Gunsmithing Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

[skog]

Getting a tikka t3 and want to put a trg trigger in it. Is it as easy as taking the trigger out of the trigger guard of the trg and screw it into the bottom of a tikka? Any problems with the bottom safety?

Thanks

 

[trigger time]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

I know it will bolt on, but I'm not sure it will fit the tikka stock. I did look into putting a 42 trigger on a trg-s and would have had to change the stock and bm to a 42 stock and hardware to make it work.

 

[skog]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

So I pulled a trigger out of one of my trgs and it bolted right in to a borrowed tikka but the safety will not work with factory bottom "metal. " The loop for the triggerguard hooks right in where the bottom safety would be. As for the cdi dbm or the Krg stock working I don't know and will have to inquire. On my drive home it dawned on me that if the triggers are interchangeable then maybe the safeties are as well but I will have to look later. In my head it should work if i put the top safety into a trg trigger but lots of ideas work in my head fail.

 

[Massoud]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

I'm thinking the TRG safety is peened into place but that may not be right.

Anyhow, it will work in our Whiskey-3 Chassis for sure, Hellbender on here has done it and posted a write-up, and we currently have a TRG trigger on a T3 we're testing for a new product. You may have to play with the mag catch height a bit though. The trigger position is a little further forward as compared to a TRG, but it is adjustable fortunately.
Justin

 

[Hellbender]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

It would be a lot of work with anything other than a Whiskey-3 chassis.

Lots of inletting and getting the mag set right would be a chore on any other stock.

The stock Tikka trigger is excellent, not worth the $$$ and hassle to change to a TRG, except that the Whiskey chassis is a near bolt-on as the magwell opening is perfect.

The safety is not an issue either way you go, nothing to do except 1 screw to bolt the trigger group on, the safety is made into it.

 

[shoot4fun]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

This is an interesting topic but I must ask, Where would one get a TRG trigger without buying a complete TRG?

 

[skog]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=31161/sku=913-400-222/Product/Trigger-Complete-Trg

 

[shoot4fun]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

$426 for a F'N trigger?
LOL!!!
OK, so I'm gonna pay 1400 for a T3 Tac, $1000 for a Whiskey stock, $400+ for a trigger and have a hot rod T3 when I could spend a couple hundred more and get a TRG22.

 

[skog]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

can't get a trg in 223.

 

[Massoud]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

Also you can get the T3 varmint in .223 which is $793: http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/...cts_id/80591/Tikka+T3+Varmint+.223+Rem,+Blued


The TRG trigger is not necessary as has been stated above, it's more of a neat thing, or if you really want to match your TRG as closely as possible for training or whatever.
Justin

 

[carlgustaf]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

I have both (a TRG 21 and a T3 Tactical, .308...) The Tikka's trigger don't seems to me so bad...

 

[MinorDamage]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shoot4fun</div><div class="ubbcode-body">$426 for a F'N trigger?
</div></div>

The only trigger in the same league as the TRG (Anschutz 5018) costs about 350, so it might not be that much of a stretch. However, even I believe the cost for TRG parts and accessories (especially mags) is excessive.

Josh

 

[PRDRIVER]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

I have shot both the TRG and T3. The T3 is an excellent factory trigger. I would not throw $400 at the trigger on a T3, unless I already had a TRG and was trying to make the Tikka replicate my TRG.

Try the T3 trigger out before you drop the coin to replace and already great trigger.

 

[shoot4fun]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RMW</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have shot both the TRG and T3. The T3 is an excellent factory trigger. I would not throw $400 at the trigger on a T3, unless I already had a TRG and was trying to make the Tikka replicate my TRG.

Try the T3 trigger out before you drop the coin to replace and already great trigger. </div></div>

+1
I was trying to say that the TRG trigger is not $426 better than the T3 trigger. My T3 Tac trigger is plenty good enough.
Now, had I not gotten CDI DBM installed before I found it, I would most definitely say the W3 chassis would be worth the $$.

 

[skog]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

The plan is making a trg in 223. I already have 2 trg 22 and would like this t3 in 223 to be as close as possible. trigger, bolt knob, once I feel a W3 chassis and if I like it I will try one.

 

[Hellbender]

Re: Tikka t3 w/ trg trigger

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...262#Post2876262