Good, bad, good deal, rip off? Hate as much as you like. I know next to nothing about carbon wrapped barrels.
https://www.guncity.com/tikka-t3x-ca...hreaded-367030
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Good, bad, good deal, rip off? Hate as much as you like. I know next to nothing about carbon wrapped barrels.
https://www.guncity.com/tikka-t3x-ca...hreaded-367030
Very nice rifle it is and no doubt it works. However I couldn't splash that much on a Tikka. Regardless how much carbon.
Nothing wrong with Tikkas but for that sort of money there are much nicer rifles to buy, I agree and toally understand where @Magnus is coming from, for the same reason I have never and probably will never own a Tikka.
Not because there is anything wrong with them but because they are a "Corolla" reliable and well made but I prefer a more refined driving experience like a "Bentley" :cool:
Please before you flame me.....I don't hate Tikka's they are very good, just not tor me
I'd want to know who did the gunsmithing as I've seen some real shocking shit come out of guncity and you could probably kiss any kind of warranty goodbye also. And those stocks..... Yuck. I had one a few years back and it just didn't work for me at all they are really bulky through the wrist and quite square up front and to be honest they just look really unpleasant in my mind it doesn't matter how light a rifle is if it feels bulky then it will never handle well and mine started to delaminate along the fore end
Yeah, it's about weight and balance. Kimber 84m looks good, but tracking one down is another matter. Sako Carbonlight at over $6K.
3.5k!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3.5k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
$3500!!!!!!!!!!!!!
carbon fibre or solid gold??????????
$3500 is one hell of a lot of coin to "gamble" with...and gamble you will be doing...will it shoot??? will it bugger brass on first firing??? will it eject cases or rip off the rim???? will bolt handle fall off???? will the bolt fall out and no replacement be able to be found?????
good luck if anything goes wrong with it........ 3.5k........ buggermesideways,my wallet is cringing just typing that number out.
more money than sence.......
and its a garden variety .308winchester....if you want light...go Scot Trail jobbie...... if you want reliable go HOWA.... if you want flash looking, buy some pink spray paint....3.5k yeah thats just crazy money...... Im going to have nightmares now....
if you want to spend big coin and get nice rifle buy a sako..... at least yo uwill still have good warrantee if something goes wrong,and resale will not hurt so much....
Plenty of nicer or better quality rifles around for $3.5k go have a look for yourself :thumbsup: I never said carbon stocked and carbon barreled.
I'm not gonna search around for something I have no intention of buying. You can get a lot of rifle for that sort of money.
@Micky Duck :D so predictable ;) :yaeh am not durnk:
Ive SEEN rifle sold in that particular "flea market" that had NO RIFLING in barrel.......another that was that corroded it may as well have been a shotgun...and they were new...norinco 7.62x39mm bolt actions.....
quality control is not the strongest point.....
but I may be biased...... 3.5k for anything out of gunshitty is a big gamble.....
These are supposedly new unfired guns. If Tikka found they were selling anything sus, I'd imagine they'd be chopped off the retailer list.
Those Accutech stocks are horrible in both build quality and proportions/shaped. Weird bulbous palm swell etc.
I would just buy a standard Tikka and put a Hi-tech stock or preferably a Carbon Manners stock (if you can find one) on it.
I wouldn't want a Tikka barrel that has been turned down and then carbon wrapped which this sounds like. To many possibilities for issues associated with this.
For the same money you could sort yourself out with a customised Tikka built to your own specs and requirements.
If they come with a factory warrenty then for what you end up with its not too bad. Always a chance of a lemon regardless of factory or smith'ed and more chance in my personal experience with a lemon from a gunsmith.
My Tikka 308 was not 3.5k but then it does not have carbon anything. If I recall it was 3k including DPT suppressor with stainless baffle, trigger job and safety mod and a new 1-8 trueflite finished at 16 inch complete with fluted bolt and barrel (not that it floats my boat but it came that way)
I was going to buy a Tikka and have all that done less the fluting, but one popped up that True Flight had already done which worked out cheaper than buying a new one and then getting all the mods I wanted and buying another suppressor.
I have had quite a few smithed guns and only 2 have been trouble free right from the get go and no issues at all. Both shot like demons, one from Alpine Precision and the other from Trueflight. We wont mention the others but all were from the same supplier.
If its what you want then well worth it but if you dont need the carbon bits then try the guys at TrueFlight. They may have one already done on the shelf
Personally to me a carbon barrel only saves weight if you were planning on running a similar profile steel barrel, you can and will save a lot of weight with a slim profile and or fluted barrel especially at only 18" as per the rifle mentioned in the o.p.
.......poor old bugger probably beginning to wish he hadn't asked :yaeh am not durnk: but for the most part lots of healthy debate :P
The chick in the video look alright.
No, I would not pay that.
First thought was it was a special limited run factory offering. It seems they made them up
I do have one Tikka that I had customised with an IBI Carbon Wrapped barrel and fitted a Carbon fibre stock.
To date it shoots and accurately.
It does not bugger the brass on the first firing. Handy since it's expensive.
The bolt handle has not fallen off. Handy cause I upgraded it.
I have not had the bolt fall out. Nice, replacement s are hard to find as you pointed out.
Anyway, Tikkas are not a half bad rifle. Putting a Carbon Fibre stock on can reduce the weight by 500g.
But I'm not seeing a GunCity custom then its not going to hold value or appreciate in value like a Limited Edition might.
I don't expect mine to hold its value because it modified but it came in well under $3500
I agree with most of you - lot of money for what-- one could buy a second hand sako and get a good scope for that price - me for that money a shultz and larsen or new winchester lite weight with pre 64 winchester action or would wait for an older wood blued sako to come up rather than carry that Tikka - well are we not just all bloody different -still it gives us something to talk about over few beers at end of a good hunt ( instead of having to endure a full replay of how Fred shot the skinny old hind up some side creek lol )
A lot of money to drop... There is no denying it is anorexic, in a good way. I'd be fondling it to see whether the stock is comfortable and how it comes up to the eye. Your choice of scope for such a featherweight is going to be critical to overall balance and pointability. Fit and function are as important as stats. Other things are how accurate it is, and whether there is a factory warranty.
Bently is actually a brand of very cheap airgun type scopes
personally I would never think of dropping that sort of money at gun City. My local store is basically a bunch of sales reps who have limited knowledge of what they are dealing with.
I've corrected them than once on things.
Start looking at smaller gun shops where they do smithing. They can offer some supprisingly good deals on refurbished rifles of good quality. Tend to know what they are on about and have tested the stuff they work on. Some have good import contacts and can bring in great guns at good prices.
my view though. each to their own.