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Ok I got no response on recent post. Must be impossible. To make it easier does anyone know where I can get a tikka t3 hunter in 22-250. Does not need to have a flutted barrel. It has to have a wood stock so I can cut it down for my 8 yr old son. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Your best bet is probably going to be online or maybe at a place like Cabelas. Even a local gunshot could probably order it for you (Dicks Sporting Goods can order guns if they don't have them in stock).

As far as cutting it down goes; that seems like a really nice walnut stock to cut down. Perhaps a youth model Rem 700 might be a less expensive option until he's older and can shoot the full size Tikka.
 
thanks guys. I will tell you that is a beautiful gun. to cut down the stock seems crazy but............... I dont have a lot of guns but the ones I do have are very good(sauer model 202)etc Very clean and smooth action. the tikka is smooth. I looked at every other youth model and they just don't feel good. I want this to be passed on for generations. I have also found in in left handed. pretty frustrating
 
my sons 8 and we hunt a lot of deer and hogs in texas. The 22-250 has little kick and with accuracy and a good bullet it will do some damage
 
the winchester light is my second choice. the only thing i dont like is that it doesnt have a detachable magazine.Not sure if there is an aftermarket. I have also been looking for a winchester coyote light but wanted to see one before i ordered one
 
Should be easy enough for any decent gun shop to acquire one for you.

You want a "needle in a haystack", try to find a .22-250 or other caliber Tikka T3 Hunter in left hand....

I asked for one at the gun shop a couple months ago and the guy was like "when were you hoping to get it by?" I said "As soon as possible" and he told me "Don't expect it before christmas" and that was the end of that plan.
 
Not particularly worried about it any more.

Decided that the next bolt action I am getting is going to be a left handed Remington 700. Build the rifle that I want over time around the left handed 700 action.

Its not really the best time in the year to be looking for a left handed bolt action in my case. What sort of lefty gets rid of their rifle during hunting season? Not very many.
 
The .22-250 is not as good a deer caliber as the .223 Remington, provided the .223 has a 1:12 or preferably a 1:9 twist to handle heavier bullets.

My 1:12 twist Tikka .223 Rem will shoot 60 grain Nosler Partitions well (discovered today) and that's a good deer bullet. Most .22-250s around have a 1:14 twist which won't stabilize 60 grain bullets especially well. If someone made one that had a 1:9 twist, it would be a pretty good deer round for open areas if 70+ grain loads were available.

The next step up is a .243 and we've had three 10-12 year old grandchildren who've shot it very well.
 
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