Just thought I'd post up my latest Tikka .
I love looking at all the amazing Tikka's that you guys post up , but for my usage Chassis's and large magnification scopes just aren't required and can actually be a hinderance .
I own four Tikka's - T3 6.5x55 Lite / T3x 6.5 CM Lite but now with a CTR stock-Mag / T1x 22LR / and now a T3 Lite .223
Recently this .223 T3 Lite came up forsale at a great price ( almost to good to be true )
I hesitated , but at the price I couldn't really lose because even if it was thrashed the action value would cover my costs .
The original owner said that it had only shot about 250 rounds and had been carried way more than it had been shot ( doesn't every seller say that ) .
Here's a pic of the original advertisement , my interest was magnified because it had factory iron sights , which for here is unusual and even more rare for a .223
I payed the money and received the Rifle , put a EGW rail on it / Ken Farrel rings / Zeiss Duralyt 3-12 scope
Yesterday before doing my days work on the Tractor at our property I pulled it out of the case and Bore sighted it at 50 yards .
I had looked through my factory .223 ammo selection that I have in the cupboard and grabbed 4 different loads , I will be reloading for this Rifle but just wanted to see that it goes " Bang " and vaguely hit's where it's pointed before spending more time/effort and money on it .
A couple of shots at 50 yards with some Winchester ammo got me centred and I move back to 100yards .
Now at this stage the only mods I had done were a 1 1/2 pound trigger spring and a Waters Magazine that allows you load your rounds out much longer than the Factory Mag .
At 100 yards I lined up the homemade target ( cardboard and 1/2 inch squares of electrical tape ) and sent three rounds of the Winchester down range .
Not a great result and I was a bit worried , looking at the remaining boxes I had with me I picked up a box of Sako 69 gr with the thought that Sako and Tikka are joined at the Hip so maybe it would shoot better.
I sent three shots and they went into 1/2 inch .
I packed up and went to work with a smile on my face .
Was that group a fluke ( probably/maybe ) three shots isn't exactly conclusive , but it absolutely helped me to decide to spend time and effort reloading for this Rifle .
setup. Put a good suppressor on there and you're shitt'n in tall cotton. 
