VLOG - Tikka Build Part 6: PROOF Research Carbon Fiber Tikka Pre-Fit Barrel and Other Upgrades 

It’s my pleasure. Thanks for watching!

Thanks man 🙏🏽

@all_ontario_hunter it was a T3, I purchased it in 2010 when you could get a Tikka for 699$ on sale for 649$. The great part about Tikka actions are that they are the exact same for long or short action. The only difference is the magazine and the bolt release. If you remove the bolt release, which is super easy you will see that you can take a 1/4” off of it with a Dremel. Or or can buy a new one but why?!? This will allow the bolt to retract the added length for and long action or short action. I also purchased the long action magazines so I could load the 6.5 long with heavy projectiles... IE Berger EOL 156s. Overall a very simple project. I shot it last week produced sub 1/4 moa with hunting load. 143 ELDx. ZERO machine work had to be done with this project, well, minus a little dremel work on the bolt release, took all of 3 minutes. Hope this helps.

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You'll really like the pre-fit!

@@velayo_0317 ya I’m excited. Hoping the headspace of the proof chamber is the same or 0.001 tighter so I can still use all the fired brass I have from the factory barrel.

@@jcap199 Why did you want to change barrels. Tikkas are generally hammers. If you did swap, how did it work out?

@@montuckyman4982 accuracy they a good but typically tikka barrels are very slow velocity wise. I took the factory off with a barrel vice and a external action wrench then torqued on the proof barrel with a rear entry action wrench.

can really recommend the absolutely fantastic weapon straight out of the box with factory amo, I managed to place really well in several competitions.

I definitely can!

I pulled the factory barrel at around 500 rounds, so pretty pre mature. This barrel is still really fresh, that 3 round group shown in the video was rounds 132-135!

Thanks for watching bud. I’ve pushed several 6.5 CM Carbon barrels past 3k. So that’s what I’m expecting!

Thanks man. Since the begara is pretty much a Rem700 clone, I’m assuming that’s why it’s a little more popular over the Tikka. I chose the Tikka because of also the aftermarket support for it, but actually more because of the bolt ergonomics. Definitely one of the slickest bolts I’ve used, even compared to some of my nitrided custom actions.

@@velayo_0317 a good video would be going over why you run all the kahles scopes over the competitors

Hey John! So far I like this mounting system. One less moving part especially with a picatinny rail that isn’t integral to the action. I tested the repeatability of taking it on and putting it back on and i was dead nuts. Not even a .1 shift.

@@velayo_0317 so is the Tikka dovetail good enough for getting bounced around in a scabbard used for the Mammoth Sniper Challenge ? Building a Tikka just for this ... Thx brother

@@velayo_0317what do you think of the mount now? I bought a CTR a month ago and then found this series which is almost exactly what I was planning to do. Thanks for making it! Have you had any problems getting to distance with the 20” barrel and that 0 moa mount?

I'm not him, but in general. Steel barrels also make the occasional dud..maybe 1-100 are duds. Carbon barrels seem to run about 1or 2 out of 10 are duds. There's just way more to complicate and screw up!

No. Never had any issues hitting the windage turret!

The PROOF is about .5 lb lighter than the factory barrel. Although it is a thicker contour and longer barrel!

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Any tikkas are great. Downside is thin barrel profile. But the action is still awesome that you can use to upgrade!

@@velayo_0317 I see, yea that’s what I read. CTR has that thicker barrel and more metal. Gona keep looking around, if not I’ll choose one of the other tikkas.

CTR - 1000 Chassis - 800-1300 (fixed or folding) Proof barrel - 900 Kahles - 2800 Spuhr - 400 Bipod - 400 Area419 brake - 150 Gold knob - priceless

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Kinda curious why as well. I guess because it's in 6.5??

Fair question. The idea was to show the diversity of a tikka action and what you could do with it for those who can initially just afford the rifle. I wanted to highlight the after market support for the Tikka action, as I’ve seen many other rifles come through my class that just stop right there at what they come with. Obviously I have several $10k custom set ups where I’ve hand selected all my parts.

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