Post by: Roger on July 08, 2011, 09:14:09 PM
Post by: Wenatcheejay on July 08, 2011, 09:21:24 PM
7mm-08 and a 30-06 here, no complaints. Sounds like you have a real shooter, congrads :)
Post by: palousemoose on July 08, 2011, 09:46:59 PM
Post by: birdwacker on July 09, 2011, 04:12:10 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 09, 2011, 04:33:22 PM
Post by: sebek556 on July 09, 2011, 10:36:56 PM
Post by: Biggerhammer on July 10, 2011, 02:20:04 PM
Post by: Huntbear on July 10, 2011, 02:21:45 PM
just got traded one today in a 300 short mag cant wait to try it out
Dang, that is the one I have been looking at. :tup:
Post by: sebek556 on July 10, 2011, 11:32:37 PM
Post by: h2ofowlr on July 11, 2011, 04:09:50 PM
Post by: RadSav on July 16, 2011, 02:48:22 AM
Post by: sticky on July 22, 2011, 08:15:38 AM
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Post by: sebek556 on July 24, 2011, 11:06:31 PM
Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on July 26, 2011, 02:18:41 PM
Post by: TikkaT3-270Shortmag on July 26, 2011, 02:22:14 PM
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Post by: thurman on July 27, 2011, 06:23:06 PM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 27, 2011, 07:24:23 PM
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 ..... :twocents: If you are buying factory ammo try FUSION .. awesome groups and up end sheet !!
Post by: 3nails on July 27, 2011, 08:15:11 PM
Post by: Elk4me on July 28, 2011, 11:13:27 AM
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. :)
Post by: hirshey on July 28, 2011, 12:02:30 PM
Post by: spookgus on July 28, 2011, 12:26:33 PM
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.
Post by: sebek556 on July 28, 2011, 09:16:07 PM
Post by: saylean on July 28, 2011, 09:24:33 PM
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... :chuckle: ).
Hope to add another bear to the gun this coming week or so!
Grats on the gun. I hope you like it!
Post by: addicted on July 28, 2011, 09:30:41 PM
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?
Post by: hirshey on July 29, 2011, 12:20:31 PM
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.
Post by: Bofire on July 29, 2011, 07:37:01 PM
Carl
Post by: FALFire on July 29, 2011, 08:07:28 PM
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.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 29, 2011, 08:25:05 PM
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". :chuckle: 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 :chuckle: 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 :tup:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 29, 2011, 08:37:41 PM
Post by: hirshey on July 29, 2011, 11:02:39 PM
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
That's fine, I'm just telling you my experience. Religious cleaner, 3 scopes and under 1000 shots and each round would group but not on target. You could shoot same grain different brand and they would be feet apart. Had a gunsmith look at it and he said the barrel needed replacing.
Post by: hirshey on July 29, 2011, 11:10:09 PM
Yeah I know a couple guys who shoot all the time who own TK3'S and they call BS on the barrel problem as well ... Never heard anyone mention maybe it was the scope ? I do work on guns too ...free floating and what have ya ...I also had guys tell me the same thing about the barrels being shot out and found out it was the scope .. But i have wore out a barrel on my rem 700 .243 but your talking over 35 yrs of serious shooting ... like a 100 rounds a week when I was a kid shooting groundhogs in P.A Thats why I started reloading at the age of 12 with my dads supervision .. because he got tired of loading 100 's of rounds for me and my buddies who all 3 of use owned .243's...yeah that was the good ol days .....
It wasn't the scope... we tried a Bushnell, his leupold, and a brand new out of the box Nikon Pro Staff. We had two different people look at it.. one gunsmith and one guy that makes precision parts for guns with several patents on aftermarket parts and both said it was toast. We sold it on gunbroker advertised with the issue at hand and the guy that bought it used it for parts because he also couldn't get it to shoot with any sort of accuracy. I have no idea what happened, but the gun was donezo and Sako wasn't concerned with our problem... after weeks of not receiving any response and looking for replacement barrels we decided to cut our losses so he could get back to shooting. His A7 is equally a tack-driver and response time from Sako with any questions is much expedited. Just one person's experience.
Post by: hirshey on July 30, 2011, 07:36:29 AM
His model of gun was purchased new, but was manufactured in 2005 which was supposedly after the 2004 recall:
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156955 (http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156955)
In any case, he obviously still has faith in the barrel and products made by Sako, because he went out and purchased an A7... same barrel. I was just trying to highlight a few of the potential hazards with this rifle... cost of replacement and poor customer service... the mode of damage to the barrel was not supposed to be the highlight.
Post by: Miles on July 30, 2011, 07:48:55 AM
Post by: hirshey on July 31, 2011, 06:22:10 PM
How many times did he clean the rifle in under 1,000 rounds? You seem to mention his "religious cleaning" very frequently and it has me wondering if something else might be the problem...
Again, this was not my main point so I'm not going to beat a dead horse here... but he cleaned his rifle almost after every visit to the range... he was performing ladder tests, etc so to keep all the variables as close to the same as possible he cleaned it... I make a point of saying he did so only because I had a friend recently ruin thier barrel because they had never cleaned it. :bdid:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 31, 2011, 07:16:45 PM
Hirshey ...not picking on you but you said QUOTE - (each bullet would group but not on target ) :dunno: If the bullets are grouping but not hitting the bullseye then the barrel is fine ....I am confused :sry: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
That's fine, I'm just telling you my experience. Religious cleaner, 3 scopes and under 1000 shots and each round would group but not on target. You could shoot same grain different brand and they would be feet apart. Had a gunsmith look at it and he said the barrel needed replacing.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 31, 2011, 07:23:41 PM
Post by: grizzlyadams on July 31, 2011, 07:28:29 PM
Finally got out this afternoon and shot my new 243 Tikka T3. Wow what a sweet gun. After getting it sighted in was shooting, no lie, 1/2" groups. Topped it off with a Leupold 50mm scope. Great combination and what a difference over my old Model 70 carbine 243.
I hear ya Roger. I have a T3 Lite in 300 win mag. Enviromentslists should love them. Mine is a paper saver! I punch through with the first round and each round after that hits the same hole, even without cooling. Can't see ever needing a different hunting rifle.
Post by: Wea300mag on July 31, 2011, 07:38:51 PM
Post by: hirshey on July 31, 2011, 08:04:22 PM
Hirshey ...not picking on you but you said QUOTE - (each bullet would group but not on target ) :dunno: If the bullets are grouping but not hitting the bullseye then the barrel is fine ....I am confused :sry: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
That's fine, I'm just telling you my experience. Religious cleaner, 3 scopes and under 1000 shots and each round would group but not on target. You could shoot same grain different brand and they would be feet apart. Had a gunsmith look at it and he said the barrel needed replacing.
Different brands would group, but right, left, up, down feet apart from other brands of bullets. Like I said, no idea what happened but perhaps there was a chip/imperfection that occured in the lands which affected the bullet's flight. In any case, it was a good learning experience trying to problem-solve this issue.. I learned a lot about Sako and even more about the process of trying to fix a rifle; I've shot one of my father's guns, an old Remington .270, since I was 7 with never any issues so I certainly had a crash-course in troubleshooting.
Post by: hirshey on July 31, 2011, 08:10:09 PM
Does anyone else think the butt of the T3 synthetic is a little noisy when bumped or rubbed against a bush or limb? I have a .243 and a 7mm and love the guns but they could have filled the hollow butt with some light weight foam or something. :dunno:
I noticed that with EyeGuard's rifle also... I wish they would make the soft touch stock an option like the Finnlight and A7.
Post by: FALFire on August 01, 2011, 11:08:43 AM
Does anyone else think the butt of the T3 synthetic is a little noisy when bumped or rubbed against a bush or limb? I have a .243 and a 7mm and love the guns but they could have filled the hollow butt with some light weight foam or something. :dunno:
I noticed that with EyeGuard's rifle also... I wish they would make the soft touch stock an option like the Finnlight and A7.
It might help to cover part of the stock using horse wrap from any tack supply shop, ie: Dells Farm Supply. It goes on and comes off with ease and will prevent the noise from branches and such. I use it all the time on my AR's and bolt guns it's great stuff, super cheap and gives a great feeling grip.
Post by: nontypical176 on August 01, 2011, 12:40:41 PM
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