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Still eyeballing a new .308 bolt gun. In my looking around I see causal mention of checking out the Bergara. It's cheaper, and it seems nicer than the Tikka from what I see of people shooting them on YouTube. It looks like the Bergara has a smoother action and better more reliable ejection (doesn't fumble or dribble out cases).

 

Anybody handle either or both have impressions to share?

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I have a T3x CTR in 308. I like it a lot and have had it for a little over a year. I haven't had any ejection or any other issues with my Tikka. Everyone that's shot it has been impressed.

 

ETA I'm a member at ASC if you want to try it sometime.

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I guess the T3x opened up the action for cleaner ejection than that on the T3 CTR. I also figured out the Tikka action looks more cumbersome than the Bergara only because the bolt lift is higher. I started out being settled on the Tikka, but then I learned about Tikka magazines being rare and expensive. That's what got me looking for something that took either common or cheap magazines, preferably both. I know, I could always change the bottom metal on the Tikka, but that's more money. I just changed the bottom metal on a different rifle and had to monkey with it to get magazines to seat. Not wanting to do that again.

 

Mr. Rich, thanks for the offer. Depending on how long I can put off the new toy bug... maybe when it warms up a bit I'll pm you.

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Not until I clicked your link. Options are good. I hadn't considered Savage based only upon my running the bolt on a different gun in the past and being underwhelmed with the smoothness, but in it's defense it was $300 cheaper and it had a GREAT feeling trigger. Maybe I should at least check this out because it looks good on paper.

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Still eyeballing a new .308 bolt gun. In my looking around I see causal mention of checking out the Bergara. It's cheaper, and it seems nicer than the Tikka from what I see of people shooting them on YouTube. It looks like the Bergara has a smoother action and better more reliable ejection (doesn't fumble or dribble out cases).

 

Anybody handle either or both have impressions to share?

I

Have a Tikka T3x CTR 6.5 Creedmoor. Very accurate nice trigger, action is very clean. No issues.

It’s hard one to beat.

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Still eyeballing a new .308 bolt gun. In my looking around I see causal mention of checking out the Bergara. It's cheaper, and it seems nicer than the Tikka from what I see of people shooting them on YouTube. It looks like the Bergara has a smoother action and better more reliable ejection (doesn't fumble or dribble out cases).

 

Anybody handle either or both have impressions to share?

 

I

Have a Tikka T3x CTR 6.5 Creedmoor. Very accurate nice trigger, action is very clean. No issues.

It’s hard one to beat.

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I have the same rifle and second the comments. No issues and the action is extrely smooth. No problems with ejection either, this thing flings brass with authority.

 

I don't think the stock bolt is unwieldy at all but I think the most common upgrade is a new bolt handle.

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Anybody got a solid lead on cheap T3x CTR magazines for .308? Holy smokes, $90+ for a single 10 round magazine, over $110 for a 5 round magazine. The Tikka magazines are neat because they're double stacked and don't stick way out, but holy smokes the investment is insane. So one could switch out the bottom metal and run AI mags (pmags FTW) but then if you want to run a 10 round magazine you're stuck with a huge box that sticks way out of the bottom...

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I've never had an issue with just the one mag. I have a spare I picked up used but haven't needed it yet.

 

I don't hunt but for LRPR it's fine. It's relatively quick and painless to reload.

 

Yeah, if you want to carry 5 or 6 spares it's costly. Best advice there is to find used. If someone is selling a used rifle with multiple mags, offer $50-60 for a mag.

 

Euro Optic usually has good Tikka part pricesif you're looking for new. .308 is $85 it looks like.

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Anybody got a solid lead on cheap T3x CTR magazines for .308? Holy smokes, $90+ for a single 10 round magazine, over $110 for a 5 round magazine. The Tikka magazines are neat because they're double stacked and don't stick way out, but holy smokes the investment is insane. So one could switch out the bottom metal and run AI mags (pmags FTW) but then if you want to run a 10 round magazine you're stuck with a huge box that sticks way out of the bottom...

You can find them on eBay for around $45.00 for 5 round mags.

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Anybody got a solid lead on cheap T3x CTR magazines for .308? Holy smokes, $90+ for a single 10 round magazine, over $110 for a 5 round magazine. The Tikka magazines are neat because they're double stacked and don't stick way out, but holy smokes the investment is insane. So one could switch out the bottom metal and run AI mags (pmags FTW) but then if you want to run a 10 round magazine you're stuck with a huge box that sticks way out of the bottom...

You can find them on eBay for around $45.00 for 5 round mags.

 

Those are the polymer T3x mags...for hunting guns. The CTR model has a metal magazine. The 5 round metal magazine is actually the 10 round magazine body with a block in it. They just make the 5 round magazine to appease communist states and hunting regulations that restrict how many rounds you can have.

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I've never had an issue with just the one mag. I have a spare I picked up used but haven't needed it yet.

 

I don't hunt but for LRPR it's fine. It's relatively quick and painless to reload.

 

Yeah, if you want to carry 5 or 6 spares it's costly. Best advice there is to find used. If someone is selling a used rifle with multiple mags, offer $50-60 for a mag.

 

Euro Optic usually has good Tikka part pricesif you're looking for new. .308 is $85 it looks like.

I have this philosophy about things I own that makes me keep spare parts around. My bench is full of springs, sights, levers and screws. While I might not need 6 magazines for a bolt gun, I'm certainly likely to have 3 or 4, but at $$$ each it makes me sad...particularly when I'm trying to put as much glass on a rifle as I can afford the extra $300 towards spare magazines hurts.

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I've never had an issue with just the one mag. I have a spare I picked up used but haven't needed it yet.

I don't hunt but for LRPR it's fine. It's relatively quick and painless to reload.

Yeah, if you want to carry 5 or 6 spares it's costly. Best advice there is to find used. If someone is selling a used rifle with multiple mags, offer $50-60 for a mag.

Euro Optic usually has good Tikka part pricesif you're looking for new. .308 is $85 it looks like.

 

I have this philosophy about things I own that makes me keep spare parts around. My bench is full of springs, sights, levers and screws. While I might not need 6 magazines for a bolt gun, I'm certainly likely to have 3 or 4, but at $$$ each it makes me sad...particularly when I'm trying to put as much glass on a rifle as I can afford the extra $300 towards spare magazines hurts.

I'm much the same way. I have at least 6 spare mags for each of my autoloaders (including the FNs with $50 mags). I even have spare barrels for several pistols.

 

I put on about $800 worth of glass on the CTR so I feel the pain there too. I intended to get several spare mags but after running it out a few times out a few times I settled on the one extra in the bag for piece of kind but I've never even loaded it.

 

But to each their own. Just be careful not to pass up a great rifle solely over the price of the mags.

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