I use a Sling Hook with my pack. The Exo straps are wider than the hook was designed for, but it still stays solidly in place. Most of the time, the rifle rides hands free. I've seen other shooters wrap the sling around their arm to help stabilize the gun when not shooting prone.

My veil 7mm likes 155g browning rounds, the recoil is very nice, my muzzle break was fitted already from factory and i will leave it. I have a Burris fullfield 4-16×50 illuminated and it works for me. I have never been a tikka fan just because it seems thier everywhere but its a nice shooter

I have a T3X Roughtech in 300 Win mag that I had Parkerized with a Leupold VX5HD 3-15x44 and a Nomad Ti suppressor ad it is by far and away my favorite bolt gun I've ever owned or shot. I can shoot cold 3 shot 1/4" groups off my backpack at 100 yards with no ears. Freaking ridiculous how stoked I am with it.

With the Tikkas we have had the same experience since 2013, we run 3 of them now in .308 and waiting on a fourth in 300wsm. the 3 we got likes the 180grain coppers a lot. we try to load practice rounds up at this heights to. All under 150 won't go near good. Soon general all Tikkas we have tested looks the heavier stuff. (know this is an old vid but)

Great video guys. Good luck on the season

I’ve been shooting using bipods since the mid-1980s. I never could get consistent groups when I was on slippery surfaces (surfaces that the bipod moved around at all). Even on shooting benches, I had inconsistency, I always used a bag. Surfaces such as the ground we’re different, I started using Harris bipod, but I didn’t prefer the rubber as much as I did spikes that penetrating into the ground surface like Atlas Bipods have

Great video! I love my Tikka t3x in 7mm mag. I would have loved to see all the data you guys got (group size and fps) on all the load you guys tried.

I just bought one 2 days ago.” Wed 2nd of May. The one thing I would add as a rifle manufacturer, I would definitely make the “bottom metal” actual metal!!!

Enjoyed watching your video and I just ordered my Tikka Veil Wideland in .300 win mag and it was the last one in a gun shop out west in BC. Very hard to find this gun now a days. Can't wait.

I just picked mine up in 6.5 CM, It's going to evolve into a MDT ACC chassis for some PRS action, but keeping the stock for the possibility of hunting or trips where I'll be hiking in. Great video, they are beautiful rifles.

Ha, just built the exact same setup without watching the video. Can’t wait to go shoot it. Cheers

Great Video guys..I just bought a tika Viel in the Alpine...Put a Leupold VX 5 HD 3X15 X44 mm Objective with the windplex reticle...Its a 300 win mag I live in Alberta 🇨🇦 so the camo pattern will be good in our snowy conditions..I am a reloader so i am going to use the Barnes TTSX 180 GRAIN...Great rifle ..Thanks again guys

Got mine 2 months ago in .300 live in snohomish ;) great vid 👍🏻

You said they are doing good so far. They are doing damn good for free.

Y’all need to let ur barrels cool, your not gonna get accurate groups shooting 5 rounds a minute out of a thin, fluted, lightweight barrel.

Timely,,this rifle is in my final pick of two for a 270win!

I just managed to buy one of these yesterday and a 300 win mag in camo veil alpine the day before. I had actually planned to only buy the 7 mag one in alpine camo but I waited too long to submit the order and someone purchased the last one out from under me. So I had to settle for the 300 win mag instead which turned out to be the last one they had in stock. A day or so later as I was looking through reviews online a different online vendor showed this very same rifle in inventory. They had two in fact so I did not waste any time and bought one on Monday night. By the following day on Tuesday morning someone had purchased the other tikka t3x lite in camo veil wideland! These rifles are selling like hotcakes and are getting really hard to find.

I just picked up a Tikka T3X roughtech in 308 I topped it with a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x44 I love it can’t wait to shoot it ..I almost got a browning bar in 308 but damn it the Tikka is so nice great trigger and bolt is like on rails

Does that rifle have a polymer trigger guard/bottom? I read an article where a guy said he changed that out for an aluminum one and his accuracy improved. How do you like the 2 stage trigger?

Does the magazines of the "old" t3x fit in this new version? Any idea? Thx for this great video. Greetz from Austria

I will be purchasing the 7mm rem mag here soon. You said the muzzle break is not installed..? What blue loctite did you prefer to use? And how much of it do you prefer to put in the thread? Awesome video!

I normally hunt with my Weatherby rifles buttttt.. this year ill be taking my Tikka 6.5 prc out for deer... these are the best bang for the buck in my opinion. I also picked the same camo as these guys. Slappee a Leopold vx5hd 3x15x56mm in top of it with a and its good to 1k yards.. my buddy got the white one and it looks sick af too . Great smooth actions accurate af smooth and loght tirggers plus its pretty lightweight.. 👍👍 Tikka is my 2nd favorite riflemaker behind Weatherby.... Bergara takes 3rd!

Great review😎👍

I need some sponsors.. lol, just jealous. Just purchased a T3x stainless 6.5 CM. Went with Viper 4-16x44 as well. Went with the ELDX. Clearly outshot a few other rounds. Love the Nosler AB, but $60+ a box is close to double ELDX without much if any added accuracy. Added: $12 on MCARBO trigger spring, got it down to 1.9 lbs. Bolt fluted from longrifles for $40. Limbsaver pad. Shoots amazing and super light. BTW- favorite ultralight sling: Limbsaver Kodiak Air.

Great clip, Very interested to see your review on the Tikka T3X lite Veil Alpine. Also keen to have your input for big game more So a do it all rifle caliber, on the fence between the .308, 7mm magnum and the .300 win mag

My right ear learned a lot from this review.

I’m from Indiana and I hunt there and Michigan and I just wanted to know what the best cami would be for my hunting rifle I want to buy, any Suggestions

Dude shooting a Garand in the background

My right ear enjoyed your content greatly.

Thanks for the video!! Curious what bipod you guys are running with the tikka veil in this video?

*Interesting but the end results on paper was indeed disappointing.* *With our Mauser in a .270 at 100 yrds were all touching and another time we had removed the Leupold scope for whatever reason, but thought to check it out again with little time, and so the printed results were 3/16th apart, same distance.* *Our barrel was 26.5 long and I believe a 7 in one twist and a slightly heaver barrel than normal with a wood stock. I'm sure the Tikka can do better but it has to be seen before we commit. Thanks guys.*

I don’t trust this review since the weapons were hand selected by the manufacturer for you guys. I appreciate the transparency.

Does Tikka make a version with cerakote but without the muzzle brake?

Thank you 😊

Hi guys, I kindly want to ask which rail you are using and which scope mount ? thx in advance

What bi-pods are you using? Great work on the video.

I’ve run a 300 yard zero from my first rifle purchase in 1970. Sight in 3.5” high, and make sure you forget you’ve done it. Shot coyotes too. Maybe technically should have missed a couple of those, but ….

good video fellas. One question how do you guys tell yours apart from the other LOL

Did you do a break in or clean between different loads? I own 9 Tikkas and I can feed it rocks and it will shoot .500 or better factory or handloads. Cool down between shots unless your plan was to shoot it hot to see what it will do. I Love the rifles and plan on one in 6.5 PRC if it ever comes to market. Good video though!

What is the difference between ONE STAGE TRIGGER and ONE SET TRIGGER? This new model ALOINR has only the ONE STAGE TRIGGER option. I see that ALPINE model has only the ONE STAGE TRIGGER.

Nosler trophy grade is some of the most accurate ammo there is with very little deviation in fps. But not all guns like it. Try some federal premium or Barnes TTSX. Norma is making some very good ammo also. Ive heard of some guns shooting the Hornady Whitetail ammo shoots well in some rifles. Their premium ammo didnt shoot in my 300 rum at all.

I had my mind made this was the gun i was gonna buy for my first rifle this year in .300 wm but it came in a 1 in 11 twist an that made me nervous as every other .300 wm i saw was a 1 in 10 twist. I really liked the tikka trigger but I ended up with the hells canyon long range, almost same features an costs, however I do not like the trigger its got play in it. Great video. Thanks from whidbey Island.

Is it the same stock like with the standard black ones?

You don’t need a carbon fiber stock if the gun shoots well and you’re not getting enough flex in the fore end of the stock for it to touch the barrel.

What base and scope rings are y’all using?

Did you try shooting with out the break?

my tikka t3x in 308 kicks like a mule. strawberry's all over my should after 2 boxes. lol i didnt have the break on the end, just the thread protector. gonna put that on and try again.

which scope are you running ?

These guys need a staple gun sponsor too it looks like.

Sako and Tikka rifles are worth every penny you spend. I own 10 and want just 1 more. 😜

Was curious what rail you guys used to mount on these rifles? just bought one myself and was under the impression you had to use tikkas optilock rings/bases which i wasnt too impressed with

I want to know what steel barrel in this model?

that was a fun hunt.

Go buy the sako 85 if you want one with carbon fiber and adjustable cheek piece. Twice as expensive and doesn’t come in camo

Man!! I just picked up that 270 Tikka T3X Lite Veil....supposedly it's my end all gun lol...but we know how that goes. The only thing I changed was the recoil pad. I have a bad wing, so I switched it out. Other than that. It's great.

I just got the t3x lite but torn between what scope to put on it hunting out west for deer and some longer shooting. You guys think a mark 5 in 3-18 is overkill for that gun? Or should I go with the vx6

What range you guys shooting at? Hard to find anything past 200 here on the west side that doesn’t require a membership

One thing with these lightweight rifles,,they do not group as well hot as first shots on the range!

What muzzle brake is that?

I must’ve missed it but what caliber are your rifles chambered in?

How the edge tlr shoot ?

Ive been asking a few different places for the veil wideland cause the camo suits our environment and its got everything i want in my first hunting riffle. They dont wanna give any to australia. Even though ive heard the aussie tikka reps are getting pissed cause they keep getting asked about it but cant do anything about it. Its upsetting when u find the one u desire and it's unobtainable . Looked at sako, howa, lithgow. And came was happy with t3x lite. Then wideland came out. Shut the gate!! Plz tell em i want 1 down under. Ill hold off a few more months till i choose a hunting rifle.

Stainless or carbon

Interesting rifle.Wish it had interchangeable or adjustable cheek piece.BTW that is a straight stock NOT a Monte Carlo.

The shroud behind the bolt handle is it plastic or metal?

The muzzle brake, is it optional? Id like this same set up without the muzzle brake because of the noise in the field.

Is the barrel and receiver stainless steel under the cerakote?

What scopes did you all go with. Just got mine yesterday.

Were you sighting in at the Manson Gun Club?

Can you guys ask Tikka if the barrels on the Veil models are made of carbon steel or stainless steel? I just can't tell what kind of steel they use under the cerakote.

Do you zero the gun first or find what ammo your gun likes then zero it.

Tikka makes rifles for hunters.🇨🇦🤠

What type of rail did you mount on the rifles?

You guys should try the Sako ammo. Its made for Sako and Tikka's. My Tikka loves it.

Except for the threaded barrel/brake, the differences between the T3x lite stainless and the T3x Veil appear to all be cosmetic. Is the veil stock made with the same plastic as the lite? Without pillars or bedding?

Need to let that barrel cool between shots.

Tikka needs to get with the program and speed up the twist rates on these.

What kind of scope is that ?

Why Tikka make the 300WM with 1:11" twist?????

Those look good.

I’d rather get the cheapest T3x lite or lite stainless you can find, throw away the stock and bed the barreled action into a Bell & Carlson or Manners or McMillan fibreglass composite stock.

What scopes did you go with

Great gun. I've got the 300WM with a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x44. Extremely filthy range... Zero respect for whoever manages that place.

Zeroing out of town he back of your truck isn’t optimum

So where is your range data?

What cal is he using

Tikkas are shooters I want one more rifle like yours in 300 mag or PRC or 7mm Mag

How's is that kick??

what bipod is?

You don’t carry your gun loaded? While hunting?

For us older shooters,in my 70s,with the mandatory hearing loss,,,,,please cut the background dirge music

No sound!!!!!!

Sorry had 20 + sako @ tikka rifles from 375 HH to 204. @ new veil in6.5. Prc. VEIL. 2WEEKS AGO. U guys sound like rookes

The same rifle with a paint job is all it is. Not that its a bad thing, but not really worth the extra cash IMO.

Yall have no idea whst ur doing. Your doing group tests on a red hott barrel is novice level mistakes. All your groups data are wrong after the first 3 shots. Then its gota be let to cool. It was pretty funny to watch ill be honest

Vibra Tite is better than Lock-tite.

Wish Tikka would send me rifles for free

Ads galore.

You guys calling out the group performance as he shoots it is the most annoying thing I’ve ever heard. You’re acting like he’s looking through a 4x 1976 weaver wife angle. Shut up and let the man review his own results.

Liked the review but you need to practise video editing. I wasted 20 minutes of my life!