A friend has had a Tikka TAC NS .300 Win Mag on Gunbroker for a few weeks with plenty of interest but no bids. I was at his house yesterday and decided that I should buy it. He bought the rifle new and only shot one 20 round box when he first bought it, and since he's not a reloader decided that he couldn't afford to shoot it regularly so it sat in his safe for a few years. It's in 100% condition, comes with two magazines and a Picatinny rail (0 MOA?) installed, weighs 8-1/2 lb unloaded, has a 23.7" barrel and seems to have every feature that's important to me in a bolt action rifle, sans a two-stage trigger. It feels very solid with a very nice injection molded stock with various sling mount options.
I asked him what he'd be comfortable with in terms of sale price and $1,200 worked for him. I have a NF NXS 3-15x50mm FFP laying around as well as an ADM QD mount so they went on this morning. I've thought about buying a Tikka many times over the years, I've always been a fan of the .300 Win Mag having an Accuracy International AWM and Kimber 8400 chambered for that cartridge. I used to have a Remington 700 with a Krieger barrel and AICS stock chambered in .300 Win Mag but sold it once I bought the AI. My friend mentioned that this Tikka was very accurate out of the box with 3-shot groups in the 1/2 moa range at 100 yards shooting SIG 190gr Elite Match ammunition so I'm sure I'll be more than happy with the performance.
This isn't a light rifle but it's about half the weight of the Accuracy International AWM so I like the idea of having a "light weight" tactical option that could be used for hunting or just about anything. Due to the M18x1 thread pitch on the muzzle I'll need to order another Hellfire universal adapter from AREA 419 and probably a Dead Air Armament KeyMount muzzle brake for the SANDMAN-S and -L suppressors. All in all I think that this was a good purchase.
As purchased
With NF NXS 3-15x50mm FFP scope and ADM QD mount
I asked him what he'd be comfortable with in terms of sale price and $1,200 worked for him. I have a NF NXS 3-15x50mm FFP laying around as well as an ADM QD mount so they went on this morning. I've thought about buying a Tikka many times over the years, I've always been a fan of the .300 Win Mag having an Accuracy International AWM and Kimber 8400 chambered for that cartridge. I used to have a Remington 700 with a Krieger barrel and AICS stock chambered in .300 Win Mag but sold it once I bought the AI. My friend mentioned that this Tikka was very accurate out of the box with 3-shot groups in the 1/2 moa range at 100 yards shooting SIG 190gr Elite Match ammunition so I'm sure I'll be more than happy with the performance.
This isn't a light rifle but it's about half the weight of the Accuracy International AWM so I like the idea of having a "light weight" tactical option that could be used for hunting or just about anything. Due to the M18x1 thread pitch on the muzzle I'll need to order another Hellfire universal adapter from AREA 419 and probably a Dead Air Armament KeyMount muzzle brake for the SANDMAN-S and -L suppressors. All in all I think that this was a good purchase.
As purchased
With NF NXS 3-15x50mm FFP scope and ADM QD mount