It's been nearly a year. How are you getting in with the T3X?
Let me guess, they had the Varmint in stock?
Nonsense.
Current T3X SV specs in .223
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I have opted to take my TAC A 1 out it’s chasis and stick it in a PSE stock. 24 inch barrel 223 shoots everything I have put through it well.Current T3X SV specs in .223
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I note they offer a 24" and a 20" barrel both in 1:8 twist, but try finding a UK dealer who offers the 24". If it is manufactured why isn't it sold in the UK?
I hate it when I'm told I don't "need" a 24" barrel. It's for me to tell the dealer my requirements, not the other way round.
Sounds great, but possibly an expensive way to get a 24" .223 short of going full custom.
You can order a 24” on a standard T3X
Back in the day, you could order 20” or 24”, the difference being 6 months special order for the 24” that came unthreaded. So, both lengths were available then. I should imagine that any new rifle non-stock, your looking at a 12 month wait in todays climate, plus the actual cost of the rifle is what the manufacturers state is the cost at time of shipment, so think of todays prices, plus 12 months of mark-up
That’s why I generally don’t buy new!Back in the day, you could order 20” or 24”, the difference being 6 months special order for the 24” that came unthreaded. So, both lengths were available then. I should imagine that any new rifle non-stick, your looking at a 12 month wait in todays climate, plus the actual cost of the rifle is what the manufacturers state is the cost at time of shipment, so think of todays prices, plus 12 months of mark-up
I on the other hand have always bought new, all having to be ordered x2 Tikka’s, x2 Sako’s, but then I’ve never sold one and still have and use them frequently. All tack drivers
Absolutely agree with you, always been fancy to own Tikka but I'll never do so with theirs carbine barrels offered in UKCurrent T3X SV specs in .223
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I note they offer a 24" and a 20" barrel both in 1:8 twist, but try finding a UK dealer who offers the 24". If it is manufactured why isn't it sold in the UK?
I hate it when I'm told I don't "need" a 24" barrel. It's for me to tell the dealer my requirements, not the other way round.
24" barrels are special order. The trouble is by the time your order comes to the top of the list, the model might have been superseded. I had ordered two 24" Super Varmints, waited about 15 months and found a Stainless Varmint that a dealer had had in stock for over a year. Didn't want a cerakoted rifle, and had already bought a moderator with 18x1 thread, then bought another Tikka from an SD member.
It was, limited time for target shooting. It was either sell the Tac A1 slowly and then go through the drawn out variation process. Or work with what I had.
I bought my 6.5x55 CZ550 new and 2 different howa creedmoors, still have the swede and creedmoor number 2…..
Absolutely love it Finch !! 10/10 It is very light and easy to carry around. I use Sako Gamehead bullets in both the 53 grain soft points and the Varmit’s and it is extremely accurate, with them, both bullets grouping within my thumbnail at 100m. It’s had foxes stone dead out to 220m with a lamp however having just got a new Pard 007S for it, I can’t wait to try that and see if it can perform even further. The standard setting for the trigger is crisp without being either too heavy or too light for my preference. It has the ceracoat fluted barrel which I like as well. I was also able to use the same ATec moderator that I had for my Sako S20 so all in all I couldn’t fault it.
