Tika T3

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[thurman]

I just bought a .270 Tikka T3 stainless yesterday and a 3x9x50 Redfield scope with the accu range reticle. Cant wait to go shoot it. Just need to figure what bullets im gonna use.

[sticky]

Gnu guns give me a chubby. 

[BOWHUNTER45]

I just bought a .270 Tikka T3 stainless yesterday and a 3x9x50 Redfield scope with the accu range reticle. Cant wait to go shoot it. Just need to figure what bullets im gonna use.

  Whatever you buy ...go with 140 gr .....    If you are buying factory ammo try FUSION .. awesome groups and up end sheet !!

[3nails]

 My son with his first bear shot w/my T3 300 wsm. After the shot I asked my 85lb 12 yr old how the kick was and he flat out said "it didn't".  My favorite gun and I too am trying to come up with a reason to get another one. Sweet gun. The most accurate bullet I have found for it is the Barnes tsx in 180 gr.

[Elk4me]

I have had my Tikka T3 30-06 nearly five years. I took it to Montana the first year and shot four deer. The longest shot was 270 yds. I have taken two spike elk with it the last two seasons. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
In answer to RadSav's question on the barrels, they are the same barrels that Sako uses. The Tikka's are made in Finland in the same factory as Sako, just a gun designed for the low end market like most of us poor folks.

[hirshey]

EyeGuard had a Tikka T3 Lite SS 270 for about 3 years... it was a tack driver. The only negative thing I have to say about it... is if you put a lot of rounds through it (he target shot a ton and also used it for coyotes and deer) you have the chance of wearing out the barrels, which are pretty expensive to replace. He cleaned his gun religiously. One day he shot and didn't hit the paper... different brands of bullets were left, right, up, down... everywhere. We looked at a replacement Sako barrel and if he sold his gun for parts we determined he could get a new one for the price it would cost to fix it plus scrapping the gun. He contacted Sako about the gun roughly 10 times over the course of 3 months with no response, so we ended up scrapping it and getting a Sako A7 ST 270 (I upgraded him for his Christmas present). The one nice thing about upgrading to a Sako: they have a better customer service program for their "upper level" guns... if you have a question they have an answer within the business day. He's shooting 3/4 inch groups at 500 yards behind our house right now with his hand loads and A7.... but was putting 3 shots in the same hole at 100 yards with the Tikka. (never tried out to 500). Seeing as it is the same barrel, they certainly shoot comprably. Like I said, the only difference is the name to back your product when and if you ever need help. If you don't plan on putting that many rounds through it, I suppose you'll never had that issue though. Either way, he loved that gun.

[spookgus]

Sebek556

Before you trade your pre-64 .264WM, you might want to have someone who knows these guns take a look at it. If it is the M70 Westerner it might be worth more than you think.

[sebek556]

thanks for the tip, I was planning on taking it to my dad's friend this weekend to look at he is a huge 264 fan and has a few books on them. 

[saylean]

3nails...give your boy a pat on the back for me! Thats a nice bear and you can tell by the smile he thinks so too! 

Gots a .300 wsm tikka as well a few years back. I call it the mule. So far, anything shot with that gun has died. Its allowed me 3 bears and two deer (and one coyote... ).

Hope to add another bear to the gun this coming week or so!
Grats on the gun. I hope you like it!

[addicted]

EyeGuard had a Tikka T3 Lite SS 270 for about 3 years... it was a tack driver. The only negative thing I have to say about it... is if you put a lot of rounds through it (he target shot a ton and also used it for coyotes and deer) you have the chance of wearing out the barrels, which are pretty expensive to replace. He cleaned his gun religiously. One day he shot and didn't hit the paper... different brands of bullets were left, right, up, down... everywhere. We looked at a replacement Sako barrel and if he sold his gun for parts we determined he could get a new one for the price it would cost to fix it plus scrapping the gun. He contacted Sako about the gun roughly 10 times over the course of 3 months with no response, so we ended up scrapping it and getting a Sako A7 ST 270 (I upgraded him for his Christmas present). The one nice thing about upgrading to a Sako: they have a better customer service program for their "upper level" guns... if you have a question they have an answer within the business day. He's shooting 3/4 inch groups at 500 yards behind our house right now with his hand loads and A7.... but was putting 3 shots in the same hole at 100 yards with the Tikka. (never tried out to 500). Seeing as it is the same barrel, they certainly shoot comprably. Like I said, the only difference is the name to back your product when and if you ever need help. If you don't plan on putting that many rounds through it, I suppose you'll never had that issue though. Either way, he loved that gun.

About how many rounds a year do you think he was putting through it hirshey? dewey rod i'm assuming?

[hirshey]

EyeGuard had a Tikka T3 Lite SS 270 for about 3 years... it was a tack driver. The only negative thing I have to say about it... is if you put a lot of rounds through it (he target shot a ton and also used it for coyotes and deer) you have the chance of wearing out the barrels, which are pretty expensive to replace. He cleaned his gun religiously. One day he shot and didn't hit the paper... different brands of bullets were left, right, up, down... everywhere. We looked at a replacement Sako barrel and if he sold his gun for parts we determined he could get a new one for the price it would cost to fix it plus scrapping the gun. He contacted Sako about the gun roughly 10 times over the course of 3 months with no response, so we ended up scrapping it and getting a Sako A7 ST 270 (I upgraded him for his Christmas present). The one nice thing about upgrading to a Sako: they have a better customer service program for their "upper level" guns... if you have a question they have an answer within the business day. He's shooting 3/4 inch groups at 500 yards behind our house right now with his hand loads and A7.... but was putting 3 shots in the same hole at 100 yards with the Tikka. (never tried out to 500). Seeing as it is the same barrel, they certainly shoot comprably. Like I said, the only difference is the name to back your product when and if you ever need help. If you don't plan on putting that many rounds through it, I suppose you'll never had that issue though. Either way, he loved that gun.

About how many rounds a year do you think he was putting through it hirshey? dewey rod i'm assuming?

If you averaged it out annually over his busy season and slow season, he probably went shooting once every other week (not including hunting... this thing took a few great bucks and more than a few coyotes) and shot around 10 rounds per trip... That's 20 rounds per month, at 240 a year for the 3 years he had the gun, so we're talking roughly 720 rounds through it at the range, and counting missed animals, probably 100 shots in the field. That's less than 1000 rounds through a religiously cleaned rifle and it lost all accuracy. (different loads would group roughly 2 inches at 100 yards, but like I said FEET offcenter, right, left, up, down depending on the load). We also tried 3 different scopes on it just in case it was the scope... He never really heated the barrel up... we were both just scratching our heads trying to figure out what happened. In any case, he loved it while he had it... but it didn't last nearly as long as one might hope.

[Bofire]

I have several Tikkas with well over 1000 rounds thru them. no problems. 300WM, 300wsm and 308, 270, 30/06, 223, 22-250, 243. the 223, 243 and 22-250 are close to 5,000 rounds each, the 223 10,000. my BS meter is twitching.

Carl

[FALFire]

I have several Tikkas with well over 1000 rounds thru them. no problems. 300WM, 300wsm and 308, 270, 30/06, 223, 22-250, 243. the 223, 243 and 22-250 are close to 5,000 rounds each, the 223 10,000. my BS meter is twitching.

Carl

Copper fouling, definitely not a shot out barrel. Ya simply can't shoot the barrel out of a 270 in under a 1000 rounds, even if it was a machine gun.

[BOWHUNTER45]

My son with his first bear shot w/my T3 300 wsm. After the shot I asked my 85lb 12 yr old how the kick was and he flat out said "it didn't".  My favorite gun and I too am trying to come up with a reason to get another one. Sweet gun. The most accurate bullet I have found for it is the Barnes tsx in 180 gr.

Dang nails ...does the kid look like pop..?  :dunno:nice bear congrads. to little nails  I have a 300 WSM killed one bear with it when I first bought it but I keep going back to my .270 ...I used 180 gr. hornaday out of my 300 wsm and it spanked him hard