Being a 60+ year gun collector and the Tikka and Sako are the best rifles on the market for their price range🙌 having owned hundreds of guns and a even a lot of custom rifles the Tikka’s are awesome stock or as a base for custom builds👏My favorite is my Sako in my 300wsm and I know I am not alone in this love 🥰
My stock 300WSM Sako A7 24.3” barrel is sending 175gr LRX bullets at 3100fps at the muzzle with H100V powder. It is a very flat load. This year I recovered a 175LRX bullet from a bull moose shoulder shot at 50m… 70% weight retention. Recovered another bullet from a bull elk shoulder shot at 150m… 90% weight retention. At high velocity / short range these LRX bullets perform similar to a nosler partition, and at longer range they perform like TTSX’s.
Congratulations Mark. Not only a firearm to be proud of, but one that will surely serve you well for many years. Come to think of it, the only thing that would make me happier would be you guys FINALLY doing the Cartridge Talk episode on the .358win !!! jmp
This video couldn't have come at a better time. I just got a T3X 300WM stainless super light and been researching building it! I've been looking at all the options on this build. Great to see it come together. And know what I'm looking at in better detail.
I have no plans on buying a tikka. I have no plans on customizing one. I have no plan on buying a .300 wsm. Not hating on either. I’m just to deep in the weeds with my rifles and .300 win mag. However as a long time listener I can’t wait to hear all about Marks famous or maybe even infamous wsm at this point. Great show guys!
Great podcast - here’s my Tikka story. Bought a new M695 in 25-06 in ‘98. Learned how to reload and it was my main rifle that I tried a lot of my reloads out of. Eventually shot the throat out of it and rebarrelled it to a Ron Smith 280AI gain twist. Love that gun. In the meantime bought a T3 varmint stainless in 204R. I broke the stock in a car wreck with my ribs (ouch), and got a custom stock made for it. Also have a 300WM in a M695, shoots half inch. And a 22-250 T3X shoots sub-half inch. Recently bought a used 270W in a stainless T3X, it shoots half inch with Barnes 130ttsx. Put a Boyds maroon/pepper laminated stock in prairie hunter on it. The PO overtightened the front action screw and crushed the factory pillar in the stock. Shot a giant moose cow and a whitetail doe with it this fall, both one shot kills. Also own a M65 in 300WM, its stock, in the process of refinishing the stock. It shoots sub 1”. Love my Tikkas. Also have 2 Sakos. Keep up the great work guys, excellent content!
I had an identical 6 arc hunt this year. Couple hundred out, quartering away, same entrance and exit, absolutely devastating. Went about 10-15 yards. I was using a Savage Carbon Predator and the 103 eld-x. Congrats to you both!!!
Hey lads. Kiwi viewer here. I have a stock wsm t3x . It was shortened by the gunsmith when I asked him to thread it... A 20" barrel. I'm running a hardy magnum suppressor. Loading 180gr norma ballistic tip Using adi 2209 powder, because that's what's available here. I also had issues with mag restricting the length I could seat. Gun still is the most forgiving I own. It just shoots.... That said, your gun looks wicked...
Shot a .4 MOA group with hornady American whitetail 165s at over 3000fps in mine! Used the bondstrikes though. Took 2 antelope, 2 deer, 2 elk with it this year. 20" barrel with WA 4². I am sold for life on that setup
I'm glad Ryan mentioned the Tikka in 6.5 with the 127 LRX. I've loaded that round into 3 different non Tikka 6.5's and got excellent results. Sig/Howa/Savage. My Tikka.....dog poo. Will not shoot this bullet in factory ammo or any load I've tried. Jumped it .020" to .110" with nothing to shout at. Berger 140 EH's over R16 just laser beams all day. Great video guys
I took 2 mule deer this year with 129gr LRX out of my 270 doing 3080 (handloads) and a coyote. Coyote was 120 yards and the mule deer were at 323 and 350. Coyote hard quartering to, buck broadside at 323 and doe at 350 hard quartering to. All three bullets went straight through with 1.5” exit hole. All animals went 20 yards or less. Loving that bullet. Also a tikka t3x lite with lightened stock trigger and grs biofrost stock.
Tikka have a factory 6.5PRC that will fit the 300wsm bolt stop length and increase the COAL you can load to without modification to anything on the rifle, they are a 4 round mag too but you can swap the bottom of the 300 mag onto the prc mag to make it back to a 3 round mag too
Awesome looking rifle and from the sound of it awesome shooting too. I have wanted a left hand Tikka in 300 WSM especially one with a threaded barrel for 14 years and I still want one. I do have a 300 WSM but it is a right hand Savage M110 Long Range Hunter, which still shoots well. I have been looking at buying a left hand Tikka action and building from there, but it is quite the expensive endeavor. I might have to buy one piece at a time even if it takes me a couple years to get everything
Have a similar tikka build myself. 22” 300 WSM carbon six barrel in a Pure Precision Altitude with a SRS arca pic rail. Shoots 212 ELDX 2760 with ADG brass and H100V. Hammered 4 elk between me and some friends with it last year. Hit one of them straight through the heart at 630. The mountain tactical long action tikka mags feed quite well
only brand of rifles that ill buy off the shelf!! love all the ones that i have always happy when i get another, currently building a 27 nosler off a tikka action in a mcmillian stock an a carbon 6 barrel with a diligent defense suppressor
24:28 This right here. If you know the shot is good and no question, then take the shot. If the thought is "I hope I make it," then don't take the shot. Trust your instincts and training.
Just took my biggest, and first Tennessee buck with the 6ARC and a 103ELD-X this past weekend: it’s the third deer I’ve taken with the ARC and works fantastic for ungulate medicine!
That’s a sweet rifle. I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of buying a tikka for the action and using it for a custom build several times. I just can’t make it pencil out. I can build a full custom on a custom action for just a few hundred more. And I can’t justify tearing down the tikka I have now because I love it too much as is.
I have a T3X in 6.5 cm which is a budget build. I put a stocky stocks carbonfiber, spuhr hunter one piece 34mm mount, primary arms glx 4-16x44, harris bipod, and a sniper tactical stock pouch. I do have plans to upgrade the barrel to an OMR carbon barrel at 22in or 24in TBD. Other than that the stock barrel loves the norma 140 whitetail and consistently group .5 moa at 100 yards with that round specifically. I love the tikka t3x and I have enjoyed the project so far. It has two whitetail kills under its belt both were taken from 130 and 160 yards. Both heart shots one walked about 15ft and died. The other fell straight down. Oh I nearly forgot I also added a burris fastfire 3 reflex sight.
I have a theory on Tikka barrels. They used to use a 1/11 twist in the 300 calibers. Tikka quietly changed the twist rate recently of a few of their offerings.
I just rewatched the Tikka action video 2 days ago and decided to purchase my second Tikka yesterday! I bought one is 22-250 for smacking coyotes and decided to get one in 7mm-08 for larger critters. Beretta/Sako should be giving y’all a kickback 😂
Great podcast Gentlemen. If a person was a first time Vortex podcast watcher do yourself a favor and watch older ones where these two are actually shooting. This will open your eyes to the fact that not many hunters out there have better marksmanship skills than these guys. With that said, congratulations on that Bear. Unlike some long range target shooting viewed elswhere, I feel a part of this adventure and couldn't be more excited for you. Great shooting one fine rig.
Mark, if you ever get the chance to go on Joe Rogan, that would be an amazing conversation. You both have a lot in common and your voices are identical. You are a little more upbeat, probably dew to having less THC in your system.
Beautiful rifle Mark! I am indeed a fan of custom Tikkas! Love what you have done with the rifle! I ended up using a dnz game reaper scope mount over the Talley rings. I personally liked that it came with a single piece mount. I felt it had less room for error when mounting. What height rings did you end up using from Talley? Is that the 3x15-50 or the 3x15-42 scope? If you want to save a couple ounces you can get your bolt fluted. I’ve even heard an argument that it is a performance enhancing feature, that keeps dirt and debris from locking the bolt up. I don’t know how much I believe that myself, but it’s an interesting thought. I’m still trying to justify swapping out a great shooting barrel with a carbon wrapped barrel. I just can’t do it yet. More power to you for following through on the complete customization. Best of luck this season! Thanks for sharing your tikka build Mark!
I own several tikkas all with mountain tactical upgrades which of course solves oal issues but out of all them my 300wsm are my go to. My first one in forest hunter t3 1-11 has taken many game and just acquired a t3x lite in 1-10 and waiting on my Mt order to finish it. In my 1-11 with nosler ablr 168 and h380 at 2.920=dead 🦌 keep em coming
I have a Tikka T3 in 300 WSM that's my next project. I'm going the opposite direction of Mark though, weight wise. Same color scheme though. 28" heavy target profile (straight taper, 1.125 down to .900) 4 port brake, Bell and Carlson Target/Competition stock, Red Snake Tactical bottom metal. Haven't decided on an optic yet. I think I'm going FFP on this one.
I dream about getting a rifle set up like that! I really appreciated you guys taking about the MV! That's been one of my larger concerns with getting a shorter 300wsm. Good to know I can still keep some good velocity with a respectable bullet weight!
Get the gun a hells canyon mag. Designed to work with factory bottom metal and designed to feed the WSM and the PRC rounds. They feed smooth a silk when I moved to the magazine in my custom tikkas.
If you get a suppressor, you won't want another gun without a threaded barrel. ;) Every rifle I've purchased since trying one has it. I even went with a Henry X model .45 Colt lever gun and a Triple black Rossi R92 .357 so I could still use my can.
Love the video and the gun. I want to do something similar to your build, but am between Tikka for their famous action and a Browning X-Bolt. Leaning towards the X-bolt though because I feel the need to "graduate" from my SIG 300 WM to a 300 PRC. Why doesn't Tikka make a 300 PRC? Maybe some day....
Probably going to do something very similar. FN SPR 300 WSM action, McMillan game scout w/ adj cheek piece, probably a bartlein #3 finished at 21” or 22” threaded for suppressor. 100% on the better stock geometry. I have a featherweight and EW 30-06 M70’s. The EW is in a carbon mcmillan now. Feels like half the recoil
I’ve toyed with the concept of a Tikka to rebarrel to 280 AI for my boys first big game rifle. Not a hand me down 308 or .223 trainer they use now. Seems to be a more affordable 20-30% cheaper than using custom actions and all. I’ve had older Sakos and several Tikkas from .243 to 270 WSM and 300WM. Like you said they’re forgiving and just shoot well.
Love my 300wsm I have 3, a safe queen, a custom target and my main hunting rig. It's also a Tikka stainless in a AG composites Alpine Hunter. 180 Ttsx with H4350 @ 3036fps Don't know if I'll change the barrel, its shot amazing since day 1
Wisconsin deer hunting a light short easy to carry rifle for tree lines and woods when shots are almost never more than 200 yards. The 6ARC would be totally fine, so would 6.8SPC, 6.5 Grendel, 300 Ham'R or 350 Legend when strait wall is required. Western plains hunting on deer when shots often are beyond 300 yards 243win or 6.5 CM I would say is the minimum. Mark's 300WSM would be a great option.
I do love my tikkas, they both shoot the lights out too (.308/500yrd- .300Win/1000yrd). Sub MOA groups out to 1000 is a happy feeling using 212 ELDX’s.
I've been talking about doing a battle swap and new stock to a Tikka for as long as I can remember. Now I have been a huge fan of these rifles for a very long time before it was popular to do so lol. Anyways. I have one in 7rem mag. That I am considering doing the same thing to. Any opinions on caliber. Barrel length any thing of this nature.
Been thinking of putting a build like that together. Aero solus action, 7mm PRC, 20" carbon 6 barrel in a grayboe phoenix 2 stock, strike eagle 3-18x44, diligent defense enticer TI suppressor.
I did this exact same thing… kinda regret it now. Went from a new 7mm rem tikka stainless and $4500 later an all carbon tikka 300wsm but now it’s a single shot and I hate the carbon stock… I need to figure out the magazine thing and add some texture to the stock. It also doesn’t shoot moa as it always throws one, maybe because it’s like 5.6lbs
I have a 7RM Tikka Superlite that I can’t get to group less than 1.5” @100yd. I think it might be the long throat/seating depth/COAL issue? Considering going down the same path, new barrel and stock. Should I stick with 7RM or go 280AI?
Have you tried different ammo? Mimy 7mag likes 162 Eldx. Are action screws torqued? Are rings torqued appropriately and you are using a scope that you know works? Does it happen with another scope mounted? With another shooter? I dremel out the barrel channel to ensure everything is free floated
10 likes and Mark gets a suppressor(s).
1 from me! Love you guys from VA
Mark, AB10 was 710.00 after taxes and fees. 8 day wait, It's time sir lol
SiCo Scythe Ti
Thunder Beast can
Is he gonna get a suppressor per every 10 likes?
Great seeing the guys individual rifles. When Ryan finally gets the Mannlicher-Schönauer carbine I expect an hour long episode.
I have a Mannlichef Schoenauer full length rifle in 30-06. Truly an underrated rifle
My dad just picked one up too set trigger is crazy light
Glad you guys show Tikka's some love. Tikka actions are great for customizing. Have 3 now; ;1 in 22CM, and 2 in 280ai. It's a beautiful thing.
I solemnly swear to watch every single podcast yall do that involves tikkas
Being a 60+ year gun collector and the Tikka and Sako are the best rifles on the market for their price range🙌 having owned hundreds of guns and a even a lot of custom rifles the Tikka’s are awesome stock or as a base for custom builds👏My favorite is my Sako in my 300wsm and I know I am not alone in this love 🥰
Embarrassing to say but i bought a 300 WSM because of your undying enthusiasm. In Tikka T3.
Suppressed with a dead-air nomad its unreal!!
I bought my 1st Tikka after listening to that podcast, turned it into a chassis PRS gun and I loveeee it
My stock 300WSM Sako A7 24.3” barrel is sending 175gr LRX bullets at 3100fps at the muzzle with H100V powder.
It is a very flat load.
This year I recovered a 175LRX bullet from a bull moose shoulder shot at 50m… 70% weight retention. Recovered another bullet from a bull elk shoulder shot at 150m… 90% weight retention.
At high velocity / short range these LRX bullets perform similar to a nosler partition, and at longer range they perform like TTSX’s.
I've been using 180CX in my 300WM at 3050fps. Similar results.
Been seeing so many Vortex decals on vehicles lately, it's a beautiful thing.
wear my hat with pride!
Congratulations Mark. Not only a firearm to be proud of, but one that will surely serve you well for many years. Come to think of it, the only thing that would make me happier would be you guys FINALLY doing the Cartridge Talk episode on the .358win !!!
jmp
This video couldn't have come at a better time. I just got a T3X 300WM stainless super light and been researching building it! I've been looking at all the options on this build. Great to see it come together. And know what I'm looking at in better detail.
I’ve never considered customizing a tikka ….. stock guns fit my needs . Now seeing what Mark put together has got me thinking . Nice rifle 👍
> 10 minute talk
> Ryan gets to talk about WSM
This isn't gonna be 10 minutes...
When is it ever actually 10 minutes 😂
I have no plans on buying a tikka. I have no plans on customizing one. I have no plan on buying a .300 wsm. Not hating on either. I’m just to deep in the weeds with my rifles and .300 win mag. However as a long time listener I can’t wait to hear all about Marks famous or maybe even infamous wsm at this point. Great show guys!
Nice Rifle Mark. I like you made it yours !
Great podcast - here’s my Tikka story. Bought a new M695 in 25-06 in ‘98. Learned how to reload and it was my main rifle that I tried a lot of my reloads out of. Eventually shot the throat out of it and rebarrelled it to a Ron Smith 280AI gain twist. Love that gun. In the meantime bought a T3 varmint stainless in 204R. I broke the stock in a car wreck with my ribs (ouch), and got a custom stock made for it. Also have a 300WM in a M695, shoots half inch. And a 22-250 T3X shoots sub-half inch. Recently bought a used 270W in a stainless T3X, it shoots half inch with Barnes 130ttsx. Put a Boyds maroon/pepper laminated stock in prairie hunter on it. The PO overtightened the front action screw and crushed the factory pillar in the stock. Shot a giant moose cow and a whitetail doe with it this fall, both one shot kills. Also own a M65 in 300WM, its stock, in the process of refinishing the stock. It shoots sub 1”. Love my Tikkas. Also have 2 Sakos. Keep up the great work guys, excellent content!
The dream is to have Tikka offer a T3X Stainless with a thicker profile barrel that's fluted, with a threaded muzzle!
D18 profile in 20" for a suppressor.
Love seeing and hearing about the guys personal rifles.
That's gonna leave a Mark.
HA!
I had an identical 6 arc hunt this year. Couple hundred out, quartering away, same entrance and exit, absolutely devastating. Went about 10-15 yards. I was using a Savage Carbon Predator and the 103 eld-x. Congrats to you both!!!
Hey lads. Kiwi viewer here.
I have a stock wsm t3x . It was shortened by the gunsmith when I asked him to thread it...
A 20" barrel. I'm running a hardy magnum suppressor.
Loading 180gr norma ballistic tip
Using adi 2209 powder, because that's what's available here.
I also had issues with mag restricting the length I could seat.
Gun still is the most forgiving I own. It just shoots....
That said, your gun looks wicked...
Shot a .4 MOA group with hornady American whitetail 165s at over 3000fps in mine! Used the bondstrikes though. Took 2 antelope, 2 deer, 2 elk with it this year. 20" barrel with WA 4². I am sold for life on that setup
I'm glad Ryan mentioned the Tikka in 6.5 with the 127 LRX. I've loaded that round into 3 different non Tikka 6.5's and got excellent results. Sig/Howa/Savage. My Tikka.....dog poo. Will not shoot this bullet in factory ammo or any load I've tried. Jumped it .020" to .110" with nothing to shout at. Berger 140 EH's over R16 just laser beams all day. Great video guys
I got a Howa Superlite 16” in 308 to use light-for-caliber Barnes bullets in, all because of Ryan. Yes, you Ryan. You and your sultry radio voice.
Is that a picture of George Costanza over Mark's shoulder?
Great setup, beautiful rifle
Morning has been in shambles but all is good now because we have a vortex podcast to listen to.
So now Tikka is offering a 16", threaded T3x. I'm definitely intrigued after Ryan's project.
We need a full episode on Ryan's 280 now!
I've had my Tikka 300wsm for many years, the only gun I've ever bought that's close is my 270 Tikka.
Mark yours looks great!
Really nice rifle. Great to see Mark stay with the 300 wsm. Awesome rifle,, but a very awesome cartridge.
I took 2 mule deer this year with 129gr LRX out of my 270 doing 3080 (handloads) and a coyote. Coyote was 120 yards and the mule deer were at 323 and 350. Coyote hard quartering to, buck broadside at 323 and doe at 350 hard quartering to. All three bullets went straight through with 1.5” exit hole. All animals went 20 yards or less. Loving that bullet.
Also a tikka t3x lite with lightened stock trigger and grs biofrost stock.
Tikka have a factory 6.5PRC that will fit the 300wsm bolt stop length and increase the COAL you can load to without modification to anything on the rifle, they are a 4 round mag too but you can swap the bottom of the 300 mag onto the prc mag to make it back to a 3 round mag too
That is a gorgeous rifle!
It's a beautiful rifle, glad you found a bullet that it shoots well!
10 likes and Mark gives me his .300 WSM
Awesome looking rifle and from the sound of it awesome shooting too. I have wanted a left hand Tikka in 300 WSM especially one with a threaded barrel for 14 years and I still want one. I do have a 300 WSM but it is a right hand Savage M110 Long Range Hunter, which still shoots well.
I have been looking at buying a left hand Tikka action and building from there, but it is quite the expensive endeavor. I might have to buy one piece at a time even if it takes me a couple years to get everything
Have a similar tikka build myself. 22” 300 WSM carbon six barrel in a Pure Precision Altitude with a SRS arca pic rail. Shoots 212 ELDX 2760 with ADG brass and H100V. Hammered 4 elk between me and some friends with it last year. Hit one of them straight through the heart at 630. The mountain tactical long action tikka mags feed quite well
only brand of rifles that ill buy off the shelf!! love all the ones that i have always happy when i get another, currently building a 27 nosler off a tikka action in a mcmillian stock an a carbon 6 barrel with a diligent defense suppressor
24:28 This right here. If you know the shot is good and no question, then take the shot. If the thought is "I hope I make it," then don't take the shot. Trust your instincts and training.
Just took my biggest, and first Tennessee buck with the 6ARC and a 103ELD-X this past weekend: it’s the third deer I’ve taken with the ARC and works fantastic for ungulate medicine!
Great podcast for getting your mind thinking about a new and better rifle.
That’s a sweet rifle. I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of buying a tikka for the action and using it for a custom build several times. I just can’t make it pencil out. I can build a full custom on a custom action for just a few hundred more. And I can’t justify tearing down the tikka I have now because I love it too much as is.
Mark and Ryan are gonna make me buy another Tikka in 300 WSM.
I have a T3X in 6.5 cm which is a budget build. I put a stocky stocks carbonfiber, spuhr hunter one piece 34mm mount, primary arms glx 4-16x44, harris bipod, and a sniper tactical stock pouch. I do have plans to upgrade the barrel to an OMR carbon barrel at 22in or 24in TBD. Other than that the stock barrel loves the norma 140 whitetail and consistently group .5 moa at 100 yards with that round specifically. I love the tikka t3x and I have enjoyed the project so far. It has two whitetail kills under its belt both were taken from 130 and 160 yards. Both heart shots one walked about 15ft and died. The other fell straight down. Oh I nearly forgot I also added a burris fastfire 3 reflex sight.
Sweet rifle Mark! Just bought a xbolt 300 wsm this year. Got to take a wi doe with it.
Great Stuff....makes me want to revisit my 30 Gibbs in perhaps a Tikka build.....Thanks Guys, Always Fun to hang out with other gun nuts.
I have a theory on Tikka barrels. They used to use a 1/11 twist in the 300 calibers. Tikka quietly changed the twist rate recently of a few of their offerings.
I just rewatched the Tikka action video 2 days ago and decided to purchase my second Tikka yesterday! I bought one is 22-250 for smacking coyotes and decided to get one in 7mm-08 for larger critters.
Beretta/Sako should be giving y’all a kickback 😂
I have been waiting to watch this since you mentioned this.
Great podcast Gentlemen. If a person was a first time Vortex podcast watcher do yourself a favor and watch older ones where these two are actually shooting. This will open your eyes to the fact that not many hunters out there have better marksmanship skills than these guys. With that said, congratulations on that Bear. Unlike some long range target shooting viewed elswhere, I feel a part of this adventure and couldn't be more excited for you. Great shooting one fine rig.
did you clean thouroughly when changing between the lead and coppers?
Mark, if you ever get the chance to go on Joe Rogan, that would be an amazing conversation. You both have a lot in common and your voices are identical. You are a little more upbeat, probably dew to having less THC in your system.
The silencerCo Scthe-ti would be a great match on that thing.
Beautiful rifle Mark! I am indeed a fan of custom Tikkas! Love what you have done with the rifle!
I ended up using a dnz game reaper scope mount over the Talley rings. I personally liked that it came with a single piece mount. I felt it had less room for error when mounting. What height rings did you end up using from Talley? Is that the 3x15-50 or the 3x15-42 scope?
If you want to save a couple ounces you can get your bolt fluted. I’ve even heard an argument that it is a performance enhancing feature, that keeps dirt and debris from locking the bolt up. I don’t know how much I believe that myself, but it’s an interesting thought.
I’m still trying to justify swapping out a great shooting barrel with a carbon wrapped barrel. I just can’t do it yet. More power to you for following through on the complete customization.
Best of luck this season! Thanks for sharing your tikka build Mark!
I feel you. I have 4 Tikkas with custom barrels. 2x 7saum, 1x 6dasher and 1x with 300BLK and 7mm-08AI.
I forgot the 243w.😊
The tikka t3 magazine in 6.5 prc fits the 300 wsm perfectly and allows you to seat the bullet out without being crazy expensive. Give it a try.
I own several tikkas all with mountain tactical upgrades which of course solves oal issues but out of all them my 300wsm are my go to. My first one in forest hunter t3 1-11 has taken many game and just acquired a t3x lite in 1-10 and waiting on my Mt order to finish it. In my 1-11 with nosler ablr 168 and h380 at 2.920=dead 🦌 keep em coming
I have a Tikka T3 in 300 WSM that's my next project. I'm going the opposite direction of Mark though, weight wise. Same color scheme though. 28" heavy target profile (straight taper, 1.125 down to .900) 4 port brake, Bell and Carlson Target/Competition stock, Red Snake Tactical bottom metal. Haven't decided on an optic yet. I think I'm going FFP on this one.
I dream about getting a rifle set up like that!
I really appreciated you guys taking about the MV! That's been one of my larger concerns with getting a shorter 300wsm. Good to know I can still keep some good velocity with a respectable bullet weight!
Man, would I love to sit with Mr. Muckenhern, enjoy a beverage and pick his brain! Oh yeah, and Mark’s too I guess. :). Another great episode fellas.
Get the gun a hells canyon mag. Designed to work with factory bottom metal and designed to feed the WSM and the PRC rounds. They feed smooth a silk when I moved to the magazine in my custom tikkas.
I love my Tikka’s I’m looking forward to my first custom tikka build
That's a nice set up get a supressor
Mark 👍
Find an over barrel supressor. 2” past barrel, 6-8” over barrel. Keep that wism nice and short. Beautiful build
If you get a suppressor, you won't want another gun without a threaded barrel. ;) Every rifle I've purchased since trying one has it. I even went with a Henry X model .45 Colt lever gun and a Triple black Rossi R92 .357 so I could still use my can.
Love the video and the gun. I want to do something similar to your build, but am between Tikka for their famous action and a Browning X-Bolt. Leaning towards the X-bolt though because I feel the need to "graduate" from my SIG 300 WM to a 300 PRC. Why doesn't Tikka make a 300 PRC? Maybe some day....
Probably going to do something very similar. FN SPR 300 WSM action, McMillan game scout w/ adj cheek piece, probably a bartlein #3 finished at 21” or 22” threaded for suppressor.
100% on the better stock geometry. I have a featherweight and EW 30-06 M70’s. The EW is in a carbon mcmillan now. Feels like half the recoil
I’ve toyed with the concept of a Tikka to rebarrel to 280 AI for my boys first big game rifle. Not a hand me down 308 or .223 trainer they use now. Seems to be a more affordable 20-30% cheaper than using custom actions and all. I’ve had older Sakos and several Tikkas from .243 to 270 WSM and 300WM. Like you said they’re forgiving and just shoot well.
Love my 300wsm
I have 3, a safe queen, a custom target and my main hunting rig. It's also a Tikka stainless in a AG composites Alpine Hunter. 180 Ttsx with H4350 @ 3036fps
Don't know if I'll change the barrel, its shot amazing since day 1
Not sure if it's your thing or not, but LRI could easily flute your bolt. Tiny bit of weight savings and looks really nice!
.325wsm cartridge talk would be a hit I do believe
What's your ideal Action screw torque? And what action screw torque did you use when it was a 1 hole stock gun?
Looking to replace the stock on my 6.5 PRC with something like this, it's definitely an option now.
Looks great. How many pounds?
300 WSM can get away with a shorter barrel. In my test 24” down to 21” 150 gr factory load only lost 100fps
Wisconsin deer hunting a light short easy to carry rifle for tree lines and woods when shots are almost never more than 200 yards. The 6ARC would be totally fine, so would 6.8SPC, 6.5 Grendel, 300 Ham'R or 350 Legend when strait wall is required. Western plains hunting on deer when shots often are beyond 300 yards 243win or 6.5 CM I would say is the minimum. Mark's 300WSM would be a great option.
Awesome!
Jealous very!
Suppressor yes!
LRX yes!
What's the aftermarket magazine that you mentioned that would allow you to use the longer seated bullets?
Love it
You guys should have ran down the cost of the build
Been planning on that exact stock. Did you mount it using the mini chassis?
I do love my tikkas, they both shoot the lights out too (.308/500yrd- .300Win/1000yrd). Sub MOA groups out to 1000 is a happy feeling using 212 ELDX’s.
Mark you should look into a waters rifleman magazine. They allow you to load to a much longer over all length
I want the old barrel mark!!
I've been talking about doing a battle swap and new stock to a Tikka for as long as I can remember. Now I have been a huge fan of these rifles for a very long time before it was popular to do so lol. Anyways. I have one in 7rem mag. That I am considering doing the same thing to. Any opinions on caliber. Barrel length any thing of this nature.
Been thinking of putting a build like that together. Aero solus action, 7mm PRC, 20" carbon 6 barrel in a grayboe phoenix 2 stock, strike eagle 3-18x44, diligent defense enticer TI suppressor.
I did this exact same thing… kinda regret it now. Went from a new 7mm rem tikka stainless and $4500 later an all carbon tikka 300wsm but now it’s a single shot and I hate the carbon stock… I need to figure out the magazine thing and add some texture to the stock. It also doesn’t shoot moa as it always throws one, maybe because it’s like 5.6lbs
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How would u compare Mark's tika to a sako s20 in 300? Thanks
Did Marks AR10 300 wsm ever get "sorted out" and shooting well?
I have a 7RM Tikka Superlite that I can’t get to group less than 1.5” @100yd. I think it might be the long throat/seating depth/COAL issue? Considering going down the same path, new barrel and stock. Should I stick with 7RM or go 280AI?
Have you tried different ammo? Mimy 7mag likes 162 Eldx. Are action screws torqued? Are rings torqued appropriately and you are using a scope that you know works? Does it happen with another scope mounted? With another shooter? I dremel out the barrel channel to ensure everything is free floated
Can you do a video at 350 yards shooting the browning bar, Remington 760 and the tikka wsm ?
Any experience with the roughtec ember? Tickles my goose.
Congrats.
Can you share the magazine manufacturer for running longer COL? Ive got a 300 WSM thats about to get that treatment.
Ryan what’s your favorite rifle and caliber
Which podcast has the discussion on the tikka barrel you referenced.
tikka is definitely the best factory rifle for its price
We need this for Ryan’s 16” tikka
I think they've done one
I build something similar tikka 300win mag and killed a 60in moose with it at 607 yards Barnes lrx 190 love mine build it because I love tikkas
Hey Mark how long is that barrel? Thinking about doing a similar project
Nvm found my answer 2nd listen
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