[Jason_McHann]

Also, I'm waiting for my shipment of 595 and 695 aftermarket parts.  Anything in particular you have your eyes on?

Watch for them in the Tikka Store.

[Jason_McHann]

What kind of lefty T3 are you looking for? 

Being a Tikka Nut I have a few friends who can get some off the wall stuff.

[Jason_McHann]

You got me beat!

721 yards on a mulie buck with my 270wsm and a 130 Barnes TSX

I'm taking this same gun to a comp in a few weeks out to 1,000.

[Jason_McHann]

Very nice shooting!  And welcome to the forum!

We're not even a week old yet and we are getting great support and contributions like yours!

Thanks!

[Jason_McHann]

Who did the smithing?

[Jason_McHann]

Chad Helmick is sending me his new UltraLite Stock to review.

I am very excited about this since it weighs almost the same amount as the Tupperware stock it comes with.  My plan is to put my pack rifle (T3 in 270 WSM) to the test with this stock.  At 8.5 pounds with the factory stock and .5 MOA accuracy on a bad day, it will be hard to beat its current configuration.

We will be carrying his product line in the Tikka Shooters Store starting next week. 

[Jason_McHann]

Scheels has had a couple shipments of .204 Tikka Varmints.  A buddy of mine got one and I have been lusting after it since!

[Jason_McHann]

On its way! 😀

What else?

[Jason_McHann]

Oh I wish we could get Tikka Varmints in all the Tikka calibers.  That looks like a great shooter!

[Jason_McHann]

Welcome Julle from Finland!!!

I guess there are plenty of Tikka Shooters out there looking for a place to convene!

[Jason_McHann]

I think this is a great idea since Tikka Smiths are hard to come by. 

Currently, I'm having Devin at Sin-Arms build a gun for me in 338 Sin.

One of the other members here is doing a profile on Underground Skunk Works here in Montana.  They built an amazing .260 for him recently.

[Jason_McHann]

.204 Varmint….  Nice! 😀

[Jason_McHann]

I use an EGW 20 moa base on my Tikkas.  This picatinny rail is light weight and has never moved under heavy recoil.  It also allows me to put 30mm tactical rings to hold my scopes in place under heavy recoil.

EGW is sending me their new HD Tikka rail for review.  I hope to have this by the weekend so I can test it out.

For a scope, I sold my Leupold VX3s and replaced them with Vortex Vipers. 

Vortex will be sending me some PSTs with their Precision Matched Ring Set to play with as well.  (I'm currently testing the 6-24×50 FFP) on my F(TR) Tikka

Vortex just released their Viper HS series which has the PST glass in a lighter hunting platform.

If your goal is to keep the weight down, a standard Viper would give you excellent glass and nominal weight.

My pack gun is a T3 Lite Stainless, 20 MOA EGW Rail, 30mm Vortex rings, Vortex Viper 6.5-20×50, Limbsaver Recoil Pad (worth it's weight in gold!), in a 270 WSM shooting 165g Matrix Bullets.  This deadly accurate package comes in at just under 8.5 pounds. 

Recoil is brisk to say the least!

I'm having Devin at Sin-Arms build a 338 Sin for me as well.  I'll move the FFP PST to that gun and put an SFP on my F(TR) gun.

I'll post pics of these projects as soon as I can!

[Jason_McHann]

I'm trying to get Kyle to send one over to me to play with and report back to all our Tikka Shooters.

Hopefully soon  😀

[Jason_McHann]

I use the EGW 20moa rails and love them.  Very flexible for mounting options and durable in the field.

George at EGW just released an HD rail for the Tikka T3 that he is sending me to torture and review this weekend.  I'll post my results.

We'll be selling the EGW rails for the T3, 595, and 695 actions in the Tikka Store shortly.