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Tikka 300 WSM what would you do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Barrelnut" data-source="post: 1482805" data-attributes="member: 74902"><p>One thing that folks do with the Tikkas in the 300 WSM is set it up so the 300 WSM can better handle long heavy for caliber bullets like the Berger 210 VLD or 215 Berger.</p><p></p><p>The 300 WSM has a short throat and being a short fat case, on a short action, doesn't handle 200 plus weight bullet as well as it could. All Tikka actions are basically long actions. You could have a smith remove the bolt stop in the action and install a Bartlein barrel with a faster twist and throated for the heavier bullets. This would extend the effective range of the rifle and might improve performance some on elk with the heavier bullets. To take advantage of all of this would require reloading too.</p><p></p><p>Problem is, all of this could be done and the rifle might not shoot as well as it does now. That does happen... This is why most are saying "if its not broke, don't fix it. So sometimes it is better to do this to a rifle that is starting to loose its accuracy or something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrelnut, post: 1482805, member: 74902"] One thing that folks do with the Tikkas in the 300 WSM is set it up so the 300 WSM can better handle long heavy for caliber bullets like the Berger 210 VLD or 215 Berger. The 300 WSM has a short throat and being a short fat case, on a short action, doesn't handle 200 plus weight bullet as well as it could. All Tikka actions are basically long actions. You could have a smith remove the bolt stop in the action and install a Bartlein barrel with a faster twist and throated for the heavier bullets. This would extend the effective range of the rifle and might improve performance some on elk with the heavier bullets. To take advantage of all of this would require reloading too. Problem is, all of this could be done and the rifle might not shoot as well as it does now. That does happen... This is why most are saying "if its not broke, don't fix it. So sometimes it is better to do this to a rifle that is starting to loose its accuracy or something. [/QUOTE]
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