200.
1) Threaded barrel
2) Bottom metal, not bottom plastic
3) Trg-22 magazine
4) Medium weight barrelFred Ziffle,
Thanks for the insight on the magazine. I had no idea.
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1 Bullseye
I also thought I would pass this along to :
I had a hunter lite in .243 . The plastic magazines
Are not so great Maby fine for hunting use but
Regular range use get spares. Also if you reload and
Want to load long to touch the rifleing forget it.
My copie had a piss poor fitted recoil lug and
The rifle shot poor and recoiled heavy . I suspect the lug.
I liked the action so much I got the CTR. It's
Smooth like a custom action. I installed a Boyds stock and pillar
Beded it. Its a .260. Mild recoil . working up a load 3 shot clusters just happen. Shot a .75 in 5 shot group and that was not
Even the in the sweet spot yet.Matchman,
More good feedback. Thanks
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1 Bullseye
Hi it might be worth looking at a semi custom rifle using a Tikka action that way you're getting the rifle you want and not paying for anything you are going to change
Larkin,
I was trying to avoid that approach. I tend to overdue it. I would not ever tell my wife how much I have in my “semi-custom” .308 Win. AR.
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1 Bullseye
Pickup a 308 Stainless Varmint, chop and thread the barrel at 20″…
Drop it in a GRS adjustable stock and you will have one of finest rifles you will shoot for under $2000.00!You could not build a full custom rifle anywhere close to $2000 that will outshoot this setup.
Grab an extra mag or 2 and you are set.Or you can just by the CTR for $1000.00 and experience some of the best accuracy from any rifle you can buy off the shelf or even build for that matter. I would put my 308 CTR up against any gun at my range…if everything is going right with conditions its possible to do this at 200yrds. Its the most accurate rifle I have ever shot and it out shots rifles 10x its price all the time.
Dog Down!,
Like I mentioned to Larkin, I'm trying to avoid your first suggestion.
I like the passion you express about your .308 CTR. Maybe it is my solution and I just need to get over the stock and shoot it before I think about changing things.
This feedback I have been getting is why I came to the forum. Thanks
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1 Bullseye
Dog down,
Does the grs stock include a bedding system? -
1 Bullseye
The wood stock hunter version lite T3
Is a good stiff stock it just needs bedded. Do that and cut and thread the
Barrel you will be happy for much less
Cash assuming you can bed it or want to try.
Either rifle is half way there for you.
At least to me the CTR is lite, to lite for
At target rifle . But the original plastic stock is stiff and ffits the action like a glove. I changed the stock to gain weight and ride the bags better on the bench. Plus I wanted to try pillar beding.
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105 Bullseyes
Dog down,
Does the grs stock include a bedding system?NO…
Most guys shoot them as is, or do a simple pillar bedding job. -
105 Bullseyes
Whatever you decide…if you buy a T3, its gives you the platform to makes changes and build on a solid action for cheap later.
Do you have a set budget in mind?
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21 Bullseyes
Welcome and btw
Jason is working on mags for Tikkas so you might be able to follow Dog down's advice and still have the mag capacity. For low price (relatively).
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