I've purchased 16 Tikka rifles in the last year. Every single one of them has a new lighter trigger spring. $8 from Anarchy Outdoors. No need to replace the trigger at all. The factory Tikka triggers are the best I've experienced and I've been fortunate to own over 50 rifles, factory and full custom. That's the first upgrade I recommend. All of my triggers are now just over 1 pound, which is perfect for me Second most important upgrade is changing out the recoil pad with a limbsaver. I decided to keep the factory polymer bottoms and mags simply because they are light weight. Wouldn't mind the aluminum replacements but I've personally not found the need yet I did convert my first tikka. It's a 308. Now has a Brux barrel and AG Composite stock and is cerakoted. I also recently completed my second conversion. New stainless T3x Lite 300WM donor rifle, now a 7PRC. Bought a Stocky's stock inletted for the Proof CF barrel. Also bought the barrel at year end sale from Stocky's stocks as well. The year end price on the stock was $350 and the pre-fit Tikka Proof carbon barrel was $751. It's 24" threaded muzzle 5/8-24. I paid my gunsmith $50 to change out barrels. I swapped the stock and went shooting. 1/2" groups out of the gate with factory Federal 175 ELDX, Hornady ELDX, and Hornady ELDM. My total costs for everything was under $2000 on that 7PRC Tikka My favorite characteristic about Tikka is they only have one action length. I also have a Tikka 300WSM
@@scottmclean2389 One of the best decisions I've ever made. If you've not ordered the stock or barrel yet, call Stocky's and ask for KIM. Tell her I sent you. No promises but may get end of year prices
I bought a T3X, I've had it stock for about 2 months and I will agree the action and trigger is something you would find on a custom rifle. Best mod I did was the replacing the plastic trigger guard for a metal one. Beautiful rifle, only thing it needs is a nice set of glass
I picked up a t3x new an replaced plastic bottom to the atlas bottom metal as well as the long bolt stop an put the rifle in a bell&carlson stock made the rifle a complete different rifle. The long stop used for a short action calibre is simply to allow seating bullets out as needed with out concern for mag length works perfectly.
I bought a new Tikka T3X in 243Win for my 70th birthday and got the ASPIRE. Most new Tikka's are now threaded. All your mods are a good idea and which I have done to mine as well and more. All these bits can be purchased from "High Velocity Hunting" in AUSTRALIA. Additional mods I made are flush mounted sling mounts on the side of the stock. Front sling mount removed and replaced with a small Picatinny Rail for a QD lite weight bipod. The trigger got changed to a two stage Timney trigger, then later to a Sako set trigger. The Timney went to my Tikka T1X in 22Lr. One mistake you made!!! The new bottom metal trigger guard (in metal) is torqued to 62 in-lbs (7 NM)
I visited with a Tikka rep about the steel lug "upgrade". The rep asked me why aluminum was more expensive than steel and why do I suppose they switched to a less expensive option. It turns out that aluminum actually works better for accuracy however, due to consumer demands Tikka switched to a steel lug but only to satisfy consumers who were demanding the less expensive option. Why consumers believe there smarter than the people who build Tikka rifles remains a mystery
Nice video. All my tikkas ×10 get these upgrades. Mountain tactical is my go to. They have a video series out right now. Great product and just great guys all around.
I would also add metal magazines. I have 3 T3x's and one T1x. I have picatinny rails, metal magazines, metal bottom on them all. All upgrades are from mountain tactical. I have 3 round ahd higher capicity mags for them all. They all shoot .5 moa, for real.
made a world of a difference on my .270. my girlfriend tried it once fresh out of the box and wouldn’t touch it after that. with the limbsaver she could shoot a box in one session. for $60 cad it’s a nice investment
The problem with the plastic bottom isn’t breakage risk IMO. If you want to keep the polymer stock you can mitigate its problems with aluminum bottom metal AND pillar bedding. This will provide consistency in the stock to receiver connection and reduce POI shift. Bell & Carlson has a nice T3X stock with an integral cast aluminum bedding block that is economical and permits 50-60 inlb torque if you have aluminum bottom metal. Cheers!
If you could find a older tikka they are always worth the money. Awsome accuracy and swollows most ammo without spred. Tikka LSA55, M55, M65. Super Affordable here in Sweden. About 300$
My T3x Hunter has the crappiest finish. In a falling snow, the wood stain came off onto my hands and left nasty water and drip spots all over the stock in addition to absorbing a lot of the melting snow. Do a refinish and seal the wood. The recoil pad is worthless.
I own three Tikka rifles, I no longer use them because I will only hunt and shoot suppressed, Tikka makes a great rifle no doubt but they are way behind when it comes to threaded barrels. They need to get onboard with all their rifles.
The Tikka CTR is threaded There's not really enough meat on the regular barrel to thread and still get Tikka level accuracy at the weight. The CTR barrel is a bit of a chonker because of that.
You are talking more money and more weight. I bought my Tika because it was light at a descent price. Mind shoots very well the way it is. I find you're defeating the purpose of this rifle.
You know what is more money? cracking the plastic flootplate on a hunt and his titanium bolt already negates the few grams the bottom metal would weigh
I'm seventy two years old. Hunted all my life. Have fell several times. Never broke a thing. You're so full of it. You're just trying to get free stuff from your sponsors I would bet you're not even a hunter
The T3X indeed shoots well out of the box so keeping a tikka bone stock is a perfectly rational option. However, upgrading the bottom metal and/or the stock most certainly does not defeat the purpose of the rifle. These rifles are versatile and can satisfy a wide range of different purposes ranging from bone stock to fully customized and everything in between. Cheers!
Don’t be put off by the douche bags… keep making vids and you’ll get better. One suggestion.. always be honest but never guess or assume. If you don’t know, say you don’t and never give anything a free pass based on name or source.. First hand knowledge is the ONLY thing you put your name on. Honesty wins in the end, once you’re called a shill.. that’s a hard thing to shake off trust wise.
None of the " upgrades " you mention will make the rifle any better. Sorry to say but a stock tikka shoots sub MOA so how you going to improve on that?
I own the Tikka T3 ultra-light in 7 mm Rem mag that is so accurate I am not even going to take the barreled action out of stock to risk changing something. People that can't take recoil this rifle isn't for you! it will rattle your teeth and roll your eyeballs shooting it.
@@jstreetgiant1970 This Tikka T3 ultra-light the barrel at the muzzle is too thin to machine the muzzle down then thread for a muzzle break. As for a limb saver the recoil doesn't hurt me it's the recoil so bad you must always brace yourself for it and keep your head in the same place not to get scoped. The rifle is so accurate I won't even touch the receiver screws and maybe make some kind of change. One day out shooting this stupid bird landed on my target stand at 300 yards, I reset the target range knob to 300 then fired to see a powder pull of feathers that is how accurate this 7 mm Rem mag Tikka T 3 is. I took down a Roosevelt Elk in thick brush with only the area of the right eye I could see through the brush and that bullet hit exactly where the cross hair was on the eye. I own other large magnums with pretty bad recoil like the Weatherby V-5 ultra-light in 300 Wby mag but it was just returned to me from Pac Nor Barreling that I requested a New SS super match 27-inch barrel with flutes and a muzzle break now felt recoil is the same as shooting the AR 10 in 308. The Weatherby barrel was 630" at the muzzle and now I had Pac Nor change the barrel contour to 750" at the muzzle and slight larger from the area of the chamber area, it actually even makes the rifle more eye appealing look.( cost was $500 including shipping ) I own a Brevex Mauser chambered in 8mm-378 Weatherby magnum a reloader cartridge and it also has a muzzle break but without the muzzle break it can serious hurt people and possible break bones. I own an AR 10 I have chambered a Pac Nor SS super match barrel in 375 WSM and again shooting such cartridge that duplicates the 375 H&H magnum you are taking the recoil of pretty stiff felt push. I think this 375 WSM wouldn't be much pleasant to shoot in a bolt gun because the AR 10 buffer is a 5.3 ounce and XXX power buffer spring plus the weight of bolt & bolt carrier all take up the recoil
Ive had my Tikka T3s for 25 years,bought them when they came out. Killed lots of game and have done NOTHING to these guns. Guess if ya wanna spend money on something that dony need fixing, well its your money. Yes I did change recoil pads because the origionals SUCKED!!!!!
I've purchased 16 Tikka rifles in the last year. Every single one of them has a new lighter trigger spring. $8 from Anarchy Outdoors. No need to replace the trigger at all. The factory Tikka triggers are the best I've experienced and I've been fortunate to own over 50 rifles, factory and full custom. That's the first upgrade I recommend. All of my triggers are now just over 1 pound, which is perfect for me
Second most important upgrade is changing out the recoil pad with a limbsaver. I decided to keep the factory polymer bottoms and mags simply because they are light weight. Wouldn't mind the aluminum replacements but I've personally not found the need yet
I did convert my first tikka. It's a 308. Now has a Brux barrel and AG Composite stock and is cerakoted. I also recently completed my second conversion. New stainless T3x Lite 300WM donor rifle, now a 7PRC. Bought a Stocky's stock inletted for the Proof CF barrel. Also bought the barrel at year end sale from Stocky's stocks as well. The year end price on the stock was $350 and the pre-fit Tikka Proof carbon barrel was $751. It's 24" threaded muzzle 5/8-24. I paid my gunsmith $50 to change out barrels. I swapped the stock and went shooting. 1/2" groups out of the gate with factory Federal 175 ELDX, Hornady ELDX, and Hornady ELDM. My total costs for everything was under $2000 on that 7PRC Tikka
My favorite characteristic about Tikka is they only have one action length. I also have a Tikka 300WSM
Just bought a tikka 300 WM with the exact same plan of making it a 7 PRC. Same barrel and stock choice as well
@@scottmclean2389 One of the best decisions I've ever made. If you've not ordered the stock or barrel yet, call Stocky's and ask for KIM. Tell her I sent you. No promises but may get end of year prices
I bought a T3X, I've had it stock for about 2 months and I will agree the action and trigger is something you would find on a custom rifle. Best mod I did was the replacing the plastic trigger guard for a metal one. Beautiful rifle, only thing it needs is a nice set of glass
I picked up a t3x new an replaced plastic bottom to the atlas bottom metal as well as the long bolt stop an put the rifle in a bell&carlson stock made the rifle a complete different rifle. The long stop used for a short action calibre is simply to allow seating bullets out as needed with out concern for mag length works perfectly.
I bought a new Tikka T3X in 243Win for my 70th birthday and got the ASPIRE.
Most new Tikka's are now threaded.
All your mods are a good idea and which I have done to mine as well and more.
All these bits can be purchased from "High Velocity Hunting" in AUSTRALIA.
Additional mods I made are flush mounted sling mounts on the side of the stock.
Front sling mount removed and replaced with a small Picatinny Rail for a QD lite weight bipod.
The trigger got changed to a two stage Timney trigger, then later to a Sako set trigger.
The Timney went to my Tikka T1X in 22Lr.
One mistake you made!!!
The new bottom metal trigger guard (in metal) is torqued to 62 in-lbs (7 NM)
I visited with a Tikka rep about the steel lug "upgrade". The rep asked me why aluminum was more expensive than steel and why do I suppose they switched to a less expensive option. It turns out that aluminum actually works better for accuracy however, due to consumer demands Tikka switched to a steel lug but only to satisfy consumers who were demanding the less expensive option. Why consumers believe there smarter than the people who build Tikka rifles remains a mystery
Ummm....because people saw issues with the soft aluminum lugs getting beat up with magnum level recoil. It's easy to tell who shoots and who doesn't.
It would have been really great if links were posted to the suppliers you mention/recommend!
Nice video. All my tikkas ×10 get these upgrades. Mountain tactical is my go to. They have a video series out right now. Great product and just great guys all around.
Great video, just wanted to say 35 INCH pounds torque on the action screws. Don't go 35 pounds or you will be in some world of hurt.
I would also add metal magazines. I have 3 T3x's and one T1x. I have picatinny rails, metal magazines, metal bottom on them all. All upgrades are from mountain tactical. I have 3 round ahd higher capicity mags for them all. They all shoot .5 moa, for real.
Nah the plastic magazines are better and generally have zero issues. Proven in ALL conditions. Slicker than snot.
I'd add: swap out the recoil pad to a LimbSaver.
Good idea on a 30-06 and up..!
made a world of a difference on my .270.
my girlfriend tried it once fresh out of the box and wouldn’t touch it after that.
with the limbsaver she could shoot a box in one session.
for $60 cad it’s a nice investment
The problem with the plastic bottom isn’t breakage risk IMO.
If you want to keep the polymer stock you can mitigate its problems with aluminum bottom metal AND pillar bedding. This will provide consistency in the stock to receiver connection and reduce POI shift.
Bell & Carlson has a nice T3X stock with an integral cast aluminum bedding block that is economical and permits 50-60 inlb torque if you have aluminum bottom metal.
Cheers!
If you could find a older tikka they are always worth the money. Awsome accuracy and swollows most ammo without spred.
Tikka LSA55, M55, M65.
Super Affordable here in Sweden. About 300$
Awesome video I’ll be upgrading my bottom Metal before my moose hunt this October
My T3x Hunter has the crappiest finish. In a falling snow, the wood stain came off onto my hands and left nasty water and drip spots all over the stock in addition to absorbing a lot of the melting snow. Do a refinish and seal the wood. The recoil pad is worthless.
I got the first TIKKA T3 from TIKKA / SAKO chambered in 7/08 I had to order it, and it took 18 months to get it here in Western Australia.
The plastic is pretty tough!!
$10 trigger spring will get you down to about 1.5 and pleasurable to shoot. Way better than 3lb pulls
Don't stop. ❤ Tikkas
Ive changed the grip to a pistol grip, and om changing the but pad to a Backfire butstock. Its a Tikka T3x strata 300wm and im in Australia 🇦🇺 🤙
Wish they would make a threaded barrel in the t3x lite!
They do. I have 2 of them. Bought from Cabelas. 7rm and 300wsm.
Great information Thanks
I have 3 Tikkas, 300 win mag 6.5 prc and my kids shoot a 7mm-08
Keep them coming
Thanks Bro, great video
Thanks for watching and commenting!
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New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you for the information!
Mountain Tactical is a Great company
Great Video waiting on my tikka t3x 300 win mag the bottom metal will be my first upgrade
Good Video....Subscribed !
I own three Tikka rifles, I no longer use them because I will only hunt and shoot suppressed, Tikka makes a great rifle no doubt but they are way behind when it comes to threaded barrels. They need to get onboard with all their rifles.
I just bought a t3x roughtech, came threaded. Just wish it had a bit shorter barrel, it’s 24” and will be a little long once I put a suppressor on.
A good riflesmith will thread a barrel, here in the uk all centre fire rifles are threaded for surpressors
Love my tikka T3 but I. Australia we will go to prison for along time if caught with a suppressor
The Tikka CTR is threaded
There's not really enough meat on the regular barrel to thread and still get Tikka level accuracy at the weight. The CTR barrel is a bit of a chonker because of that.
@@Paul-lk4np out here in Cali we have a saying “it’s better to be caught with it then caught with out it”
Have 3 of them myself. 2 pcs of 30-06 and one 243 heavy parrel. All are T3 model
Great video. Love my Tikka, too. Subscribed!
Thanks..!
The factory pistol grip is awful IMO. That's going to be swapped out ASAP
You are talking more money and more weight. I bought my Tika because it was light at a descent price. Mind shoots very well the way it is. I find you're defeating the purpose of this rifle.
You know what is more money? cracking the plastic flootplate on a hunt and his titanium bolt already negates the few grams the bottom metal would weigh
I'm seventy two years old. Hunted all my life. Have fell several times. Never broke a thing. You're so full of it. You're just trying to get free stuff from your sponsors I would bet you're not even a hunter
@@davidreed6779 i bet you never hunted a day in your life. Have another drink
The T3X indeed shoots well out of the box so keeping a tikka bone stock is a perfectly rational option. However, upgrading the bottom metal and/or the stock most certainly does not defeat the purpose of the rifle. These rifles are versatile and can satisfy a wide range of different purposes ranging from bone stock to fully customized and everything in between.
Cheers!
So don’t upgrade it
I added a limbsaver butt pad and Mcarbo trigger spring.
Don’t be put off by the douche bags… keep making vids and you’ll get better. One suggestion.. always be honest but never guess or assume. If you don’t know, say you don’t and never give anything a free pass based on name or source.. First hand knowledge is the ONLY thing you put your name on. Honesty wins in the end, once you’re called a shill.. that’s a hard thing to shake off trust wise.
My tikka t3x super lite needs nothing!
None of the " upgrades " you mention will make the rifle any better. Sorry to say but a stock tikka shoots sub MOA so how you going to improve on that?
The t3x is not free floated
30 seconds in he calls it a “gun” …….and I’m out.
Bulldhit
That was a waste of 11 minutes of my life
Yeah right, I bet you get your minutes worth from all the other UA-cam videos you watch day in and day out.... 😂👎
I own the Tikka T3 ultra-light in 7 mm Rem mag that is so accurate I am not even going to take the barreled action out of stock to risk changing something.
People that can't take recoil this rifle isn't for you! it will rattle your teeth and roll your eyeballs shooting it.
Considered a brake? That plus a limbsaver would help.
@@jstreetgiant1970 This Tikka T3 ultra-light the barrel at the muzzle is too thin to machine the muzzle down then thread for a muzzle break.
As for a limb saver the recoil doesn't hurt me it's the recoil so bad you must always brace yourself for it and keep your head in the same place not to get scoped.
The rifle is so accurate I won't even touch the receiver screws and maybe make some kind of change.
One day out shooting this stupid bird landed on my target stand at 300 yards, I reset the target range knob to 300 then fired to see a powder pull of feathers that is how accurate this 7 mm Rem mag Tikka T 3 is.
I took down a Roosevelt Elk in thick brush with only the area of the right eye I could see through the brush and that bullet hit exactly where the cross hair was on the eye.
I own other large magnums with pretty bad recoil like the Weatherby V-5 ultra-light in 300 Wby mag but it was just returned to me from Pac Nor Barreling that I requested a New SS super match 27-inch barrel with flutes and a muzzle break now felt recoil is the same as shooting the AR 10 in 308.
The Weatherby barrel was 630" at the muzzle and now I had Pac Nor change the barrel contour to 750" at the muzzle and slight larger from the area of the chamber area, it actually even makes the rifle more eye appealing look.( cost was $500 including shipping )
I own a Brevex Mauser chambered in 8mm-378 Weatherby magnum a reloader cartridge and it also has a muzzle break but without the muzzle break it can serious hurt people and possible break bones.
I own an AR 10 I have chambered a Pac Nor SS super match barrel in 375 WSM and again shooting such cartridge that duplicates the 375 H&H magnum you are taking the recoil of pretty stiff felt push.
I think this 375 WSM wouldn't be much pleasant to shoot in a bolt gun because the AR 10 buffer is a 5.3 ounce and XXX power buffer spring plus the weight of bolt & bolt carrier all take up the recoil
Ive had my Tikka T3s for 25 years,bought them when they came out. Killed lots of game and have done NOTHING to these guns. Guess if ya wanna spend money on something that dony need fixing, well its your money. Yes I did change recoil pads because the origionals SUCKED!!!!!