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Spot on. They are mostly a brand. None I've seen hold a candle to my 300wm Tikka t3 lite stainless I picked up for $600.

throwaway4711 6y ago
I’m sure that can’t hold a candle to my tactical warhead I picked up for 10k BTC.
borkt 6y ago
Good buy! I have a Sako finnlight 300 WSM and kinda wish I went with the WM just for ease of finding ammo, but the kick on the finnlight is pretty fatiguing as is. Completely pays off in the mountains though, How is 300wm on the tikka lite?
- gnarbarian 6y ago
  Painful. Rifle weighs around 6.5lbs. it needs a stock pad to be usable. And if you go through a box of ammo at the range you will be sore for a week. But it's accurate to around .5 MOA and I stick a giant Burris eliminator 3 scope on there to take some of the bite out of the recoil.
  - kerkeslager 6y ago
    A muzzle brake might do wonders for you. I can't speak for 300WSM, but in 308, a muzzle brake takes it from "I'll shoot 10 rounds and regret it the next day", to "I'll shoot 50 rounds and stop from soreness, but have no shoulder bruising the next day."
    - gnarbarian 6y ago
      Yup I've got a fancy brake on my PTR 91. Can shoot .308 through that sucker all day. The Tikka doesn't have a threaded barrel though so I'd have to take it to a gunsmith. Which I'll eventually get around to...
  - krrrh 6y ago
    I don't know why Limbsaver Airtech recoil pads aren't more popular. I put one on my T3x Lite after my first visit to the range and since then I can shoot a couple of boxes without issue. It's an inexpensive and practical fix.
toomanybeersies 6y ago
The Tikka T3 is quite possibly the best value for money bolt action rifle on the market. In general, I've almost always found outdoor equipment from European companies to be superior to American (regardless of where it's actually manufactured). I've always got the impression from their marketing material that the Europeans are selling a product, whereas the Americans are always selling a lifestyle.
- throw0101a 6y ago
  > I've always got the impression from their marketing material that the Europeans are selling a product, whereas the Americans are always selling a lifestyle. A lot of people say the same thing about Harley-Davidson motorcycles. FortNine had a video made the rounds a little while ago: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwxxsPaogY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwxxsPaogY
  - ska 6y ago
    HD clearly shifted to a "lifestyle" brand in the 1980's, and along with the Reagan era tariff protection it probably saved the company in the post AMF years... but now they have dug themselves into a hole they probably can't get out of, although they are finally trying, a decade or two late.
- kerkeslager 6y ago
  The Tikka T3 is a fantastic rifle, but a Ruger American is competitive. If you get one of the Ruger Americans with a muzzle brake, it can give you a better overall experience, especially in the punchy calibers common in this type of rifle, like 308. The Tikka will probably be more accurate out of the box, but very few shooters can do their part to the level of either gun. The big old school companies like Remington or Marlin have become lifestyle brands, for sure, but there are still some US companies making quality products. This is particularly true for more traditional American guns: you'd have a hard time beating a S&W or Ruger revolver, or a Henry lever action, with a foreign brand.
- edorsey 6y ago
  > I've always got the impression from their marketing material that the Europeans are selling a product, whereas the Americans are always selling a lifestyle. Reminds me of “We Don’t Sell Saddles Here” by Stewart Butterfield around the time Slack launched. https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c59524d650d https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c5952...

throwaway4711 6y ago

I’m sure that can’t hold a candle to my tactical warhead I picked up for 10k BTC.

borkt 6y ago

Good buy! I have a Sako finnlight 300 WSM and kinda wish I went with the WM just for ease of finding ammo, but the kick on the finnlight is pretty fatiguing as is. Completely pays off in the mountains though, How is 300wm on the tikka lite?

gnarbarian 6y ago
Painful. Rifle weighs around 6.5lbs. it needs a stock pad to be usable. And if you go through a box of ammo at the range you will be sore for a week. But it's accurate to around .5 MOA and I stick a giant Burris eliminator 3 scope on there to take some of the bite out of the recoil.
- kerkeslager 6y ago
  A muzzle brake might do wonders for you. I can't speak for 300WSM, but in 308, a muzzle brake takes it from "I'll shoot 10 rounds and regret it the next day", to "I'll shoot 50 rounds and stop from soreness, but have no shoulder bruising the next day."
  - gnarbarian 6y ago
    Yup I've got a fancy brake on my PTR 91. Can shoot .308 through that sucker all day. The Tikka doesn't have a threaded barrel though so I'd have to take it to a gunsmith. Which I'll eventually get around to...
- krrrh 6y ago
  I don't know why Limbsaver Airtech recoil pads aren't more popular. I put one on my T3x Lite after my first visit to the range and since then I can shoot a couple of boxes without issue. It's an inexpensive and practical fix.

toomanybeersies 6y ago

The Tikka T3 is quite possibly the best value for money bolt action rifle on the market. In general, I've almost always found outdoor equipment from European companies to be superior to American (regardless of where it's actually manufactured). I've always got the impression from their marketing material that the Europeans are selling a product, whereas the Americans are always selling a lifestyle.

throw0101a 6y ago
> I've always got the impression from their marketing material that the Europeans are selling a product, whereas the Americans are always selling a lifestyle. A lot of people say the same thing about Harley-Davidson motorcycles. FortNine had a video made the rounds a little while ago: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwxxsPaogY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwxxsPaogY
- ska 6y ago
  HD clearly shifted to a "lifestyle" brand in the 1980's, and along with the Reagan era tariff protection it probably saved the company in the post AMF years... but now they have dug themselves into a hole they probably can't get out of, although they are finally trying, a decade or two late.
kerkeslager 6y ago
The Tikka T3 is a fantastic rifle, but a Ruger American is competitive. If you get one of the Ruger Americans with a muzzle brake, it can give you a better overall experience, especially in the punchy calibers common in this type of rifle, like 308. The Tikka will probably be more accurate out of the box, but very few shooters can do their part to the level of either gun. The big old school companies like Remington or Marlin have become lifestyle brands, for sure, but there are still some US companies making quality products. This is particularly true for more traditional American guns: you'd have a hard time beating a S&W or Ruger revolver, or a Henry lever action, with a foreign brand.
edorsey 6y ago
> I've always got the impression from their marketing material that the Europeans are selling a product, whereas the Americans are always selling a lifestyle. Reminds me of “We Don’t Sell Saddles Here” by Stewart Butterfield around the time Slack launched. https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c59524d650d https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c5952...