I have the rail but if someone wanted to save weight best option is Unknown with multiple recoil lugs

https://www.unknownmunitions.com/product/um-tikka-rings/

I’m not gonna say my Tikka 6.5 CM is the most accurate out of the box rifle I’ve ever owned, but I will leave this three shot group @ 100 right here:




Ammo was Chad’s 143 grain ELD-X.

Very similar to my first Tikka putting down 3

got it scoped up will shoot it next week

Nice one sir

This is not the Eotech we discussed. Please make that a priority, thank you.

Very nice!
I personally wouldn't worry about the trigger. I have an old T3 Lite and a newer T3X, and the trigger on both are awesome for hunting guns. You won't be disappointed.

3-shot groups are cute. This is 5.





And for those saying, 'Well you got lucky' here's another:





And another for good measure:

hope mine shoots half that good!!

Awful big groups for 20 yards!

Hey, it was 30!

Really Nice gun Buzz! Congrats!

Hey Bobby, Thanks!

Yawn…3’s / 5’s are so last year now it’s 20 shot group’s per statisticians.
Kidding of course nice shooting all !

Big spender!!!

Exactly. With 7 the years of history I have on this rifle I'll save my ammo for some one shot groups on game. I get bored shooting paper pretty quick.

Well your only halfway there. You got the Tikka but not in the "Billy Whizbang" 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge. That Sir would certainly qualify you for full blown cult hood and be a kool-aid drinker like the rest of us.

Not so fast. One word: Vortex. Then you've got the trifecta.

Hard for me to take a company with such a name seriously.

Got my 6.5 creed. no vortex.

Definitely can be argued they are best tiggers made currently. I prefer them over Triggertech although both are good.

Nice rig. Y’all note Buzz got him some of them I’ Talian scope rings….nice touch!

Nice rifle Buzz. What features does it have that the 223 you sold me doesn't?

I recently joined this cult too and it's been frustrating so far.
I love the fit and feel of the gun as well as the trigger but am having heck getting it to shoot as well as most others claim they do.
I have tried multiple loads with 5 different powders, two different bullets, and at best it's been a 1" gun so far.
Now I'm finding it seems to be finicky about action screw torque which is something I haven't really had problems with or had to deal with in the past.

Did you remove the action to adjust the trigger and are not sure of the torque setting to return the screws to, or make other modifications? Have you tried any factory ammo?

That new rifle smell