Tikka T3 or Remington 700 CDL
02-05-2007, 09:48 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
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RE: Tikka T3 or Remington 700 CDL
ORIGINAL: jeepkid
Skeeter- Doesn't the BDL also have a cheek piece and the CDL is just a straight stock? I actually like the CDL better, IMO.
Skeeter- Doesn't the BDL also have a cheek piece and the CDL is just a straight stock? I actually like the CDL better, IMO.
02-08-2007, 04:13 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: MN USA
Posts: 1,392
RE: Tikka T3 or Remington 700 CDL
I'd buy the Tikka T3 any day.
It has features and accuracy of rifles that cost 1\2 again as much. It's a nicely designed rifle and if you do much walking up and down hills, you'll really appreciate that it's not too heavy.
It has features and accuracy of rifles that cost 1\2 again as much. It's a nicely designed rifle and if you do much walking up and down hills, you'll really appreciate that it's not too heavy.
02-08-2007, 09:28 PM
#16
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 309
RE: Tikka T3 or Remington 700 CDL
ok. i actually found a NIB LH BDL .243 at a gunstore. it's only $700 which is the about the same of the CDL. i liked the tikka a lot but it just didn't feel right when i held it against the shoulder.
02-09-2007, 08:04 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: MN USA
Posts: 1,392
RE: Tikka T3 or Remington 700 CDL
Here's a review of each of the rifles. CDL I'm sure is a pretty well made rifle a pretty good/not fantastic accuracy results reported by this writer. I don't like the 7 lbs. trigger pull pressure he says it's set at from the factory. If it's not adjustable, that's a problem.
http://www.gunsandammomag.com/long_guns/remcdl_122804/
Tikka T3 is a heck of a rifle for the money and very accurate. (tested for groups of sub 1" at 100 yds at the factory before each rifle is shipped. Floating, cold hammered barrel of the more expensive Sako (same company). Adjustable trigger that comes from factory at around 3 lbs.. Resessed end of barrel. Palm swell. Nicely balanced. Solid rings come with the rifles and mounting system will not allow your scope to move. Very smooth action. I just saw an add in a Sporting Goods chain that they have some wood stock and blued barrel T3s on sale for $559 after the season. How can you beat that?
2 articles of review/testers of T3:
http://www.ssaa.org.au/newssaa/101-StoriesReviews/rifles/tikkat3.html
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_4_50/ai_113853244
http://www.gunsandammomag.com/long_guns/remcdl_122804/
Tikka T3 is a heck of a rifle for the money and very accurate. (tested for groups of sub 1" at 100 yds at the factory before each rifle is shipped. Floating, cold hammered barrel of the more expensive Sako (same company). Adjustable trigger that comes from factory at around 3 lbs.. Resessed end of barrel. Palm swell. Nicely balanced. Solid rings come with the rifles and mounting system will not allow your scope to move. Very smooth action. I just saw an add in a Sporting Goods chain that they have some wood stock and blued barrel T3s on sale for $559 after the season. How can you beat that?
2 articles of review/testers of T3:
http://www.ssaa.org.au/newssaa/101-StoriesReviews/rifles/tikkat3.html
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_4_50/ai_113853244
02-10-2007, 07:52 AM
#19
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 309
RE: Tikka T3 or Remington 700 CDL
Went to review the Tikka rifle craze.
See what what Chuck Hawks has to say: Tikka- A critical look at the Tikka 3 rifle- By Chuck Hawks.
Has he said what others don't see or care to comment on?
See what what Chuck Hawks has to say: Tikka- A critical look at the Tikka 3 rifle- By Chuck Hawks.
Has he said what others don't see or care to comment on?
02-10-2007, 08:39 AM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamiltucky, OH
Posts: 485
RE: Tikka T3 or Remington 700 CDL
I dropped-off my CDL at the 'smith's for a trigger job just yesterday. Out of curiosity, I asked him to gauge it to see what the "before" number was. With 6 tests, it averaged-out to about 6#, 13 oz. And to think, I'd been able to shoot some pretty good groups with it like that!
I guess I should feel pretty good about the guy's instincts about guns: he bet me lunch that it would measure out to "just under 7#"after he he dry fired it only twice. I'll post an update when I get it back.
As for the rest of the rifle, I'm more than pleased. I've heard many good things about T3's, but the CDL fit me like a tailored glove.
The way I figure it, it's wonderful if a gun will print tiny groups from a bench, but that's not how it happens in the real world. When I've just run up the side of a mountain, and a trophy elk steps out of nowhere at < 100 yards, I want a gun that rises to my shoulder by itself, and settles immediately into the perfect place for me to make the shot. With my heart pounding & my lungs screaming, I just want that first shot to go somewhere close to where it's supposed to. I won't have time toadjust the rifle on my shoulder 'til it's just-ever-so, wiggle my hips & shoulders around 'til I have a perfect sight picture, & go through my breathing cycle several times. It's gotta be mount-and-BOOM.
So long as a rifle has a good reputation for reliability and durability, and it fits me just right, that's good enough for me.
FC
I guess I should feel pretty good about the guy's instincts about guns: he bet me lunch that it would measure out to "just under 7#"after he he dry fired it only twice. I'll post an update when I get it back.
As for the rest of the rifle, I'm more than pleased. I've heard many good things about T3's, but the CDL fit me like a tailored glove.
The way I figure it, it's wonderful if a gun will print tiny groups from a bench, but that's not how it happens in the real world. When I've just run up the side of a mountain, and a trophy elk steps out of nowhere at < 100 yards, I want a gun that rises to my shoulder by itself, and settles immediately into the perfect place for me to make the shot. With my heart pounding & my lungs screaming, I just want that first shot to go somewhere close to where it's supposed to. I won't have time toadjust the rifle on my shoulder 'til it's just-ever-so, wiggle my hips & shoulders around 'til I have a perfect sight picture, & go through my breathing cycle several times. It's gotta be mount-and-BOOM.
So long as a rifle has a good reputation for reliability and durability, and it fits me just right, that's good enough for me.
FC