Thread: Tikka t3 light weight mods

Originally Posted by Happy

https://www.gunworks.co.nz/shop/item...3-3lb-item-430

2 Stage .. Unreal. You know exactly when its gonna go bang

https://www.gunworks.co.nz/persisten...s/p1030328.jpg

Can say without a doubt that the Timney 2 stage triggers are fantastic. I got mine off here, from Kiwi Greg.

Originally Posted by Happy

https://www.gunworks.co.nz/shop/item...3-3lb-item-430

2 Stage .. Unreal. You know exactly when its gonna go bang

https://www.gunworks.co.nz/persisten...s/p1030328.jpg

Excellent mod to any T3 or T1x for that matter too.

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Anyone tried the factory set trigger option? I had one in a hunter 75. Liked the trigger but rifle was a club. I reckon the std trigger is pretty good though with little tuning.

My T3x 308 just had a 32 ozs Millet scope removed and I put on a light weight Vixon 3x12x42 weighing 12.5 ozs.Nice little accurate dialing scope.Rifle +3 rds of ammo weighs 3.534kgs or 7.791 lbs.Add suppresser =350grams.
Taking off 19.5 ozs makes a big difference to carry.

Originally Posted by Dicko

Anyone tried the factory set trigger option? I had one in a hunter 75. Liked the trigger but rifle was a club. I reckon the std trigger is pretty good though with little tuning.

Yeah when I got my 7-08 they had too many or some other f*#k up at the distributor, (Beretta NZ) and so were doing the set trigger for $100 extra. It was always going to be a truck gun, shortened, fluted barrel & bolt, suppressor, so it got the set trigger, then later a Ken Henderson carbon stock came up on here.
So it's a flash truck gun! Fussy on ammo but shoots great with the right load.

Originally Posted by Mathias

Excellent mod to any T3 or T1x for that matter too.

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How much better is the Timney over a spring upgrade?

Originally Posted by Gkp

How much better is the Timney over a spring upgrade?

Timney is a 2 stage unit, light first pull to a stop then bang on next.
It allows you a feel for what's going to happen.
Same as military style trigger but sweeter and adjustable.

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Originally Posted by Dicko

Anyone tried the factory set trigger option? I had one in a hunter 75. Liked the trigger but rifle was a club. I reckon the std trigger is pretty good though with little tuning.

i have the factory 75 and it is probably my favorite trigger in all my rifles including the timney in my 10-22 as its extremely light yet safe
Im not a fan of 2 stage personally but thats why they make both

A Tikka T3 is light enough as it is! Why would you shave any weight off it? A bit of weight here and there will aid in recoil reduction and stability. I've carried 9 pound rifles around in the hills, and you get used to it. Your arms will tire to begin with, but over a year or two, you'll develop some muscle, and you'll hardly notice the extra weight.

What's wrong with a bit of suffering? Isn't that half the fun of going into the backcountry? Getting bruised and battered, and coming out stronger?

The ultra-light concept that's plaguing the outdoor gear industry is about lightening your pockets. Nothing else. Most of that gear isn't built to last either, so what you're really buying is a long-term relationship with a brand that'll happily sell you more stuff once what you have wears out/breaks due to a lack of durability.

Making smart decisions about what to take/not to take, and giving your body time to adapt to certain forms of stress will save you money, in addition to making you a more well-rounded person.

Your Tikka is perfectly fine. It's not too heavy, and not too light.

Of course, if bolt fluting etc is about aesthetics, or modifying things for the hell of it...more power to you.

Does anyone have any anecdotal or hard evidence on milling out the top of the T3 receiver on rigidity and accuracy? I may be way off, but thought that was a big step from the mauser/enfield designs with open tops to the target rifles of the 1950s and onwards, where they enclosed the top of the receiver to increase rigidity. Maybe for the Tikka's usual use the difference is negligible?


As a total aside, it would be fun to see just how much material could be shaved off a gun without it becoming inaccurate or dangerous, mostly in terms of a technical challenge.

Mine is as lightweight as I would go. I need to make sure I hold on when letting one fly. It is a good carry weight at 3.35kg. Maybe you could go lighter with a smaller caliber.

It certanly makes the t3 look nicer with the what gunworks does opening up the top of the ejection port, I dont find any difficulty putting additional bullets in how they are from factory when the mag gets empty

Here is the current tikka 7mm saum 3.4kg wearing a Hardy compact and a z3.
The bartlien 2b is a bit heavier than the Hardy tikka profile

Very nice @Gkp

What is the kick like with it being that light ? Do you suppress or brake it?

Another idea i have seen to save weight is boring out the bolt body then inserting brass bushings on each end to the required sizes to support firing pin assembly. Doesnt look cool but saved near double what fluting does. I had a fiddle but was more of a quick discussion on the hill than a full run down so description may be a bit vague but it gives the general idea.