Thread: Re-barreling an old Tikka M76

Gidday folks,

After receiving the barrel and arrange a bit of a mission with my local gun smith, pleased to report the old war horse is Rutt ready and geared up for a couple of hunts shortly.

Cheers @Basenjiboy for offering up quite a unique barrel, it worked out that it could be mated up to suit with a little wizardry on the Smiths end. Ended up turning it in a touch further to loose the open sight holes show off the fresh blueing beneath the stock all those years.. Chambers been freshened up, shortened to 18-19” and recrowned sneaking the suppressor back against the stock.

Little amount of material needed trimmed out of the stock to suit the slightly heavier barrel profile. With all the smithing complete, all to be done was clean up a mounting gremlin and get to the range.. @Southerner223 kindly donating a set of fresh rings to the cause and we good to go.

With and open mind, headed to the range hoping to improve on the A4 target spread of the original barrel. With a couple down the tube I was happy to be able to track a couple shots into a comfortable zero.. from a hunting rest happy to walk away with a 1-2moa result.

Thanks to everyone for the support offered on this mission. Very pleased with the outcome!





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