Recommend someone rebarrel Tikka to 6.5 Creed

I’d like to see about finding a smith to rebarrel my 260 Tikka CTR to a shorter 6.5 Creed barrel. The purpose is for better handling in a blind hunting suppressed. With all due respect, I don’t care to hear all the opinions on why people wouldn’t. Just looking for someone good who does them. Thanks in advance.

I had Horizon Firearms rebarrel my Tikka 270 to 6.5 /284 and while it was there had them paint the stock and it looks like a custom build.... shoots like one too.

THF member "trigger time".

Builds all mine, builds Chad's, builds many other THF members rifles. If one of his doesn't shoot tiny, it is something wrong with the ammo, or the shooter.

Tony Trigger Time, Horizon or Scott Weichel would be the 3 I would be considering. Have watched some of Tony and Scotts work and both men know what they are doing.

Tony converted my 308 CTR to a 6.5 CM. Dang fine rifle.

IIf I could live with the 260 for a while, would also consider for a mostly huntign rifle cut the barrel down and thread it until it is shot out. Tikka CTR are generally pretty good shooters

^^100% agree.

Nothing wrong with the .260 Rem IF YOU ARE A HAND LOADER. And Tikka barrels shoot! It'll do what the 6.5 Creedmoor will do. Might take a tad more load tweaking to get there, but it'll get there. I put 2500 rounds through a .260 Rem, and when the barrel was solid, it was an extremely precise shooting cartridge, shooting the same bullet, at the same speed as a 6.5 Creedmoor.

I’d cut it down and keep chootin’!

Richard king in Arlington Ken wigs in granbury

WHAT??????

S&S precision in Denton rebarreled mine and my fathers Tikka and did an excellent job in a timely fashion . They do benchrest tactical and hunting rifles you can pull them up online or Facebook. Their references are superb.

Alamo Precision in Hurst does great work.

Isn't the 260 almost the same as 65cm?

More than almost.

Shoots the same bullets at the same speed. Different case geometry, and the .260 needs a bit more powder IME. In the end, bith cartridges for me shot a 140 gr at 2800 fps. Take a .260 Rem 1400 yard DOPE chart, and use it for a 6.5 Creedmoor.

yeah, unless you just want to be able to get all the 6.5 ammo that is readily available I would just shorten the barrel.
Morgan at Class 3 Machining took my CTR 20" 308 down to 16 and threaded it, great work.

Morgan's prices are good as well

x2 for Alamo Precision

Morgan at Class 3 is great for barrel work. I have used him several times. Jason, Robert, and the guys at Alamo are great too but last time we spoke I had the impression they were pretty covered up on builds.

How much does trigger time charge to rebarrel?

Fair market value

I highly recommend Mark Pharr of Tumbleweeds Customs in Round Rock.

Prices are on his website & you can call & discuss your project with Mark & he does the work.

I find this statement to be inaccurate, at least from my personal 1 time experience. I still have a written quote from Alamo for considerably more than what TriggerTime charged me. Customer service was better with Triggertime too. The fellar that's helping me with load development has already shot .39 MOA with my rifle. I have little experience in this area but if I do it again I'm using Triggertime, no question.

You don’t know me but I don’t spew inaccurate information.
I have the same feelings and got the same treatment from Alamo as you.

No I don't, but I think I will meet you in July in Wolfe City, no? I'm now understanding that maybe you meant his is fair market value and those others are...not. If that's the case, I stand corrected. Obviously you know where my money went but in defense of the less friendly skilled labor/machinist, they have staff payroll and overhead that my preference doesn't. It was the customer service that did it for me.

BIL won't be there in July. But, knowing both of you, yall would get along just fine, in person.

Greg at Bugholes suggested Trigger Time and Scott Wiechel in our area for re-barreling, etc.

that is a pretty strong endorsement.. Greg built my 6.5 Creedmoor

Have no doubt either Tony or Scott can do the work, and do it well. Last one I had rebarreled and some other work done I talked with Tony first and for valid reasons he turned it down so Scott got the job after talking woith him and some of his customers. Very happy with the rifle.

Purely out of curiosity, what was the deal breaker?

Metric Threads. CZ 527 rebarrel, open up barrel channel turn barrel to fit along with glass and pillar bed. Scott with the machines said no problem so he got the job and had no problem.

^^ Exactly. That's the first thing I thought of. Tony did a metric re-barrel job for me, and he said he won't do it again. You have to convert your entire gun smithing lathe over to metric gears. And threading metric, he said there was some problem with stopping and starting at the exact same spot, or something to do with the set up. I don't blame him!

Knowing a bit about cutting threads myself, once he explained what is involved with his lathe, cutting metric, I don't blame either. I would have the same policy. Scott probably has a second lathe set up for metric. Tony said he will do the same one day.

I'll bet your right. That's the only way I see it worth the effort. I'm gonna keep this so if I get a Howa (I think they are metric) and the barrel gets replaced, I know where to go already.

Pretty sure Scott has his setup for that or with the CNC controlled can make the switch easier with programming and head changeout but IIRC he has a couple lathes. Something about Scott, if he does a job for you he keeps the CNC programming and can turn you another barrel to what ever you want when it comes time to replace the barrel.

well, in business, it has to worth your time..

There is not a single thing wrong with getting a smith with excellent references like above to do a traditional shouldered barrel install.

However, there are a bunch of new options popping up regarding pre-fits and barrel nuts. For instance, you can get a very very nice Tikka specific prefit from Patriot Valley Arms or Bugholes with a barrel nut. These guys are set up to churn out these barrels, so you're getting a pretty good price on quality components. It's particularly attractive when you think about how you can change your own barrels and not have to go to a smith at all anymore. Just get a go gauge, and action wrench, and a barrel vice. Based on my research, the performance seems to be there. I do think it's wise to get a smith to remove the factory Tikka barrel to get the ball rolling. I hear that can be a real bear.

What is Triggertime's contact info or website?

Tikkas if I recall have a 25mm shank and 1.5 mm thread pitch, but some have gotten around it by doing a 1 inch 16 tpi thread and it worked fine from what people have told me.

Ronnie I can thread it if someone else can finish the shoulder/headspace it. Hopefully you found someone by now since we talked yesterday though.

Metric is super easy for me, 3 of my lathes have universal inch/metric gear boxes.

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I know I’m late to the tea party here but I also recommend Scott Weichel. I have nothing to compare his work to but I will say he does an excellent job. I will continue to use him as long as he works for the public. He is a competition shooter and takes that approach with his builds. Spend some time talking with him and you will not be disappointed. The only drawback is he’s a dang yankee. His talent makes it more than ok.

Pertnear, has he ever cut and threaded a barrel for you? I need to get some barrels threaded before my suppressor gets here.