| brewster29 |
12-05-2023 10:37 AM |
My experience:
I have a 7 PRC Tikka prefit on order from JC. My neighbour bought a Tikka prefit in 280 AI from JC last spring and I bead blasted and installed it for him. Chamber and bore looked perfect to the eye. Headspace worked out perfectly when torqued to JC’s recommendation of 70 ft-lbs. The rifle can shoot tiny groups. What I like about the JC barrel is that it’s a shouldered prefit, so no ugly barrel nut or stock modifications, except perhaps the barrel channel if you change contours. JC’s #2 contour is very close to the Tikka lite. Overall I was impressed, especially if you’re a do-it-yourself guy.
You need a decent barrel vise and I bought an external Tikka action wrench from Paul Cook at PR Precision to avoid marking up my actions. Paul’s wrench is a thing of beauty. Soak your existing barrel thread area in Kroil for a week and the factory barrel should come off relatively easily.
If you have a much larger budget Proof Research carbon fiber prefits are readily available, but need an aftermarket or varmint stock.
I should add that I am a lefty and based on how slow Tikka has been coming out with the 6.5 PRC (no lefty in sight) I decided to get going on the 7 before I am too old to use it.
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