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I know for a fact the bolts can be swapped out with zero ill effects on anything you can think of. I would say it's very possible to swap out a 17 HMR barrel for a 22 LR. 22 LR mags fit perfect in the 17 HMR receiver and vice versa.I wonder if you could get the LH hmr version, swap the barrel to an aftermarket .22 barrel (plus get a .22 magazine), then sell the hmr barrel? Rifles like the quad and cz455 can change from .22LR/.22MAG/.17HMR and its only the barrel and magazine being changed. Probably need to run it by a gunsmith, but just an idea.
Thanks for that, being a lefty myself if I get impatient I'll look into swapping out the barrel to .22LRI know for a fact the bolts can be swapped out with zero ill effects on anything you can think of. I would say it's very possible to swap out a 17 HMR barrel for a 22 LR. 22 LR mags fit perfect in the 17 HMR receiver and vice versa.
I have the RH T1x and still enjoy shooting it, but because its such a nice rifle I'd love one in my 'normal' left handed configuration. Have a LH CZ452 and it's faster and more comfortable to shoot, but a T1x will be something I can customise.Any of you lefties just give up and shoot right handed rifles? That's what I ended up doing haha
I know for a fact the bolts can be swapped out with zero ill effects on anything you can think of. I would say it's very possible to swap out a 17 HMR barrel for a 22 LR. 22 LR mags fit perfect in the 17 HMR receiver and vice versa.
See my last post. This may not work.Thanks for that, being a lefty myself if I get impatient I'll look into swapping out the barrel to .22LR
I have tried this and it does work. That's why I say I know for a fact because 2-3 days ago I just did that. This all started when I sold my accurate 22 LR to Rim-Star in here and my intentions was to put a Lothar Walther 17 HM2 barrel on it. After selling it I kinda had some sellers remorse and I thought about getting the cheapest used T1x I could find and then started wondering about the 17HMR. I have both already and I swapped out the bolts and everything worked perfect. Feeding, extraction and ejection and also accuracy was not affected either way. I will say that I only tried the 17 HMR bolt in the 22 LR receiver and not the other way around. I did this because that's what I was interested to see if it worked. I did try both mag swaps and both work in either.Have you actually done this? If you look on the Tikka website in the spare parts catalog, page 7, the extractors differ between the two calibres. That's in addition to the different magazines.
Please advise for the rest of us.
ETA:
The parts look pretty darn similar: 22LR here and 17 HMR here.
Tempted to give it a try....
Did some testing and found out my rifle really likes SK Standard Plus. Best groups were with Standard plus and best average if I didn´t count a flyer I caused myself.
Today I will verify drop-data out to 150m to really learn how to dial for the ammo. looking forward to it!
I will also try the new muzzle brake to see if it makes a difference in grouping!
I have tried this and it does work. That's why I say I know for a fact because 2-3 days ago I just did that. This all started when I sold my accurate 22 LR to Rim-Star in here and my intentions was to put a Lothar Walther 17 HM2 barrel on it. After selling it I kinda had some sellers remorse and I thought about getting the cheapest used T1x I could find and then started wondering about the 17HMR. I have both already and I swapped out the bolts and everything worked perfect. Feeding, extraction and ejection and also accuracy was not affected either way. I will say that I only tried the 17 HMR bolt in the 22 LR receiver and not the other way around. I did this because that's what I was interested to see if it worked. I did try both mag swaps and both work in either.
If the Tikka website list two part numbers then there's probably some minor difference. All I can say it my 17 HMR bolt functioned perfect when used in my 22.
Just tested the 22 LR bolt in the 17 HMR receiver. The bolt cycles and feeds and extracts and ejects a 17 HMR round. Tomorrow I will shoot 5 and see what happens when it tries to pull and throw out an empty. I'll also take a closer look at the extractors and how they grip the rim. I could do that now but that's more in depth than swapping out a bolt and loading up 3 rounds in a mag to test function.
regardingt LH version.
A few months ago I was looking at a website for a gunshop in Helsinki, Finland which had left hand T1X in stock. They implied that they would sell to the United States.
Does anyone know if such a thing is actually possible?
I'm a little late posting this, I actually forgot about it. Today I shot the Tikka T1x 17 HMR with the Tikka T1x 22 LR bolt.
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In the end, take what I say with a grain of salt. Only thing I have really done is confirm that my 22 LR and 17 HMR bolts will interchange.
You are welcome, and I have to believe you will be ok with doing this.Thank you SO MUCH for this! I'm very tempted to snatch up a 17 HMR lefty now.
You are welcome, and I have to believe you will be ok with doing this.
If only I hadn't just splurged on a shitty Chinese LMG in an act of spite against our draconian firearms laws....
Not sure I can sneak TWO new guns past the wife....
Looks like a dangerous, somewhat black rifle. Trudeau will be sending the incompetent RCMP to your door soon hahaha
I'm happy with my Calfee 4 chambered IBI barrel for my CZ 457. I'd buy another if I had a reason to.
The chamber I have feeds perfect and can easily eject an unfired round. Last I heard the Calfee chamber is what IBI is using now. $290 shipped is a heck of a deal. I'd be interested to know how the threaded version shoots.Is that the current chamber from IBI? I am looking at barrels for my 457 and I can get the IBI 22" from Brownell's for $290 shipped. How does it feed? I am looking for a NRL22 barrel with a chamber that will not have feeding issues.
The chamber I have feeds perfect and can easily eject an unfired round. Last I heard the Calfee chamber is what IBI is using now. $290 shipped is a heck of a deal. I'd be interested to know how the threaded version shoots.
Oh and welcome aboard.
The Mountain Tactical bottom metal is tops. I bedded my factory stock a while back with the kit from high velocity hunting Australia, but didn’t really notice a huge difference one way or the other.Thanks for the welcome @sniperstudent - good to be here - I have picked up a ton of good info and wisdom in the short time I have been lurking. Super helpful and good to know on the torque specs - I expect that under higher torque the factory polymer "bottom metal" assembly will flex some which is why I will probably drop in a Mountain Tactical metal unit (that and plastic trigger guards rub me the wrong way for some reason ). I'll hold off doing any more until I have given the rifle a good run with a variety of ammo. Cheers.
Have you read the comments about swapping barrels on a T1X? Its apparently not very easy to remove the factory barrel. It's not like swapping out a 10/22 or a CZ 457. There are some comments on here about it.has anyone ordered an IBI off of optics planet? This barrel is the right price for my to just buy it...but im confused on what it actually is.
The description/title says its a 22" barrel....the details say 26" Either way, that's fine by me...longer the better. But which is it really? Im wondering if its really straight fluted and if its threaded...or if this is the oylmpic profile
International Barrels Drop-In Barrel, .22 LR, Tikka T1X, 22 inch, Straight Fluted, 1/16 Twist, 8 Groove Rifling, Stainless Steel, 10781
Color: Stainless Steel
Fabric/Material: 416R Stainless Steel
Caliber: .22 Long Rifle
Barrel Length: 26 in
Barrel Twist Rate: 1-16
Flutes: Straight
Gun Make: Tikka
Gun Model: Tikka T1x
Code: INB-BRI-IB22LR-10781
Have you read the comments about swapping barrels on a T1X? Its apparently not very easy to remove the factory barrel. It's not like swapping out a 10/22 or a CZ 457. There are some comments on here about it.
Yeah, not a big deal. Little heat makes it manageable.
50 yard zero, your drop at 100 with SK standard should be roughly 7”.Hey wolf , I have no 100 yd hardish data. Seems the SKRM was around 1"-1 1/2" and some Fed UM22 was 3/4"-1" I dont remember what the SK+ was like.I will be shooting 100 yds next calm morning. I will post some pictures when I do.
Thanks KOD I hit the order button, it should be here in 2-days. My factory CZ barrel shoots decent but I would like to test a different barrel.
Hey wolf thanks for the 100 yd nudge. I probably wouldn't have got to 100 yd testing so soon otherwise. I had some decent conditions this morning and enough time before heading out to shoot sporting clays. So I moved the bench to 100yds and had a go of it. The rifle match didn't get a fair shake because my son showed up and cancelled on the sporting clays shooting we had planned and then I was forkin pissed , it takes two people to shoot a round of sporting clays. I was still sitting at the bench and had shot the first four shots of the rifle match when he dropped by with the bad news and I just ripped off the fifth shot in disgust. The second five shot group of rifle match ended up only being four shots , I had apparently not pulled my head out of my ars yet and wasn't able to count to five , so the last five shot group of rifle match ended up being six shots. I think I had mostly calmed down for the lapua and standard +. Over all I was completely shocked with what I saw when I got up to the house and put a caliper to things. HOLY HELL!! I have "group therapy session" nearly every morning...22LR + coffee + #1 bird dog = sanity. Good Times Good Times T1X/leupold 4-12 dialed 2 mils from 50 yd zero for all three ammo's
pls keep us updated! Im very curious to see what barrel you get. The only 22" on the IBI site is the weird olympic contour. Im looking more for a straight contour at 22+++"
but for the price, im still game
I will have one to my dealer on Tuesday. Not going to have much range time for a little while with getting called back to work and hunting season on us but will try to shoot a 6x5 or two.I may have missed it but ...Any accuracy feedback on the T1X 16" version? Thanks.
Plan on running it suppressed unless i shoots better without. Hope not because I would have just ordered the 20in and had it months ago.Thanks melglass. I will be watching for an accuracy report. Will you be shooting suppressed?
Yea 25 yards don’t tell you much. Prepping the club for hunting season so don’t know when I will get a chance to shoot it farther. Guess I really need to finish the range I started earlier this year. Will end up with 100 yards when I’m finished. Could not stand having a new gun and not putting some rounds down range. SilencerCo Spectre 2Thanks melglass. Looks great so far. I have really been considering cutting and threading my 20" but it shoots very good as is. I would love to see some 50yd groups when you get a chance. My guess is the 16" will shoot just as good as the 20". At which point I will probably end up buying a 16" model. what silencer is that?