It has a single-stage release that breaks very cleanly at 3.15lb, on test, with zero creep. The trigger is just what you want on a hunting rifle it has a slim but grooved trigger-blade with plenty of space in the trigger-guard for a gloved hand. Old models had a plastic one and people weren’t keen. This encompasses the rear of the bolt and has a spring inserted to avoid any vibration noise. The twin-locking lug end and sprung ejector run incredibly smoothly in the action and the T3X now has a metal bolt shroud. The bolt has a low 70° bolt lift for smooth and fast operation and for ensuring low-mounted scopes are avoided, too. The receiver top has additional drilled and tapped screw fitments for a scope mount as well as the usual full-length Tikka dovetail rails all bases have been covered. The T3X has an improved ejection port to the action it has been enlarged to allow unimpeded case ejection and, even better, also allows a single round to be fed into the chamber quickly if necessary. There is no pillar or synthetic bedding material but the floorplate does have steel washer inserts to the stock screwholes to ensure a non-crush, even tension - again, all helping in maintaining a solid action. This steel lug is set into the synthetic stock forward of the front stock screw and this locates into a recess slot in the receiver bottom. The all-steel action uses a separate recoil lug union to secure the barrelled action to the stock for a solid bed. The action on the Tikka has always been its strong point and it is still one of the smoothest actions on the market in its price range. It is free-floated for three quarters of its length, so you now have a one minute of angle (MOA) accuracy guarantee. Here you have button-rifled rifling that has a 1-in-12in twist rate to accommodate up to 55-gr or 60-gr bullet weights and six-grooved rifling that together add to the bullet’s stability. 222 Rem, which is a darling of a cartridge that has become overshadowed by the larger. This model Lite comes with a 20in-barrel length - ideal when a sound moderator is fitted as the overall length of the rifle at 40½in is not increased greatly. Tikka takes pride in individually crowning the muzzles of each rifle, which ensures that a bullet’s exit from the barrel is perfectly concentric to aid accuracy. It comes threaded with a metric M14-1 pitch. It is Sporter-profiled for a lighter weight and this, of course, helps in keeping the overall weight down when a scope and moderator are fitted. The blued steel version still uses the chromium-molybdenum steel in the barrel construction, which is cold hammer forged, and has a deep and even, semi-matt blued finish, which is ideal for subdued light reflection.
The T3X is available in many guises, including stainless steel, a laminated stock, tactical and heavy-barrelled the Lite is a synthetically stocked, blued steel sporting rifle. 222 Rem extensively for roe in Scotland where that cartridge is legal for roe deer. 222 Remington, which transcends the boundaries of its origins as a target and benchrest round to being a great vermin-come-fox-and-small-species deer calibre. The test rifle was chambered in one of my favourite cartridges, the.
.222 REMINGTON RIFLE PROFESSIONAL
This is why it is so popular with professional deer managers, estate managers, keepers, rangers and sportsmen alike. Tikka has the kind of heritage not only in manufacture but also in durability that makes it the dependable “go to” rifle because you know it just works. If you have £1,000 in your pocket, the new X version of the Tikka T3 rifle is a no-brainer. 243 version of this new model of the iconic Tikka last year when it was launched but I wanted to test the entry-level version, too, which is, let’s face it, the industry standard when it comes to a fox/deer rifle.
.222 REMINGTON RIFLE HOW TO
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