The trigger timing is a neat feature, which is part of the so-called "magic" of a Impact action. PRS shooters couldn't spell trigger timing until the Impact came along. One of the main reasons why an Impact is said to "feel" so good in comparison to other actions - because people didn't have triggers timed to their actions prior to running an Impact.
If you run a BnA Tacsport trigger, you can time your trigger to any action with the benefit of the sear engagement and the differing sear heights available. So you can turn that TL3 into a pretty slick running and timed machine with something like a BnA - no gunsmith work required. You can dramatically improve/optimize the trigger and bolt interface with a BnA trigger, making pretty much any top tier action have incredibly light bolt lift and close. My Mausingfield, Defiance Deviant and LP Fuzion with BnA triggers are some pretty damn awesome feeling actions with light bolt lift and close, I'm not losing out to an Impact on "feel" with any of my actions. I changed my triggers out from TT triggers to BnA triggers and it's the single smartest gear related decision I've made in this sport.
If you want to run something like a TT trigger which has a set sear height, then the hanger on the Impact is certainly a nice feature. The short amount of time I had a TL3 action, it was paired up with a TT trigger and definitely could have benefited from trigger timing. The bolt lift and close was much heavier then necessary, and the TL3 when properly paired up with a trigger has some really light bolt lift.
Between the TL3 and Impact, it's all preference. Between the two, I would personally take the Impact as I hate the slop in the bolt of the TL3. The TL3 has some great features and great CS to back it up. Pair it with a BnA TacSport, and bolt lift and close will feel every bit as good or better then an Impact once you get it dialed in. Changing barrels on both is easy - every rifle is a "switch barrel" rifle. Both have the benefit of prefit barrels being available, and with gunsmiths being able to spin up barrels without having your specific action in hand. Both run well in adverse conditions.
At the end of the day, it's more or less a preference of CRF over push feed, and changeable bolt heads vs having to change out the entire bolt body assy. Neither is overwhelmingly better than the other.
If you run a BnA Tacsport trigger, you can time your trigger to any action with the benefit of the sear engagement and the differing sear heights available. So you can turn that TL3 into a pretty slick running and timed machine with something like a BnA - no gunsmith work required. You can dramatically improve/optimize the trigger and bolt interface with a BnA trigger, making pretty much any top tier action have incredibly light bolt lift and close. My Mausingfield, Defiance Deviant and LP Fuzion with BnA triggers are some pretty damn awesome feeling actions with light bolt lift and close, I'm not losing out to an Impact on "feel" with any of my actions. I changed my triggers out from TT triggers to BnA triggers and it's the single smartest gear related decision I've made in this sport.
If you want to run something like a TT trigger which has a set sear height, then the hanger on the Impact is certainly a nice feature. The short amount of time I had a TL3 action, it was paired up with a TT trigger and definitely could have benefited from trigger timing. The bolt lift and close was much heavier then necessary, and the TL3 when properly paired up with a trigger has some really light bolt lift.
Between the TL3 and Impact, it's all preference. Between the two, I would personally take the Impact as I hate the slop in the bolt of the TL3. The TL3 has some great features and great CS to back it up. Pair it with a BnA TacSport, and bolt lift and close will feel every bit as good or better then an Impact once you get it dialed in. Changing barrels on both is easy - every rifle is a "switch barrel" rifle. Both have the benefit of prefit barrels being available, and with gunsmiths being able to spin up barrels without having your specific action in hand. Both run well in adverse conditions.
At the end of the day, it's more or less a preference of CRF over push feed, and changeable bolt heads vs having to change out the entire bolt body assy. Neither is overwhelmingly better than the other.
