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Leave the OEM rail alone right now, it’s easy to change later.
MDT Premier rings are good quality for less than $100.
Put that $100 that you budgeted for the rail towards Ammo, A new chassis, magazines, trigger ( or Yo Dave spring if you like a single stage trigger ), bolt handle / knob.
Trigger time is more important than parts at this stage of the game.
IMO, a KRG Bravo is a great upgrade. You'll get LOP and HOB adjustments, a vertical grip, a bag rider, a wide, flat foreend and future upgradability for spigots, Arca rails, tripod mounts, and all sorts of stuff. Currently the drawback is that you'd also have to but AI mags and ditch your CTR mags. I think it's anytime now KRG will be dropping a Bravo for the Tikka that takes CTR mags. That might be worth waiting for, for you. As far as the rail, it sounds like a matter of inevitablility. If you have the cash sitting around, why not. If you're wallet hurts and you still need ammo, maybe spend what you have left on ammo and pick up the rail when your scope becomes limited from lack of bias. I would actually prioritize a Sterk bolt handle over the rail.
Thanks for the feedback. The MDT rings look good to go. What height would you suggest for the Cronus optic? The research I've done indicate that, given the size of the objective lens, a 1.25" mounting height would be most appropriate. I'll also budget toward that Sterk bolt handle and shroud.
What would be the advantage of sticking with the CTR mags over a more conventional AI style mag? I would imagine the CTR mags feed clean and are more reliable? The $85 price point on Tikka mags is a little bit of a turn-off, but I think it's preferable to stick with the factory mags if there's a compelling reason to do so.
Also, Sterk shroud and bolt-handle look great. Would I be picking up the Gen 2 titanium shroud and the swept ball-handle? Looks like they're hella sold out everywhere though.
I'll probably be putting in an order today for a KRG Bravo stock if only because I have Gumby-like proportions and the adjustability offered by the chassis is going to be a must.
Thank you all for the feedback. This is extremely helpful.
Would you recommend the bravo over the oryx?IMO, a KRG Bravo is a great upgrade. You'll get LOP and HOB adjustments, a vertical grip, a bag rider, a wide, flat foreend and future upgradability for spigots, Arca rails, tripod mounts, and all sorts of stuff. Currently the drawback is that you'd also have to but AI mags and ditch your CTR mags. I think it's anytime now KRG will be dropping a Bravo for the Tikka that takes CTR mags. That might be worth waiting for, for you. As far as the rail, it sounds like a matter of inevitablility. If you have the cash sitting around, why not. If you're wallet hurts and you still need ammo, maybe spend what you have left on ammo and pick up the rail when your scope becomes limited from lack of bias. I would actually prioritize a Sterk bolt handle over the rail.
You’re a savage dude. That gun is awesome. The 215 grain Berger ammo shoots awesome out of my Desert Tech (SAC chambered Bartlein Barrel). It seems like great stuff.For your viewing pleasure. Tikka T3x 300 win mag - Manners T4, Mountain Tactical bottom metal, Murphy Precision 20 moa rail, Bartlein bull sporter 1/10 twist (#4 I think?), Sterk bolt handle and shroud, and Remington style recoil lug. Didn't really know what I was getting myself into when I decided to buy a Tikka in 300WM w/ the magazine limitations and 1/11 twist rate so I just went all out. The bottom metal allows me to use an AICS style magazine (Accurate Mag) that will hold a round chambered up to around 3.7" COAL, but required a slight trimming of the trigger housing and notching the feed ramp. The different colored stock is a grayboe terrain I had to ditch because the LOP wasn't enough for me. Might get Manners to install an adjustable cheek piece like they have on their CS2 stock. Just getting to the point where accuracy is starting to improve after breaking it in, have not handloaded for it yet but getting around 3/4" 5 round groups w/ factory Nosler 190 grain ammo (tighter groups shooting just 3 rounds). Doesn't seem to like Hornady 200 gr ELDX as much, those are closer to 1" groups. I do have a box of Hornady's 200gr eldx bullets, and I measure an OAL of around 3.65" to the lands so factory ammo is jumping quite a bit. Bought some berger 215 grain factory loaded ammo to test as well as Nosler's match grade 210 gr so testing to resume once those arrive. Initial impressions are good though the magazine has slop/play I don't care for and need to figure out if I can tighten it up. Looks good at least!
For your viewing pleasure. Tikka T3x 300 win mag - Manners T4, Mountain Tactical bottom metal, Murphy Precision 20 moa rail, Bartlein bull sporter 1/10 twist (#4 I think?), Sterk bolt handle and shroud, and Remington style recoil lug. Didn't really know what I was getting myself into when I decided to buy a Tikka in 300WM w/ the magazine limitations and 1/11 twist rate so I just went all out. The bottom metal allows me to use an AICS style magazine (Accurate Mag) that will hold a round chambered up to around 3.7" COAL, but required a slight trimming of the trigger housing and notching the feed ramp. The different colored stock is a grayboe terrain I had to ditch because the LOP wasn't enough for me. Might get Manners to install an adjustable cheek piece like they have on their CS2 stock. Just getting to the point where accuracy is starting to improve after breaking it in, have not handloaded for it yet but getting around 3/4" 5 round groups w/ factory Nosler 190 grain ammo (tighter groups shooting just 3 rounds). Doesn't seem to like Hornady 200 gr ELDX as much, those are closer to 1" groups. I do have a box of Hornady's 200gr eldx bullets, and I measure an OAL of around 3.65" to the lands so factory ammo is jumping quite a bit. Bought some berger 215 grain factory loaded ammo to test as well as Nosler's match grade 210 gr so testing to resume once those arrive. Initial impressions are good though the magazine has slop/play I don't care for and need to figure out if I can tighten it up. Looks good at least!
I have had terriable luck with the PPU 308 ammo. A friend and I went out to zero his rifle. We would get one shot to hit the bullseye and the next wouldn’t even be on paper. We though it was his scope mount or rifle at first. On a whim I gave him some of my reloads and all the sudden the rifle was shooting sub MOA. I took the PPU ammo home and pulled the bullets to see if I could figure out what was going on and to just reload the brass. The necks were crimped so hard that they had crushed the bullets. There was also a huge variation in the powder weight. I believe it was close to 3 grains of powder variance across 10 round. That is a huge variation. I was seeing huge velocity variations on my chronograph but figured the numbers must be wrong. I was seeing something around 150 FPS swing in velocity between a few rounds. I’m guessing these were the last rounds loaded on Friday before a long weekend but that ruined my confidence in PPU 308 ammo.
You should give Spark munitions a try. They are $49 for 50 rounds. On top of that it comes loaded with Tipped SMK bullets and in Peterson brass now I believe. If you don’t reload you can sell your once fired brass in the PX and recoupe a good portion of the cost. It is probably the best factory ammo I have shot. Honestly the 308 ammo shot just as good as my hand loads and the 6.5 Creedmoor was pretty close. The velocities I was getting with it were fantastic too.
Unfortunately that's all I took, and I'm not apt to pull the bottom metal off and change any of the torque settings my gunsmith set. I'll see if I can take a better photo but check out the manufacturer's video on youtube and scroll to about 8 minutes in where they explain the process. Now I have to inform you, I like my rifle, but I dumped a ton of money into it. In fact, I bought the thing before I realized the limiting factors of the 300wm in a tikka platform. Many other tikka lovers would disagree with my sentiment, but I would not do it again - I'd much rather pony a few more hundred for a custom action. This is my feeling on a large caliber rifle like the 300wm only, I think a short action tikka build is absolutely worth it. The reason being, my magazine is sloppy and as you noticed, I had to trim parts of the action down to make the modification work properly. I contacted Mountain Tactical about this once and their disclaimer was that this kit was meant for a factory tikka stock. If you try to find this bottom metal on Mountain Tactical's website, you'll be sorely disappointed as it doesn't appear to be for sale anymore for reasons unknown to me. It was a fun project, but it's an uncomfortable feeling to have a limited number of options to really get the most out of your rifle.Nice work! That looks very tidy on the notching of the feed ramp. Do you have any more photos of the area in front of the trigger? I've been thinking about putting together a 300 PRC and If these mods give enough room for close to a 3.7" OAL it's looking like a Tikka will be the go.
Unfortunately that's all I took, and I'm not apt to pull the bottom metal off and change any of the torque settings my gunsmith set. I'll see if I can take a better photo but check out the manufacturer's video on youtube and scroll to about 8 minutes in where they explain the process. Now I have to inform you, I like my rifle, but I dumped a ton of money into it. In fact, I bought the thing before I realized the limiting factors of the 300wm in a tikka platform. Many other tikka lovers would disagree with my sentiment, but I would not do it again - I'd much rather pony a few more hundred for a custom action. This is my feeling on a large caliber rifle like the 300wm only, I think a short action tikka build is absolutely worth it. The reason being, my magazine is sloppy and as you noticed, I had to trim parts of the action down to make the modification work properly. I contacted Mountain Tactical about this once and their disclaimer was that this kit was meant for a factory tikka stock. If you try to find this bottom metal on Mountain Tactical's website, you'll be sorely disappointed as it doesn't appear to be for sale anymore for reasons unknown to me. It was a fun project, but it's an uncomfortable feeling to have a limited number of options to really get the most out of your rifle.
Awesome man, I’m sure that’ll help get things figured out and you won’t spend half the money on gunsmithing. I need to take my rifle back to my gunsmith to get this magazine slop figured out and I think it’ll be gtg. The other thing is is the mountain tactical mag release spring (at least the one in mine) was pretty weak and I had to get a stiffer spring for it. Recoil would cause the mag to drop. Anyway good luck, would love to see you work something upThanks for the extra info. I have a machine shop so it's not an issue around getting the work done by someone else. Being in Australia and left handed kind of limits the availability of actions to easily build on. I make my own stocks so I can fit the magazine wherever it needs to be, just seeing the magic 3.7" number pop up has got the brain ticking over, I might knock up a dummy round and have a bit of a play.
Looks great. How do you like it? How does it compare to EH1 or like?Ok gents. Finally got my stock from Iota.
I present the Kremlin.
12.5” length of pull for my short arms
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It feels good on a bench and prone. I’ll be shooting it as soon as tomorrow. I’ll take some photos and let y’all know what it compares to.Looks great. How do you like it? How does it compare to EH1 or like?
That’s the Kremlin. They charged me $30 with a pad. Best price I’ve ever paid for a lop reduction with a pad. They did a stellar job.@HolyCity73
Which stock was that? An extra for the reduced LOP? I have the same LOP, wondering for reference.
Unfortunately that's all I took, and I'm not apt to pull the bottom metal off and change any of the torque settings my gunsmith set. I'll see if I can take a better photo but check out the manufacturer's video on youtube and scroll to about 8 minutes in where they explain the process. Now I have to inform you, I like my rifle, but I dumped a ton of money into it. In fact, I bought the thing before I realized the limiting factors of the 300wm in a tikka platform. Many other tikka lovers would disagree with my sentiment, but I would not do it again - I'd much rather pony a few more hundred for a custom action. This is my feeling on a large caliber rifle like the 300wm only, I think a short action tikka build is absolutely worth it. The reason being, my magazine is sloppy and as you noticed, I had to trim parts of the action down to make the modification work properly. I contacted Mountain Tactical about this once and their disclaimer was that this kit was meant for a factory tikka stock. If you try to find this bottom metal on Mountain Tactical's website, you'll be sorely disappointed as it doesn't appear to be for sale anymore for reasons unknown to me. It was a fun project, but it's an uncomfortable feeling to have a limited number of options to really get the most out of your rifle.
Updates.
Sterk.
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Have you ever used the RDS above the scope? Does it have enough adjustment to compensate for height over bore?
I've seen this done on Mk12's and the likes of which but never on a bolt gun! Gives me excuses to go spend money.
Have you ever used the RDS above the scope? Does it have enough adjustment to compensate for height over bore?
I've seen this done on Mk12's and the likes of which but never on a bolt gun! Gives me excuses to go spend money.
I use red dot only for short range shooting, if i need to do it quick, but mostly i dont use it.
Billiam1211 - you can't brag unless you provide load details...
Thank you. Details are always nice. BR2 primers, you must be using Hornady brass?