Thread: Tikka T3x vs Sako A7 RoughTech Pro

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

The superlite utilise genuine Sako Finnlight barrels

So the local distributors import T3 actions and Finnlight barrels and screw them together here? Or throw away original T3 barrels and replace them with Finnlight barrels? Seems an odd way of doing things. Are you sure they don't just have T3s fluted by a local gunsmith?

I've found a few American ads for 'T3 superlites' too now so maybe its not just local, still don't know why Tikka wouldn't list it in the models on their own website if its a factory one though.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

So the local distributors import T3 actions and Finnlight barrels and screw them together here? Or throw away original T3 barrels and replace them with Finnlight barrels? Seems an odd way of doing things. Are you sure they don't just have T3s fluted by a local gunsmith?

I've found a few American ads for 'T3 superlites' too now so maybe its not just local, still don't know why Tikka wouldn't list it in the models on their own website if its a factory one though.

I would have thought that the barrels came out of the same hammer forge machine for both Sako & Tikka rifles?

Originally Posted by Mathias

I would have thought that the barrels came out of the same hammer forge machine for both Sako & Tikka rifles?

That would make sense, I wondered about that. Would make it pretty meaningless for anyone to claim that its a Finnlight barrel not a T3 barrel!